There are very few people who love working . Even if you enjoy the kind of work you do, getting up to spend eight or more hours a day, five days a week to do it, still isn’t fun.
And it’s even worse when your workplace is full of toxic employers. The kinds who would leave absolutely out of pocket signs like the ones in this list.
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“At work – where water isn’t free yo.”
Yeah, there’s absolutely no way I’d be paying for water at work, when they should be providing you with water for free. This seems like such a scam. A grift. A swindle.
“Came into work this morning to find this taped to the wall. Boss went on tirade against me and co-worker yesterday for taking to each other with no customers in the store.”
Any job that tries to keep you from having… conversations… while on the job, is just plain terrible.
Ageism works both ways, actually.
Was the boss right for firing those cashiers whose boyfriends were trying to hang around? Yeah, although there were probably other steps to try first. But the problem is that they then went and singled out an entire generation like that. Totally inappropriate.
Also last I checked, there were two whole generations between Boomers and Gen Z? What a weird sign.
“Stay classy, Dollar Tree.”
This feels like a bluff, because the manager probably doesn’t know where all these people live. More importantly, this is just plain mean. Writing it off as “just retail” just makes it all the more aggravating.
“Eat and get laid off. Snitches get $20.”
Again, I have no idea where this is, but I’m pretty sure this is illegal. Unless they mean people can’t eat unless they’re on their break, but the wording makes it seem like that’s not the case (and would still be pretty terrible).
Don’t you love it when they’re upfront about their red flags?
I would rather not know what they consider an “Un-American Commie” to be, to be honest. Just seems like the kind of place you’d want to avoid in general.
“Spotted this in a gas station in NY. Disregarding the obvious moral issues for the moment, this doesn’t seem…..Legal?”
According to the comment section under the original post, it isn’t illegal, but it’s still pretty shady. Don’t you just love when employers exploit workers?
“This is posted by the time-clock.”
Whether this is serious or it’s someone’s idea of a joke, it’s pretty inappropriate. Being sexist and homophobic isn’t a good look, even if the majority of your workers are straight men.
“Started a new job today. Just more of the same.”
The first thing I thought about when reading this sign was all the poor people who work there who might suffer from colitis, IBS, or some other gastrointestinal condition.
Or people who end up getting sick at work. This sign is just flipping the bird at all of them.
“The store I work at has started shorting people’s pay when they forget to clock in or out. As in not paying for ANY of that shift. I’m pretty sure this is illegal, right?”
Sounds illegal. Yes, it’s pretty annoying when the payroll person has to figure out missed punches. But, like, you still have to pay people for the work they do.
“In case you would like to know what it’s like working at Starbucks.”
As someone who’s been to Starbucks plenty of times, I can tell you that customers don’t care nearly as much about that kind of stuff as employers think we do. Just sayin’.
“ReedSmith a corporate law firm for Activision posted this as a note which they keep around the offices.”
“A local Game Union printed it on mousepads and now gives them out as a reminder of how they see union employees.”
Wait a minute… isn’t this union busting? How classy.
“Amazon employees who worked over 10 hours on Easter Sunday were ‘lucky enough’ to potentially win a $2 snack pack.”
This made me genuinely upset. Like, as if we needed more proof that we’re living in a corporate dystopia, right?
“My old boss took 10 days off and put this on her chair… in order to access her computer (aka cover her work while she was gone) we had to stand or bring in another chair…”
“She would re-watch the cameras at 6x speed to see if anyone would touch it.”
It’s… just a chair. Jeez.
“Just saw this in a McDonald’s…”
Maybe it’s different where this picture was taken, but I’m pretty sure employers can’t actually stop employees from talking about their pay. If they even discourage it, it’s a sign that there are huge pay discrepancies. Just sayin’.
“One of a seemingly endless series of unreasonable notes left by my boss. It’s great here.”
As horrifying as this sign is in general, the term “theft of electricity” made me laugh out loud. Like, talk about a manager on a power trip (pun intended).
“My wife’s teacher appreciation gift from the administrators who have let everyone know all year they do not appreciate them at all.”
Sure, this technically isn’t a sign, this is still passive-aggressive enough to make me physically exhausted.
“Spotted at my local Burger King.”
The funniest thing about this sign is the fact that they had a point with the first bit. Like, why would you come in on your day off to hang out behind the counter in the first place?
Execution is way off, though.
“Labor Day.”
Oh no. Not disciplicary actions! Anything but disciplicary actions!
The terrible grammar of this sign aside, this is a pretty bad and ironic thing to do on a holiday that’s literally called Labor Day. Like, come on!
“Little old but this note was put up last summer during record breaking heat here in Utah. It was like 112F if I remember correctly. Rip those of us working outside.”
“Want to wear something that’s part of the dress code? Better pay up!” This sign is just ridiculous.
