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.
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 livable 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 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 fields, 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 at the time. As for Richard Ortiz, the union activist they initially fired, Tesla was ordered by the National Labor Relations Board to reinstate him.
cnbc.comIn more recent news, some leaked emails revealed that Tesla CEO Elon Musk ordered his employees to return to the office or quit.
Saul Martinez / Getty ImagesHe also wanted to fire 10% of his employees because he had a bad feeling about the economy.
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2. An unnamed high-paid Amazon employee was told to either work through his wife's brain cancer treatments or go on unpaid leave.
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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 his 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 wouldn'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 to hospice soon after and died.
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3. Debbie Stevenson donated a kidney to help her boss move higher on the recipient list.
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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 afterward.
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4. They made him sign a document stating he would repay the entire stolen amount right after he was robbed at gunpoint.
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He was also demoted afterward and eventually fired from his position after taking an approved vacation.
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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 that they should go back to work.
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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.
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6. While the working class was barely surviving through the pandemic, CEOs were earning record-breaking paychecks and bonuses.
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Jamie Dimon, JP Morgan CEO, said cutting his paycheck would offend the board and refused to do it.
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7. A tech company paid its employees in crypto but asked them to give it back when it rose in value.
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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.
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9. A former Wells Fargo wealth management executive claimed the applicants were interviewed for positions that were already given to others.
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He complained about the staged job interviews and was fired. The company says he was fired for retaliating against another employee, but 11 other former workers have supported his claim.
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10. It was Christmas Eve when a customer had 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 could 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 jobs back after the bank received a ton of backlash. U.S. Bank also issued a statement apologizing for its decision.
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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 hear her boss over the phone talking to her daughter. She was saying that wasn't how they ran their business and that Crystal was supposed to be informing her, not her daughter.
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Crystal's son was transferred to another hospital, intubated, and put on life support.
She called her boss to inform her that she wouldn't be able to return to work until her son was off 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 could take as much time as she needed after Crystal posted the exchange on social media. They also dismissed Crystal's manager.
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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 that he wasn't interested in "symbolic gestures," i.e., wearing a mask. His employees denounced his carelessness.
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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.
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He said there have been many "nut jobs" warning him about the end of the world for years.
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14. The military personnel of the Royal Canadian Air Force were urged to contact Habitat for Humanity if they had problems finding affordable housing.
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The spokeswoman of the Defense Department said they didn't direct them to the organization and instead presented it as another option.
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15. President Biden's administration is the first in history to pay its interns.
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The White House interns are paid $750 a week. Before Biden's administration, the interns earned nothing—zero, nada, zilch.
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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 said 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.
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17. The bosses who are telling their employees it's time to return to the office are not practicing what they preach.
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18. Studies also found that bosses with MBAs in Denmark and America grew their bottom line by suppressing employee wages.
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19. Despite some progress on employee wages, it's nothing compared to how much CEO salaries increased. Guess who's getting blamed for inflation?
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20. Banks are blaming workers' wages, too.
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21. Will our landlords, utility companies, and banks accept this mindset as well?
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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.
