Mr. Krabs Has Nothing On These Bad CEOs And Exploitative Companies Who Are Driving Their Employees Out Of The Door

People don't leave jobs, they leave bad managers and in this case, awful CEOs

Chelsi

• Published in Interesting
• July 26, 2022

There is dignity in work worth doing. Yet it is becoming more and more difficult to hold onto a job that's determined to extinguish any humanity you have left.

It's not true that people no longer want to work. It's not true that the working class demanding to be paid a liveable wage is the reason for inflation.

That's what CEOs and companies want us to believe. It simply isn't true because people do actually want and need jobs.

People are quitting their jobs in droves because companies are refusing to listen to what their employees need. After all, what is the point of working when housing, food, and financial security are no longer within our reach?

How are we supposed to save up for a house and build our own families when we are barely surviving on our own? We are the most educated generation and the most productive workers but we are one emergency away from homelessness.

In contrast to the plight of the working class, the rich are thriving off of our labor. There are 2,755 billionaires all over the world.

The United States alone has 724 of these billionaires and instead of taxing them properly, we rely on their philanthropy and humanity to look for solutions to our most pressing problems.

Well, these CEOs and billionaires may be successful in their field but they didn't get there by playing nice. Here are some news stories that make villains look tame:

1. Tesla hired a PR firm to spy on their employees' Facebook group and they also fired a union activist

They spied on the Facebook group to monitor any employees discussing unfair labor practices and the sexual harassment lawsuit Tesla was facing then. As for Richard Ortiz, the union activist they initially fired, Tesla was ordered by the National Labor Relations Board to reinstate him.

In more recent news, some leaked emails revealed that Tesla CEO Elon Musk ordered his employees to return to office or quit

He also wanted to fire 10% of his employees because he had a bad feeling about the economy

2. An unnamed high-paid Amazon employee was told to either work through his wife's brain cancer's treatments or go on unpaid leave

His bosses knew about his wife's terminal brain cancer when they hired him

About a year and a half into working for the company, his boss approached him with concerns about his performance. The employee went to HR to discuss his difficulties performing his duties and depression while dealing with his wife's cancer treatment.

He was given the option to either perform his job or go on leave. If he chose to go on leave, he won't have money to support his wife's cancer treatments.

He decided to push through but was still fired later on for his performance. His wife was admitted into a hospice soon after and died.

3. Debbie Stevenson donated a kidney to help her boss move higher on the recepient list

Debbie Stevenson was an assistant at a dealership in New York

She made jokes about donating a kidney to her boss when her boss asked her if she was serious. She wasn't a match but still donated a kidney to move her boss higher up on the list.

After the surgery, her boss started to treat her "horribly, viciously, inhumanly." Due to the complications after surgery and the stress that came with it, Stevenson hired lawyers who sent a letter to the dealership; Stevenson was promptly fired after.

4. They made him sign a document stating he would repay the entire stolen amount right after he was robbed at gunpoint

He was also demoted after and eventually fired from his position after taking an approved vacation

5. They were working at the South Tower when Stanley saw "chunks of fireballs" from the North Tower

They didn't know what was happening so Stanley and his coworker decided to leave. Downstairs, the security asked them where they were going, said everything was safe, and they should go back to work.

Apparently one of the bosses said, "Come on Stan the man, we got a business to run."

Stanley hid under his desk when the second plane hit the South Tower. He had to crawl through debris, punch a sheetrock wall, and was pulled by another survivor to get to the other side — they managed to get down the stairwell before the building collapsed.

6. While the working class were barely surviving through the pandemic, CEOs were earning record-breaking paychecks and bonuses

Jamie Dimon, JP Morgan CEO, said cutting his paycheck would offend the board and refused to do it

7. A tech company paid its employees in crypto but asked them to give it back when it rose in value

8. Andreas Flaten asked his girlfriend to help him clean each oil-covered penny by hand

When the boss was asked about what he did with his former employee's paycheck, he had this to say, "It doesn’t matter — he got paid, that’s all that matters. He’s a f**kin’ weenie for even bringing it up." The former employee couldn't even sue or file a complaint because what the boss did wasn't technically wrong.

9. A former Wells Fargo wealth management executive claimed the applicants were interviewed for positions that were already given to others

He complained about the staged job interviews and was fired. The company says he was fired for retaliating againts another employee but 11 other former worker have supported his claim.

10. It was Christmas Eve when a customer had a difficulty cashing in a check from his new job at U.S. Bank

The check wouldn't go through and Marc Eugenio couldn't buy gas to go home to his family. He called customer service and spoke to an employee named Emily James.

Emily got clearance from her supervisor to leave so she can give Marc $20 out of her own pocket. Emily and her supervisor were both fired for leaving work to meet with unknown customers.

They were both offered their job back after the bank received a ton of backlash. U.S. Bank also issued a statement apologizing for its decision.

11. Crystal Fisher had to rush her son to the ER because he had a fever and low oxygen

She was an employee at P.S. Food Mart and she was supposed to work the next day. She asked her daughter to call the manager at the store to relay the emergency situation, saying she wouldn't be able to work the following day.

Crystal could her boss over the phone talking to her daughter. She was saying that wasn't how they run their business and Crystal was supposed to be informing her not her daughter.

Crystal's son was transferred to another hospital, intubated, and put on life support

She called her boss to inform her that she won't be able to return to work until her son was off of life support. The callous response of the manager was to ask Crystal if she was quitting and then said, "There is no reason you can't work and I will not tolerate drama."

Folk Oil, the company that owns the food mart, got in touch with Crystal to tell her she can take as much time as she needed after Crystal posted the exchange on social media. They also dismissed Crystal's manager.

12. The CEO of Sanford Health refused to wear a mask at work because he believed he was immune to the virus after contracting COVID-19

He said there was growing evidence that he was immune to the virus and he wasn't interested in "symbolic gestures" i.e., wearing a mask. His employees denounced his carelessness.

13. HSBC's Asset Management global head of responsible investing, Stuart Kirk told investors not to worry about global warming

He said in his slideshow presentation "Unsubstantiated, shrill, partisan, self-serving, apocalyptic warnings are ALWAYS wrong

He said there have been many "nut jobs" warning him about the end of the world for years

14. The military personnels of the Royal Canadian Air Force were urged to contact Habitat for Humanity if they had problems finding affordable housing

The spokeswoman of the Defense Department said they didn't direct them to the organization and instead presented it as another option

15. President Biden's administration is the first in history to pay its interns

The White House interns are paid $750 a week. Before Biden's administration, the interns earned nothing, zero, nada, zilch.

16. A boss was proud of firing one of her employees for working strictly from 9 AM to 5 PM only

She wrote an article about it and says this generation's unwillingness to take work calls or answer emails past their schedules is just misguided entitlement. She basically said you can't build a career if you don't work past business hours and weekends.

17. The bosses who are telling their employees it's time to return to the office are not practicing what they preach

18. Studies also found that bosses with MBAs in Denmark and in America grew their bottomline by suppressing employee wages

19. Despite some progress on employee wages, it's nothing compared to how much CEO salaries increased. Guess who's getting blamed for inflation?

20. Banks are blaming workers' wages, too

21. Will our landlords, utility companies, and banks accept this mindset as well?

The traditional path in life is to study, get a job, buy a home, and start a family. In this day and age, only the rich can afford that.

Saying that nobody wants to work anymore dismisses the very real problems the working class is facing each and every day. But hey, good for our CEOs who are breaking records with their salaries and think global warming will turn the whole world into a beautiful submerged city.

Chelsi