Nate
Every office has its red flags, but some workplaces are so toxic that they need their own hazmat team. Employees are sharing unhinged emails and breakroom rage notes about nightmare boss behavior, revealing the kind of work environments that make you rethink your entire career path.
If you’ve ever left a job and felt an instant sense of relief, these toxic workplace pictures will likely resonate with you. And if you haven’t? Buckle up.
1. “2 Billion In Gross Profit”
2. “Popular Sandwich Chain Had This Tip Sign”
3. “Bathroom Breaks”
4. “I’m Pretty Sure My Boss Started Using Spyware To Screen Capture My Laptop. So I Left This Up”
“I work from home because they couldn’t find anyone who can do my job in the state they are.I think my boss hates not being able to micro manage me, but consistently gets on my case about things and then says he’s not trying to micro manage me. I’m in a highly specialized tech role and the only one here that can do my job, so they literally need me not that I need them.
This morning, I had an update for my laptop. Not unusual. We have very high security and it’s always something being added. It ran quickly. Didn’t require a restart. I thought nothing of it. Hours later I realize that every maybe 20 or 30 minutes, my monitors kind of blink, like they go black for half a second, and make a tone. It took me too long admittedly to realize it’s probably a screen capture. They installed spyware on my laptop to see what I’m doing.
So I have had this on 1 of my screens for the last few captures. If I’m wrong, well, no one sees it but me (and you). But if I’m right, well I’m getting fired anyway so who cares about calling them out to their faces.”
5. “The Fun-Police”
6. “We Got A New District Manager”
“I honestly liked my work environment up until now. We got switched to a different district, so now we have a different district manager. I get that everything on here is pretty much industry standard at this point, but she really gets the point across that we are not people to her. She’s worse in person.”
7. “Being A Nurse Right Now Has Its Perks”
8. “My Manager Deleted The Hours I Worked From My Check”
“I’m allowed to clock in when I do complimentary training sessions with my clients. When I opened the app to do so today, I noticed the 9.5 hours I worked from last week were removed. In the grand scheme of things, it’s not much. But it’s the principle of it. They manipulated me into staying late every day, and then deleted the hours without even letting me know.
And yes, I do plan on quitting. Currently trying to figure out where I can train my clients in the meantime.”
9. “$90,000,000 In Sales And This Target Store Rewarded The Workers With Cupcakes”
10. “LinkedIn Profile Post From A Recruiter That Reached Out About A Remote Role”
“I will not be applying.”
11. “Why Do People Do This?”
“We are extremely tight on money and people at my girlfriend’s job stole her food.”
12. “Founder Feels Pride Having Zero Work Life Balance”
13. “Surprised My Girlfriend With Baked Goods And Flowers Before She Went To Work, And Her Co-Workers Ate Them All”
“Unprompted, straight up just snagged them from her area and ate em, extremely rude.”
14. “I Quit With 100 Hours Of PTO. They Changed My Hourly Rate To $1 A Hour”
“I quit my job, I put my two weeks and fulfilled it. I left on good terms, never really used my PTO, so I thought I would have a nice paycheck after I quit. Only to find out my 100 hours of PTO was not my hourly rate of $20.50 and a hourly rate of $1 per hour.
Just a friendly reminder to use your PTO. I would have used all my PTO before I quit.”
15. “Company Enforced Monthly 2 Hour Drive Into The Office To Improve Collaborative Working. Nobody Else Showed Up”
16. “I Emailed HR After Noticing A Pay Error. This Was Their Response”
17. “Is This Normal For A Work Place?”
18. “My Dad’s 20-Year Work Anniversary Card”
“My dad’s been a laborer with his company for 20 years. To congratulate him they give him a card with an attached gift card. The card just said: ‘You’re egg-cellent.'”
19. “Check Out My Christmas Bonus After Making My Company $1 Million In The Last 2 Months Alone. $25 Card”
20. “Why Does Corporate Think This Is Ok?”
21. “I Won This At Work. The Right To Buy A 15-Minute Break”
22. “‘You Are Not Allowed To Sit, This Is Not A Office Job.’ The Last Order Was 90 Minutes Ago”
23. “The Break Room At Work”
24. “My Company Filed For Bankruptcy And Refuses To Pay Us”
“They forced us to do overtime, I had 94 hours in a two week period and on last Friday, April 11th, on pay day they decided to lay us all off and refuse to pay any of us. Then filed chapter 11 bankruptcy. I have like 8 coworkers and they have kids and family they can’t support now with no job and more importantly no paycheck.
The company refuses to talk to us. We have reported them to the department of labor. They weren’t helpful at all. We were government contractors providing security for a site they were building. But now we have no finacial security of our own.
The picture above is my last pay day. To prove they didn’t pay us on April 11th like they were suppose to. Apparently the company was talking about suing us for slander for speaking against them. They got money for lawyers but not to pay us.”
25. “This Is From A&W Near Me”
26. “The Treats My Job Left Us For Our ‘Hard Work’ Were All Expired”
“They were all uncomfortably warm too.”
27. “My Pregnant Wife Has To Work With A Contagious Person That Won’t Go Home”
28. “‘Employee Appreciation Meal’ My Company Once Provided”
29. “A McDonald’s I Worked At Posted This With Zero Heads Up”
“The franchise is bloated with supervisors and nepotism. I’m sure they all got their holiday bonuses and aren’t taking pay cuts.”
30. “Office Heat Is Broken. They Aren’t Letting Us Work From Home”
31. “Recruiter Just Copied And Pasted The Job Description And Didn’t Check It, Giving A Glimpse Into The Company’s Attitude”
32. “McDonald’s Will Reward You For Working 30 Long Years With $300”
“Picked up a part time second job to pay down credit cards/save for a vacation and saw this in the break room. This is a franchise, so I’m not sure if this is normal for McDonald’s or not. But imagine putting in your 30 years, getting ready to retire, and being presented with $300 and getting told to buy yourself something ‘special’.”
33. “My Job Won’t Allow Me To Sit Down At My Desk, Even Though There’s A Chair, That I’m Also Not Allowed To Move”
34. “The Wheels On Our Baking Racks At Work Are Literally Falling Apart And They Refuse To Get Them Fixed. They Don’t Even Roll Anymore, They Tip Over Often When Trying To Push Them”
35. “Ladder I Was Given At Work To Clean A Ceiling Fan”
