Today, after I'd left my former job because of burnout for another job, where they'd said handling call time wasn't important, my new employer demands to fill in every day during the week how much time I spent on each task and calls, bathroom or coffee breaks, as "waste-time", and we need to fill in how much time we "wasted" pissing or shitting. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I had a huge amount of work to get through. Two colleagues offered to help, because one had nothing else to do, and the other couldn't work until I was done. My boss got really pissed at me for "making" them do my job and wasting their time. FML
Today, after informing my boss that I needed stress leave from my 70-hour-a-week shifts, I got my new work assignment. Sixty hours a week, starting at 2 a.m. FML
Today, my boss called me while I was working from home to bitch me out over being away from my computer for 49 minutes, when my lunch break is only 45 minutes, thus wasting another 13 minutes. My boss is known for spending hours online gaming from home during work hours. FML
Today, my boss told me I’m doing too much overtime, and that it’s draining our budget. I never volunteer for overtime, I don’t need it. Every bit of overtime I do is shit he says I have to do to meet deadlines, most of which are just the parts of his job he can’t be bothered to learn how to do himself. FML
Today, my colleague came back from vacation so I no longer have to do her job on top of mine. My bosses saw this as the perfect occasion to barge into my office every five minutes to hand me tasks. When I asked for a ten-minute break to do a task that needed concentration, they barged in again after five minutes. FML
Today, I got fired from my job. Why? Apparently, taking 10 minutes to take a shit is too long for some people. FML
Today, after working for over a decade at the same place, I was formally written up with two days of leave without pay for refusing to work extra overtime. I've been working over 80 hours a week for four months now and even cancelled some very important plans so I could work every day. FML
Today, I accidentally stumbled on a method of getting my job done in about a third of the time, so my boss made it mandatory for all employees. Unfortunately, my coworkers now can't slack off pretending jobs take 2-3 hours, and their constant petty revenge bullying is driving me mad. FML
Today, I started a new job. The hours are long, but I didn't mind as I could REALLY use the overtime. Turns out, they don't pay over time. I'm just expected to go "above and beyond for the company." FML
Today, my boss told me that my attitude to work is awesome and that he'd follow my example of coming in half-an-hour early every day from now on. I relish those 30 minutes as the only time I can get work done without him constantly interrupting me. So much for that. FML
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Iifa 7
Employment laws, report it! Send in tip off to appropriate departments, and record and report everything make sure the reports go to manager, to the authorities and keep a copy for yourself. Paper trail everything, do not discuss any of it on phone. Every conversation follow up with email so it's on the record. And back up the emails as proof.
RichardPencil 32
It's funny that this comes from Belgium where the national symbol is a pissing boy.
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RichardPencil 32
It's funny that this comes from Belgium where the national symbol is a pissing boy.
Iifa 7
Employment laws, report it! Send in tip off to appropriate departments, and record and report everything make sure the reports go to manager, to the authorities and keep a copy for yourself. Paper trail everything, do not discuss any of it on phone. Every conversation follow up with email so it's on the record. And back up the emails as proof.
Grizz8831 14
my work has us record every job we work on, breaks and meetings. I would ask what how the records are used before doing anything major. for us, it is purely to know what we charge the customer vs write off for training, but we are not penalized. could be for something similar, and "down time" is simply not charged to the customer. But yeah, first time they talk about penalizing you I would be reporting it.