Best ways someone has wound up an awful employer

sexmag · 27-06-2018 11:12AM #1

Id like to hear peoples stories of how they or other people have wound up an employer who was either bad, oppressive or just a down right jerk.

Ill start, its a simple one, employer in an office implamented a new rule that plants cant be in the office , on peoples desk etc,used health and saftey as the excuse, people watering them is dangerous near electrics, the pollen etc but really was just a jerk who didnt like plants, the people in the office and just thought of ways to make life awful. Next day this french lady brought in this huge fake plant she got in ikea and stuck it on her desk. Boss tried to claim she couldnt have it but HR backed her up and now everyone has big fake plants all over the office, place looks nice

verycool · 27-06-2018 11:13AM

Looks like someone had a case of the Mondays.

Donald Trump · 27-06-2018 11:36AM

Try to ride one of their close family members?

Daughters work well

Failing that, wife is a close second.

If you are feeling particularly ambitious, you could always aim for both

Your Face · 27-06-2018 11:48AM

Fight the power bro

Lux23 · 27-06-2018 11:49AM

Leave and get a better job?

padd b1975 · 27-06-2018 11:56AM

Take a break with the smokers.

Graces7 · 27-06-2018 12:20PM

sexmag wrote: »

Id like to hear peoples stories of how they or other people have wound up an employer who was either bad, oppressive or just a down right jerk.

Ill start, its a simple one, employer in an office implamented a new rule that plants cant be in the office , on peoples desk etc,used health and saftey as the excuse, people watering them is dangerous near electrics, the pollen etc but really was just a jerk who didnt like plants, the people in the office and just thought of ways to make life awful. Next day this french lady brought in this huge fake plant she got in ikea and stuck it on her desk. Boss tried to claim she couldnt have it but HR backed her up and now everyone has big plants all over the office, place looks nice

Reminds me of when I had a long trailing artificial ivy all down one wall of my sitting room... A guest once got very worried about how i watered it..

w/s/p/c/ · 27-06-2018 12:24PM

[font=Times New Roman","serif]My first job when I was about 15/16 in the late 90's was working with a fella (basically the skivvy while he did the driving) delivering people's shopping from the local supermarket. Ended up getting my mate a job with us too, we were that busy at times.[/font]

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[font=Times New Roman","serif]One week the driver was sick so he got one of the local bar flies to drive the van in his absence (classic Hi-ace, none of this fancy refrigerated vans that are around now). The replacement driver was a complete pr*ck. Little small smelly bald man who had little man syndrome and thought he was our boss seeing as he was driving while we did the hard work. He used to think there was nothing better than to try and bark out orders to us. We laughed him off.[/font]

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[font=Times New Roman","serif]As the week went on (this was during summertime when the temperatures were high, he was going around wearing vest tops absolutely stinking the van out with his BO to go with the constant smoking while driving around), after he tried to take a bigger cut of our tips, my mate and I said enough is enough, time for some payback.[/font]

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[font=Times New Roman","serif]We started by filling the van's water bottle with coca cola instead of water, the look of panic in his face when he started to use the wipers and they started to stick after he sprayed they windscreen, he was worried that the owner would give him an earful after breaking them. Also some bleach spilled out of a customer’s shopping and burst so we put some on his seat, his smelly slacks were turned a nice white colour at his ar*e where he was sitting on it, we probably did him a favour they were like rags.[/font]

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[font=Times New Roman","serif]We used to kick a football around the yard of the supermarket while waiting for deliveries, so on this week the ball hit the brake light of the van (it was already cracked) and knocked a piece away. Needless to say we blamed the bar fly when questioned by our boss, we told him that he had reversed the van and it hit a load of shopping trolleys. Turned out he did admit to the owner that he did reverse the van into a wall! He was told his services were no longer required (added to the fact he was caught drinking on his lunch and driving the van afterwards).[/font]

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[font=Times New Roman","serif]We would probably be up in court for bullying in this day and age!![/font]

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[font=Times New Roman","serif]20 odd years later I would still see him in the pub the odd time when I am home and he still says it was great craic working with us youngfellas that summer :-)[/font]

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[font=Times New Roman","serif]He still stinks!![/font]

martingriff · 27-06-2018 12:56PM

sexmag wrote: »

Id like to hear peoples stories of how they or other people have wound up an employer who was either bad, oppressive or just a down right jerk.

Ill start, its a simple one, employer in an office implamented a new rule that plants cant be in the office , on peoples desk etc,used health and saftey as the excuse, people watering them is dangerous near electrics, the pollen etc but really was just a jerk who didnt like plants, the people in the office and just thought of ways to make life awful. Next day this french lady brought in this huge fake plant she got in ikea and stuck it on her desk. Boss tried to claim she couldnt have it but HR backed her up and now everyone has big plants all over the office, place looks nice

Just to clarify did they back her up on have a fake plant or are ye allowed real ones.

In relation to pollen I would not be as dismisive as you are. We can't have real plants or flower in our house as my sister gets real sick and can barely breath

weisses · 27-06-2018 01:02PM

Guy baked a weed cake ...boss had a slice not knowing it had weed in it ,boss drove away in his car ... thought he had a heart attack, pulled over on the hard shoulder called an ambulance ... rest is history

umop episdn · 27-06-2018 01:17PM

Donald Trump wrote: »

Try to ride one of their close family members?

Daughters work well

Failing that, wife is a close second.

If you are feeling particularly ambitious, you could always aim for both

I may have done that before...was going to get laid off...so I got laid beforehand!

martingriff · 27-06-2018 01:17PM

weisses wrote: »

Guy baked a weed cake ...boss had a slice not knowing it had weed in it ,boss drove away in his car ... thought he had a heart attack, pulled over on the hard shoulder called an ambulance ... rest is history

Poor boss

27-06-2018 02:33PM

Very basic, but in a previous job once I knew I was leaving I refused to do any unsocial hours or give any explanation. I would have been v flexible previously and it caused a lot of headaches for the bitch who was in charge.
What really annoyed her was that I wouldn’t give any excuses either, just say no. Funny how satisfying it was seeing her get angry but have no real power left. V petty, but v entertaining.
The company is gone since, but she’s still being a c**t in a management position elsewhere.

27-06-2018 02:57PM

Tabasco in the b**#”es apple tart.

Dramatik · 27-06-2018 05:23PM

Ahh nothing much, just decided to stretch my legs out as they were walking past my desk

Greybottle · 27-06-2018 09:38PM

Worked on contract for a company 3 days a week setting them up with a cooperation project with an Austrian company. 5 people in it, all tossers who confused themselves with being Bill Gates or Steve Jobs on a regular basis.

I was doing languages and project management, effectively organising everything. Bullying was rife, 5 real wannabe jocks.

One of them said that if his work on the crucial meeting didn't look good he would 'kick my Fcuking head up and down Harcourt St'.

I waited an hour and walked out as the two Austrian lads came in and told them why I was leaving.

No idea what happened, but the Irish lads had no German and the Austrians would not conduct business conversations in English in case of a misunderstanding.

Graces7 · 28-06-2018 02:29AM

OSI wrote: »

Dunno, never been that petty.

and of course the best way is to be the perfect employee... leaves them speechless and no harm done..

nitpick man · 28-06-2018 03:32AM

Back in the day as a security guard I worked in retail mainly food stores.. There was one particular store manager who loved to show his power of position on employees in front of customers. Like making sure everyone in the store knows he's boss. Or times say to the tellers ." You can go on break and start cleaning after ..mop the floors and clean the toilets". Basically trying to belittle them in front of customers..

Now I am contracted to this shop and this person has no authority over me other than my tasks which are set out by the companies..

I get on well with all staff even management , Sometimes doing more than I'm expected , helping them get out quicker so we could all get home . They thought of me as one of their own and all partitioned together to hire me as security for the own company. I was seemingly that good ..

Anyway one Saturday morning I was due in at noon . The shop was packed , two tills open , queue half way down shop.. as I walk in I hear the SM berat staff member sending her into tears..

Today was the day to piss it off.
SM use to leave the office door ajar with a bin , so it was easier for them to go in and out of. The office has also the safe contained in the room, We had a customer/staff toilets outside the office , meaning anyone could wander on in.

So I kicked the bin in ,locking the door , knowing that the keys where inside.

Well it's face when they realised they couldn't get in , with all the floats and tills waiting for staff to start their shift.
Trying to blame me . I said "yes I closed the door because there is no in there with money out in the open".
Poor SM had got call head office and explain that they left key inside .
40 minutes pass , people leaving full loads of shopping and walking out, a staff member comes with her own key, opens it for SM.
Few hours later I walk into staff room and the same thing again , the door ajar on office room.. I glance in and see with the days takings being counted up..out on the table.. 30k plus ..easily.. nobody in the room... I see keys on the desk ..
I close over the door .

Well all hell broke loose ..because me knowing that I'm doing my job correctly by securing the place , he had no comeback what so ever. He got into **** and all the staff and stores had to be briefed over it.

The joys of SM squirming down the phone to head office in front of co workers trying to make out that it was an accident.

Petite I know

PhilipsR · 28-06-2018 05:10AM

nitpick man wrote: »

Back in the day as a security guard I worked in retail mainly food stores.. There was one particular store manager who loved to show his power of position on employees in front of customers. Like making sure everyone in the store knows he's boss. Or times say to the tellers ." You can go on break and start cleaning after ..mop the floors and clean the toilets". Basically trying to belittle them in front of customers..

Now I am contracted to this shop and this person has no authority over me other than my tasks which are set out by the companies..

I get on well with all staff even management , Sometimes doing more than I'm expected , helping them get out quicker so we could all get home . They thought of me as one of their own and all partitioned together to hire me as security for the own company. I was seemingly that good ..

Anyway one Saturday morning I was due in at noon . The shop was packed , two tills open , queue half way down shop.. as I walk in I hear the SM berat staff member sending her into tears..

Today was the day to piss it off.
SM use to leave the office door ajar with a bin , so it was easier for them to go in and out of. The office has also the safe contained in the room, We had a customer/staff toilets outside the office , meaning anyone could wander on in.

So I kicked the bin in ,locking the door , knowing that the keys where inside.

Well it's face when they realised they couldn't get in , with all the floats and tills waiting for staff to start their shift.
Trying to blame me . I said "yes I closed the door because there is no in there with money out in the open".
Poor SM had got call head office and explain that they left key inside .
40 minutes pass , people leaving full loads of shopping and walking out, a staff member comes with her own key, opens it for SM.
Few hours later I walk into staff room and the same thing again , the door ajar on office room.. I glance in and see with the days takings being counted up..out on the table.. 30k plus ..easily.. nobody in the room... I see keys on the desk ..
I close over the door .

Well all hell broke loose ..because me knowing that I'm doing my job correctly by securing the place , he had no comeback what so ever. He got into **** and all the staff and stores had to be briefed over it.

The joys of SM squirming down the phone to head office in front of co workers trying to make out that it was an accident.

Petite I know

That story was anything but petite....

fyfe79 · 28-06-2018 09:04AM

OSI wrote: »

Dunno, never been that petty.

You're awesome, internet person!

ELM327 · 28-06-2018 09:12AM

When they take my stapler and keep moving my desk.

nitpick man · 28-06-2018 09:13AM

Also there was a few customers who didn't show any respect towards the women staff. One guy would was rude to one of them and really caused her upset.. so eveytime time he'd come in to do his shopping he would walk around store but would leave his basket down with shopping in it .. I would go over to it a hide items in there and we would watch his reaction when he got to the till. We would be falling around the place having a good ol laugh.. when he'd be putting items such as Sudo cream, tampons, hand creme and any other ladies products onto the till belt. I did this every time he came in.. which was at least 3-4 times a week. It got to the stage where he'd be staking his own basket out on the shop floor.. so then whenever he'd left it down on the ground and walk off , I'd pick it up and dump it in the NOT BOUGHT trolley to be put back onto the shelves..

everlast75 · 28-06-2018 09:49AM

I used to work in a shopping chain that's no longer around.

There was one out of the management staff that was a bit of a pr1ck. He used to put a shed load of Bryll cream in his hair. He also used to leave it around the staff lockers.

Let's just say, my co-workers did a "something about mary" before it was cool.

GBX · 28-06-2018 10:16AM

Deleted User wrote: »

Tabasco in the b**#”es apple tart.

Yum!!

TheIrishGrover · 28-06-2018 10:23AM

Bowlardo · 28-06-2018 10:25AM

ELM327 wrote: »

When they take my stapler and keep moving my desk.

God I actually have a stapler. People use it. I’m protective of it. God help me

ELM327 · 28-06-2018 10:33AM

Bowlardo wrote: »

God I actually have a stapler. People use it. I’m protective of it. God help me

Ya, if you could mooove your desk down to the basement, yaaah that'd be great.

El Tarangu · 28-06-2018 10:37AM

Spend my working hours reading threads on Boards :cool:

Hector Bellend · 28-06-2018 10:54AM

Donald Trump wrote: »

Try to ride one of their close family members?

Daughters work well

Failing that, wife is a close second.

If you are feeling particularly ambitious, you could always aim for both

What about the person theyre having their affair with?

Do you really think theyre happily married?

JamBur · 28-06-2018 11:40AM

ELM327 wrote: »

When they take my stapler and keep moving my desk.

Mumble, Mumble Mumble

selwyn froggitt · 28-06-2018 12:34PM

Not so much a wind up.....but a story of sweet revenge.

I was working through a UK agency to a Dutch client at the Botlek in Rotterdam on oil rig overhauls in the early 1990’s.

Our signed timesheets were faxed through every week to the UK so we could get paid, our supervisor would do this.
We got wind that he was subtracting legitimate hours off certain individuals before sending them off (It never happened to me by the way)

Three of my work mates hatched a plot.

They stole the supervisor’s visa card from his wallet from the locker room and returned it the following morning.
Whilst in possession of the card the lads headed to the Club OQ in Rotterdam.

The Club OQ is a notorious sex club located over three floors with every perversion catered for…………..The lads literally filled their boots!

And this was well before any of this chip and PIN nonsense, just a drunken scrawl on credit card imprinter and the credit card bill sent to his home address in the UK…..….Explain that one away to the Wife!

Sweet indeed.

Best ways someone has wound up an awful employer

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