A British woman who sued a former employer for neglecting to give her a farewell card lost her lawsuit when it was revealed her colleagues had bought her a card, but no one signed it.
    • Dagwood222@lemm.eeEnglish
      323·
      13 days ago

      So, you’re assuming that the big boss was widely respected based on the fact that no one corrected me?

      • BossDj@lemm.eeEnglish
        9·
        13 days ago

        I was just making a joke, but no, the subtext of it was that everyone thinks you’re weird or otherwise off-putting, so they don’t engage with you.

        But there’s plenty of reasons why they wouldn’t correct you. Maybe they thought it was funny, or hated the boss too, I don’t know!

        • Dagwood222@lemm.eeEnglish
          47·
          13 days ago

          I have no idea. I’ve been telling this story for years and this is the first time anyone ever thought I was being mean to the boss.

          Here’s one story about how bad he was. He instituted a policy where we were both understaffed and had an overtime cap. People who wanted to fill needed positions couldn’t work because they were capped, and people who didn’t want to work were getting forced to stay.

          • IMNOTCRAZYINSTITUTION@lemmy.worldEnglish
            71·
            13 days ago

            a company I used to work for did stupid shit like that too. it used to run smoothly, once in a while there would be too many people on a shift but usually it was good to handle surges. then they fired almost everyone, hired fewer replacements at lower wages and prohibited overtime. then when surges happened and we ground to a halt, they’d start having a melt down and got punitive and started restricting breaks and other shit. jerks!

            • Dagwood222@lemm.eeEnglish
              21·
              13 days ago

              We’d be here for the next six weeks if I started in on my old job and the mistakes the bosses made.