We all have secrets. Your partner may not know that you actually did watch the new episode already, and your parents might be blissfully unaware that very little studying got done in your high school “study group." But when it comes to the secrets that companies try to keep from their customers, many employees believe that the public has a right to transparency.Below, you’ll find some of the dirty little secrets people who work in various industries haverevealedon Reddit. So enjoy reading through these juicy responses, and be sure to upvote the secrets you want everyone to be aware of!This post may includeaffiliate links.
We all have secrets. Your partner may not know that you actually did watch the new episode already, and your parents might be blissfully unaware that very little studying got done in your high school “study group." But when it comes to the secrets that companies try to keep from their customers, many employees believe that the public has a right to transparency.
Below, you’ll find some of the dirty little secrets people who work in various industries haverevealedon Reddit. So enjoy reading through these juicy responses, and be sure to upvote the secrets you want everyone to be aware of!
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Not all that much of a secret, but, i used to work in a peanut butter factory, we produced about 25-30-ish different storebrands ranging from very cheap to stupidly expensive, we had a grand total of 3 recipes, chunky, not chunky and no additives
None of your restaurant food is “made with love”. Anger and anxiety is what made that muffin, Tina, don’t you forget it.
I used to do landscaping/mowing. All these people being like “I hire a professional lawn care company”. Like, no you don’t. You hire me and about 4 crackheads.
The vast majority of people working for pharmacuetical companies are hardworking, highly ethical, and proud of the work they do.We hate the executives as much as you do….
We touch your food with our hands. Weird. And yes, we wash them so often that they might fall off. That, or you get a**holes that wear gloves for 12 hours and never change gloves or wash their hands.
If it’s the first time a professor is teaching a course, there is a good chance they are just one lecture ahead of the rest of the class.
Wells Fargo (and other banks, WF is just the worst I’ve had experience with) likes to come up with ways to illegally charge you fees. They then eventually get sued, pay a fine that is less than 1% of the profit they made on those fees, then finds a new slightly different way to f**k you some more. Rinse and repeat.Find a good credit union. Mega banks are all screwing you over.
There is a lot of money spent every year that decides where specific items are placed on grocery store shelves.If you’re at a grocery store that’s part of a chain, and you look at a shelf and there’s an item that’s approximately at eye level, I guarantee you that the company that makes that item paid a lot of money to put them there. There’s lots of weird psychological tricks that go on in terms of how stores are laid out.
this isn’t necessarily a dirty little secret, but I work in a clinical laboratory at a big hospital. there is absolutely NO DIFFERENCE between pregnancy tests you get from the dollar store vs the $20 clearblue at cvs. they have the same. exact. technology.also, we use cheap as pregnancy tests in the lab. please save yourself, if you’re in the US, that $1000 ER visit and get a cheap as pregnancy test. I promise they are no different.
Nobody who actually sorts mail gives a s**t about your package. The word fragile doesn’t stop them from throwing it 20ft into a metal container.
HVAC guy here. Not really a secret but home owners sure think it is. CHANGE YOUR F*****G FILTERS!!!
Locksmith here.We can get into any lock/door within 30 seconds.All the posturing and bringing out a impressive toolkit and hammer drill is just showmanship to pro long the call out.30 seconds flat.
a very popular local bagel shop/bakery i worked at advertised all of our baked goods were homemade (dozens of muffins, danish, cinnamon rolls ect) and they were not. they all came from sysco, frozen on sheets. many customers would rave about the baked goods saying they were the best they’ve had. god bless them
They put little weights in lipsticks to make them feel more expensive so they can charge more.
Wash all of your “new clothes”. A very high percent has been worn and returned.
Schedule your surgery as early in the day as possible. People in the OR get just as tired at the end of the day as anyone else.
When the health inspector shows up, a mad scramble happens in the back to clean the kitchen while they start the inspection in the dining/bar area of the restaurant.
People like to think that data analytics is some objective truth when there is sooooooooo much bias and room for subjectivity in data collection, analysis, interpretation, and communication. Oftentimes insights are cherrypicked datasets deliberately presented to make a specific point rather than having the data craft the conclusion.
The Defense Department literally just spends money to spend it without any actual purpose just so they can say it was spent so they don’t receive less next year. In my building with 10 men the men’s restroom was gutted and remodeled 3 times in 3 years.
Microsoft Excel runs the country
My buddy worked at our local movie theater (AMC), he told me the signs up front say “no outside food or drink” but their policy says they can’t search or stop people even if they clearly have something, I told this to another buddy and he went next week with a whole tai dinner and a big gas station soda, cashier said it smelled good lol
I work in childcare. If your child has a milestone first at the centre, we don’t tell you. Taking first steps is the one that sticks out the most.
I worked at a major jewelry company in the US. When we wanted to buy jewelry, we paid what it costs to make the product (material, labor, shipping), plus 10%. I paid around $115 for a pair of $950 diamond earrings.
The ice cream machine is not broken, no one put it in its cleaning cycle when it needed to be so they’re locked out of it until they do the whole cleaning process.
In the consulting world, nobody really knows what they’re doing
Hotels don’t change the comforter on the beds in between guests unless there’s a noticeable stain on it. If the pillows are placed on a chair instead of on the bed at check out, housekeeping assumes they weren’t used and puts them back on the bed without changing the pillowcases. All of this is due to cutting corners in housekeeping because the keepers are under strict timers for each room, and they have an insane amount of rooms to do everyday.
Airlines often make more money carrying cargo than passengers. Also, they have much stricter contracts about delivering cargo on time than passengers.If a plane is overweight, they will usually remove passengers before they remove cargo.
When you call a cable company to cancel you speak with sales first the deals they offer are not the best they can do.
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Fast food, cleanliness gets overlooked to an extreme amount. Cleaning things properly takes time, which means that is time that youre not making orders to sell to customers.People like to say “Just clean during downtime” but there is no such thing as downtime. Because they will cut your crew to a skeleton, meaning you cant get orders out fast enough for there to be downtime.People like to say “Then clean at close”. Nope, because they want you out asap, as to not run up the labor time. Get what is needed to be done for the morning shift and GTFO
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Wash the top of your cans. Mice poop on those things all the time while they are in warehouse or transit.
A teacher will fail you or lower your grade simply because they don’t like you
My billable hours are not the actual hours
If OSHA ever pays attention to small breweries, the entire industry is going to be shut down.
More people in the US die from simple medical mistakes than are reported.
Post covid recycling in America basically does not exist anymore. No one is taking the end product anymore so massive yards of processed material is sitting and degrading.
Most store brands, are just repackaged name brand. All they do is swap the packaging.The trick is finding WHICH name brand it is that produces it.The reason they do this is because the store guaranteed the name brand to purchase X million units a year. So the name brand gives them a big discount, and still makes money.The store sells their brand next to the name brand. And people looking for discounts buy the store brand, of which the store makes a higher profit margin, but people looking for “better” buy the name brand, so they both win.
75% ( based on personal experience)of the people working on volume build housing sites in the uk ( think persimmon, bloor etc )give zero f***s about the quality of their work as long as they get paid , and don’t have to go back and put it right .
The roses you buy at Valentine’s Day were harvested around Xmas. It’s the worst time of the year to buy roses and I don’t mean because they’re more expensive. They’re also the worst quality because it’s a longer holding time between harvest and use than any other time of the year.Never ever ever send flowers through an order processing service. Look at the location you’re in or sending to and talk to a florist in that area directly. Don’t pick a picture off some external website. Ask the florist what they have and can make that fits your budget. If you’re worried, ask them to text you a pic of the completed design.
Bedbugs are actually incredibly common in hotels. It’s just that nicer hotels generally have better means of treating them.
Life coaches need life coaches the most.
Customer service reps are timed on calls so when we rush you, it isn’t to be rude.
There are train derailments all the f*****g time that don’t make the news. Not all of them are hazmat related, but it happens a lot.
I worked in the moving and storage industry and if you EVER pay movers to pack and move your family, DEMAND an itemized bill and proof of service.These people are out here RAKING people over the coals. Inflating box counts, charging for services not performed, etc. it’s not AS BAD if it’s COD but if it’s a corporate move for your job?? DEMAND IT. You might not be paying for it out of pocket, but it’s still showing on your income as taxable wages.special note to say not ALL companies do this but ALL the ones I worked with did
I’ve been in IT for 20+ years.We’re not smart. We just google s**t.
When you go somewhere that has novelty beer dispensers that you and a group can take to your table, just know they are incredibly incredibly difficult to clean thoroughly and there’s probably mold in there.
I use to work as a secretary at a roofing company.A common practice of “scumbag” roofing companies (in regards to rubber row home roofs) - if your neighbor calls a scumbag roofing company and they fix their roof and then not long after you or another neighbor’s house starts leaking - there’s a terrible possibility that the scumbag company went out and knifed a hole in your roof.They do this because your neighbor may recommend their company to you as their roof is no longer leaking. Scummy move.
I wouldn’t say it’s mostly a secret but agency staffing firms churn and burn college graduates who are basically thrown in the wild. The recruiter you worked with may be gone in six months and that’s why a lot of ghosting happens.
High volume recruiters spend an average of 10 seconds looking at a resume.
I’ve worked in the music industry for 10 years and have access to financials of nearly 15% of all artists' recorded music revenue. Nobody is making as much as you think. The superstar artists who look like millionaires are not, in fact, millionaires.
Many therapists are still practicing after probation or punishment for really egregious acts, and they don’t have to disclose this to potential clients.If a therapist actually gets their license revoked they often go into life coaching.
Zoos and museums are universally held together with double sided tape. The size or prestige of the organization doesn’t matter either.
Aerospace has a phrase “Get Healthy in Maintenance.” Underbid the contract to win to the work; then they over charge on the maintenance activities. It’s an investment strategy that pays well. Many aerospace sites have “cash cows,” long term maintenance contracts that keep the money coming into the site.BTW - this is one of the reasons DoD spends sooooooo much.
There is very little math in investment banking. (Trading, however, is different). They put up all kinds of gates to keep people out to chose “the best.” But all you need is good grooming and arithmetic.
Still surprises me people don’t seem to know you’re SUPPOSED to call and threaten to cancel. We don’t mind. We’re not going to give you the offers unless you ask for them, that would be financial suicide.
Porta-potties are basically made to look clean and smell good when cleaned, they’re not actually sanitized in pretty much any way.
If your business uses an inventory company, your numbers will not be correct.
more product hits the floor and then thrown back on the line than you know.source: worked in a meat packing plant.
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