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20 Signs Spotted At Workplaces So Awful Employees Had To Share Them Online

“The reward for work well done is the opportunity to do more.”

Sometimes you don’t know if a workplace is toxic until you’ve been immersed in the job for a while. Other times, it’s written on the wall (literally).

These workplaces didn’t do their employees — or themselves — any favors by putting up these demoralizing and outrageous signs. From reminders that work “is not supposed to be fun” to a sign that limits bathroom breaks to 3 minutes, these workplaces are doing their best to make work terrible.

Scroll on for the worst signs ever plastered on workplace walls.

 

1. My Job Threatened To Withhold My Paycheck To Ensure No One Left Early; I Responded Accordingly

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2. Nice Sign I Saw

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3. Only In America Would A Restaurant Display On The Wall That They Don’t Pay Their Staff Enough To Live On

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4. I Left My Job Shortly After Receiving This Prize For My Good Work

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5. Came Into Work This Morning To Find This Taped To The Wall. Boss Went On A Tirade Against Me And Co-Worker Yesterday For Taking To Each Other With No Customers In The Store

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6. “Time Theft”

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7. This Motivational Quote When I Walked In This Morning

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8. Recently Posted At Work

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9. A Sign In My Hospital Reminding Nurses To Bill Patients For A Pillow. Yeah USA

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10. Place I Worked For A Month

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11. This Sign

12. I’m Probably Going To Be Fired For This, But I Don’t Care

13. Injury At Work

Hello. I work at a Subway franchise in a small town in Tennessee. Tonight, my hand got crushed under the glass that separates the food and customers. I was instructed to go to the walk-in clinic if it was open, and if it wasn’t, to just go tomorrow morning. My supervisor said I could not go to the ER because she would get in trouble. I went to the clinic and they took the info from my supervisor, and the entire clinic staff thought the entire situation was sketchy. They put me in a splint for now and said to come back in the morning because the x-ray tech had already gone home. Apparently it is not being filed as worker’s compensation, and instead the office (for this chain of franchises) will pay the bill in cash. My supervisor couldn’t even find any injury forms and said the general manager has never trained her on what to do in this situation. I’m scared to talk to my general manager tomorrow, because I’m worried I’ll be tricked into making Subway more responsible.

14. A Department Manager Did This To My Bike When I Had It In The Back For A Single Day

15. So This Is The Sign Posted On The Bathroom Door At Work Today

16. The Place My Girlfriend Works At Just Posted This Sign In Their Break Room. The Company Had Record Profits Last Year

17. This Sign At A Chain Pizza Place Left A Bad Taste In My Mouth

18. Local Subway Had This Posted On Their Door, I Ask The Manager What The Starting Pay Is And He Couldn’t Give Me A Straight Answer

19. Wanted To Share What My Boss Has Been Hanging In The Break Room

20. Boss Wrote “Thief” On My Check

Filed a wage theft report against my former employer, was told he only paid 80% of what was owned, but I sucked it up. When I picked up the check at the Department of Labor, it had “THIEF” boldly written on the subject line. Super awkward, unfair, and embarrassing, especially with others witnessing it. Is there anything that can be done?

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Alex Buscemi

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