Pretty much every one of us has at one time or another had a boss that we hated. A boss that made life miserable or was so incompetent that we dreaded going into work.
However, odds are that none of those bosses were nearly as bad as these bosses people over on “Ask Reddit” had when faced with the question, “What’s the shittiest thing an employer has ever done to you?
”So read these then go hug your boss and thank him or her for not being as gigantic an asshole as these employers.
One spring morning my city was hit with a freak snowstorm right before morning rush hour. Several inches of wet snow fell quickly and snarled traffic all over town. At the major insurance company I worked for at the time, about 1/3 of the staff said screw it and just stayed home. The rest of us all arrived for work anywhere from one to three hours late.
In the days following the storm, all the people who stayed home were stressed about how the company would deal with the unexcused absences. They were all hoping they would catch a break and be allowed to use a vacation day instead of being docked a day’s pay and getting dinged on their next performance review.
When the next payday came around, we got a memo with our stubs explaining that all the employees who stayed home would be given an excused absence and paid in full, while the rest of us were docked for the time we were late for work. ~ EKeebler
I went on a three week vacation. When I got back, one of my jobs had entirely new staff except for one person. The new boss could not find record of me and had already filled my position. ~ Amorine
Two very short stories: Old employer put a lot of requirements on me to achieve fulltime status. I spent thousands to do so, then they dropped my contract without notice.
Current employer – I worked 18 months without any vacation or even requesting a day off for personal. One of the guys I supervise died, and he happened to be my stepfather. Instead of taking time off for my mother and brothers, I covered all my hours plus his for the next several weeks, running into 100+ hours per pay period multiple times, because the department couldn’t handle losing BOTH of us and we were already limping by with temps. I finally ask for a night off to spend with family and help with their things, and my boss tells me no and calls me a liar. ~ massive_cock
