Most of us have to work to be able to pay bills, buy something to eat, go out or travel somewhere. That means that sooner or later, we need to face adult responsibilities and work in order to have a decent life.However, the world is unfair, full of scams and things that shouldn’t be tolerated. And in this case - the corporate world. Most companies don’t really care about their employees, yet employees need to provide for themselves and their families, thus they have no other way but to hold themselves together. Actually, there are so many things at work that we are just so used to them being this way that we have even forgotten that they’re not exactly as they should be. For instance - unpaid lunches that result in a 9-hour work day.So, speaking about that, one Reddit user started a thread in one of the communities asking folks online to share work scams that have become so normalized that we don’t even realize they’re scams anymore. So, pandas, explore these scams, comment your thoughts and maybe you will even spot something that you in fact never thought of as being a scam, but when you think about it… well, maybe it is in fact too normalized.More info:RedditThis post may includeaffiliate links.
Most of us have to work to be able to pay bills, buy something to eat, go out or travel somewhere. That means that sooner or later, we need to face adult responsibilities and work in order to have a decent life.
However, the world is unfair, full of scams and things that shouldn’t be tolerated. And in this case - the corporate world. Most companies don’t really care about their employees, yet employees need to provide for themselves and their families, thus they have no other way but to hold themselves together. Actually, there are so many things at work that we are just so used to them being this way that we have even forgotten that they’re not exactly as they should be. For instance - unpaid lunches that result in a 9-hour work day.
So, speaking about that, one Reddit user started a thread in one of the communities asking folks online to share work scams that have become so normalized that we don’t even realize they’re scams anymore. So, pandas, explore these scams, comment your thoughts and maybe you will even spot something that you in fact never thought of as being a scam, but when you think about it… well, maybe it is in fact too normalized.
More info:Reddit
This post may includeaffiliate links.
Having to find someone to cover for you when you call out sick. That’s the f*****g managers job not yours.
Companies offering 3% raises while inflation is 8%
“Be here 15 minutes before your shift starts “Ya bro. Normally I would because I like to ease in, make a coffee etc. but if you require it and don’t pay, I’m rolling in at 9 on the dot.
HR is there to protect the company, no one is there to protect the employees.
“Team lead.” It really means “you’re going to get management responsibilities without management pay.”
Go above and beyond and we will reward you with….even more work
Unpaid lunches resulting in a 9 hour work day. Absolute f*****g horseshit.
For the Americans in the crowd: Let’s talk about tying proper healthcare to our jobs, shall we? It’s become so normalized that we sometimes forget how wild it is that a huge chunk of our healthcare security is linked to where we work. If you or one of your loved ones requires ongoing medical coverage, you literally CANNOT quit your job.If you’re thinking about switching careers or just need a change of pace, there’s this looming threat. You can’t just leave, cause if something unfortunate happens, you’re screwed. We are all hostages of our employers.
Being expected to give two weeks notice or you get a bad reference/can’t be rehired, but we can be fired on the spot for literally no reason at all.what is that horses**t??
Wage Theft of almost every type is so normalized we barely notice it.
Attendance policies, telling an employee who they can and can’t take time off to grief for.
Sick days.Don’t call them sick days. When I need them they drain my available PTO first before they get to the sick days.By then I am usually no longer sick and with the little amount PTO I accrue during the year, I am now not getting a vacation.Out sick is not a f*****g vacation.
“Do it for the team, others are counting on you” to try and get free labor
Unpaid internships. How and why have we ok’d this??
A work contest to see who can have the highest sales dollars. We push to make them a c**p ton of profit and they give us s****y rewards like $10 gift cards or the smallest percentage of a bonus they can find. It’s total garbage.
Downsizing and not getting compensated for doing more work.
Five day work week.
My employer keeps paperwork that we are supposed to be filling out regularly in the break room. A lot of people have too much to do and they fill it out on their breaks. I never have. I don’t care how behind I am, if the company wants something done, they are going to have to pay me to do it.
When you’re expected to be ready to start when your shift starts, fine. When you come in a bit early to get a coffee and get your work face on and colleagues immediately start throwing work at you.I used to come in 15 minutes early and people who were due to finish when I started would just pack up and go.Thanks to this sub I no longer tolerate that. I still come in early to prepare for the s**t show and get a coffee but I’m not working.I actually had a nurse storm up to me once saying a call bell had been going for 10 mi why wasn’t I responding. I shrugged and asked her where her day staff were.
Promising growth and development (dangling the 🥕 on the stick) but not following through.
Being gainfully employed without being able to even make basic ends meet.
Saying we get 2 days off. It’s more like 1.5 days. Saturday is the only real day off. On Sundays, you try to sleep early to be ready for Monday morning. There is no real rest when Saturday is the only day you can sleep in and sleep late.40 hours a week of work 5 days a week is too long. It’s harder to manage your regular life and it’s too hard to get anything done in your regular life because you’re too burnt out giving your entire days and times at work.Work should be 6 hours a day (it’s hard to stay productive after the 5th or 6th hour) and have 3 days off so we can get real rest and take care of our real life s**t.
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Business tax cuts. The politicians say that it will create jobs, but they don’t. The big businesses just use the money to buy out their competitors and they pay lower wages after removing redundant staff.
Unable to leave early once you fulfill your daily/weekly quota. Must stay so they can exploit more of your energy.
Pensions are an easy one.
Capitalism is the ultimate pyramid scheme.
the part where i make 100 bucks for my employer and he gives me 10 for my efforts.
The standard 40 hour work week.
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Yep. Had an employer who would strip the client info from the pay stub, so it was just random billing hours, and then they’d “shuffle” those hours so they weren’t in any kind of order.I started matching them up, and once I did that caught them short changing me every week.Finally i threatened them with going to DOL over it and the shortchanging stopped but I still had to spend an hour making sure I was being paid correctly every check.
Working most of the day for most of the week.
probably cellphones. most jobs require in some way a smartphone, but you have to pay for it.
At-will employment.
Not being paid for commute time and its expenses.
Employee surplus value is effectively stolen.
Showing/Adding up health insurance as a part of Total Compensation.
Being on salary. Salary is SUCH a scam that only benefits a company in that they can get free labor and not pay OT. There is ZERO benefit to the employee. Why this even exists is something I find baffling.
I don’t know if it’s normalized but it seems to be growing: “Unlimited” PTO.
work is the scam.
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