PAY YOUR WORKERS FAIRLY! I.T. guy quits. Costs Employer 40 Millon!

[850credit]

I can't copy and paste. You gotta click to read. Helluva story

Overworked Employee Quits Because He Wasn’t Getting A Fair Wage, Costs The Company $40 Million

Not paying your employees a fair wage can have disastrous consequences for the company’s bottom line. Some business owners realize this only when it’s far, far too late.

www.boredpanda.com

Redditor u/slw_motion_trainwrck opened up about how he quit his low-paying, exhausting IT job at a major multinational company… and how the day after he left work, the business lost $40 million. In three very extensive posts on r/antiwork, the redditor detailed exactly how this happened, and the read is absolutely riveting.

 

[Fright Night]

Second story I've seen like this in 3 months. The other guy couldn't use his time off b4 it expired. He left and they called his family and emergency contacts to try to get him back b/c they were getting fined like crazy for being down

He offered to fix the issue for 10k

They declined and racked up millions(?) in fines and fees

 

[tallblacknyc]

Second story I've seen like this in 3 months. The other guy couldn't use his time off b4 it expired. He left and they called his family and emergency contacts to try to get him back b/c they were getting fined like crazy for being down

He offered to fix the issue for 10k

They declined and racked up millions(?) in fines and fees

Wow at that last 2 sentences

 

[theoriginalgreatone]

Good, these companies are jokes

 

[850credit]

If I can figure out how to post the story here I will. I know most won't read it if they have to click a link.

Basically dude was making 29k. They bumped him up to 31k but he should have been paid 93k.

Worked 16 hour days 7 days a week and was on call for a year straight.

Boss went on vacation leaving him as the only tech guy servicing 3 factories.

Dude quit. Next day systems went down. Boss man can't be reached. Downtime costs company over 200k A MINUTE.

Ends up costing them over 40 million.

 

[theoriginalgreatone]

Well deserved! Most people that are actually keeping the country running are under paid and under valued...

 

[mcguyver]

Second story I've seen like this in 3 months. The other guy couldn't use his time off b4 it expired. He left and they called his family and emergency contacts to try to get him back b/c they were getting fined like crazy for being down

He offered to fix the issue for 10k

They declined and racked up millions(?) in fines and fees

One thing I've learned about big businesses..... They have zero value in employees. The sad part is, it's actually humans making the decisions.

 

[lightbright]

If I can figure out how to post the story here I will. I know most won't read it if they have to click a link.

Basically dude was making 29k. They bumped him up to 31k but he should have been paid 93k.

Worked 16 hour days 7 days a week and was on call for a year straight.

Boss went on vacation leaving him as the only tech guy servicing 3 factories.

Dude quit. Next day systems went down. Boss man can't be reached. Downtime costs company over 200k A MINUTE.

Ends up costing them over 40 million.

..... Google copy & paste playa.... if that idiot faggot @MASTERBAKER can do it, I know that you can run circles around that Walmart greeter in a wheelchair

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[Deezz]

Subbed for later...

 

[DC_Dude]

Why more companies need to read this book......

I wonder what the educational background is of the leadership...

 

[jack walsh13]

Good, these companies are jokes

The pandemic has changed the mindset of many. People aren't willing to be miserable for a 3rd of their day anymore and realize they aren't "stuck" at one place of employment. These companies haven't caught onto it.

 

[jack walsh13]

Well deserved! Most people that are actually keeping the country running are under paid and under valued...

Absolutely

 

[Dannyblueyes]

American workers are starting to wake up to the fact that the boss needs them more than they need the boss.

In fact, every boss wants to hold their title in 5 years needs to sit down with a pen and paper, right every employee's name down on the page, and seriously ask themselves "what would happen if this person quit?"

 

[playahaitian]

American workers are starting to wake up to the fact that the boss needs them more than they need the boss.

In fact, every boss wants to hold their title in 5 years needs to sit down with a pen and paper, right every employee's name down on the page, and seriously ask themselves "what would happen if this person quit?"

Low key post of the day

 

[playahaitian]

I can't copy and paste. You gotta click to read. Helluva story

Overworked Employee Quits Because He Wasn’t Getting A Fair Wage, Costs The Company $40 Million

Not paying your employees a fair wage can have disastrous consequences for the company’s bottom line. Some business owners realize this only when it’s far, far too late.

www.boredpanda.com

Redditor u/slw_motion_trainwrck opened up about how he quit his low-paying, exhausting IT job at a major multinational company… and how the day after he left work, the business lost $40 million. In three very extensive posts on r/antiwork, the redditor detailed exactly how this happened, and the read is absolutely riveting.

Need to be a movie on Netflix next year

 

[Non-StopJFK2TAB]

Well deserved! Most people that are actually keeping the country running are under paid and under valued...

And then call you lazy and all sort of odd things.

Have you ever heard of slavery? Have you ever heard the term “Indian Giver”?

 

[playahaitian]

The pandemic has changed the mindset of many. People aren't willing to be miserable for a 3rd of their day anymore and realize they aren't "stuck" at one place of employment. These companies haven't caught onto it.

^^^^^

If those people all colors genders etc

Knew the power they truly weld in those positions?

Like we have been trying to tell black folk for decades about the black dollar?

You know what?

Netflix could never do a documentary on this story

Might cause damn riots.

 

[Dannyblueyes]

Need to be a movie on Netflix next year

I agree! This is a perfect everyman story that almost anyone could relate to.

Include scenes where the main character's parents call their son "lazy"and "unappreciative" for leaving this life-crushing job.

Show another scene where the main character chooses last minute mandatory overtime over watching his son's choir recital.

One where the landlord complains about the rent being late, calls the main character "freeloader", tells them that if they wanted a better job they should have gone to a better college.

A scene where the boss tells the employee how "lucky" they are that they have such a fine job at a great company. Tells them they would love to give a raise, but the company can't quite afford it. Make sure the boss is wearing a watch that costs more than what the main character makes in a year. Also have him browbeat the employee for being 5 minutes late for work last week.

Show a montage of this guy busting his ass to keep up with company demands while the song "dance monkey" plays in the background. Show this guy's wife seducing him in sexy lingerie when he gets home from work telling him "wait here I have a surprise for you" she leaves the room. When she comes back he's fast asleep on the couch.

This thing practically writes itself.

 

[Dr. Truth]

LOl fuck that company

 

[Kaotic]

Nice story...but it sounds like some parts have been left out and other parts are over exaggerated bullshit to me. No multi-national company with multi-billion dollar revenues on book who has a product line so crucial that it would lose that much money in a matter for minutes because a fucking printer or workstation went down, is not going to be dependent on a a single point of failure such as (1) IT Specialist for (3) production plants. And I don't care how far out in BFE the place he was working is located, that shit ain't happening.

Second.. Even though he worked in "right to work" state, just as I do.. A company making that kind of revenue is not going to set themselves up for a lawsuit like that by initiating retaliatory actions like writing you up AFTER you've submitted your resignation. If you are working 16 hours a day, 7 days a week, they already know they are in serious violation of multi labor laws already and are not going to pour gas on that fire like that.

It all very well maybe true, as crazier things have happened...but to me it sounds like bullshit.

 

[850credit]

Eventually, enough was enough. He was offered a paltry $800
annual pay raise before taxes, so he decided to look for another job with a better salary and working hours. When he finally gave in his two weeks notice, the IT specialist found that the multinational company was doing its best to make his life a living hell.

However, Karma showed up and made the company lose $40 million the day after he officially left his job. You see, the way the manufacturing company’s contracts are set up mean that it pays fines if something happens to its production facilities: if the order isn’t being produced on time, the business loses money.

“When an automotive manufacturer completely shuts down production on about 10 assembly lines… costs add up very quickly. That is hundreds of salaries every single minute to reimburse… so when I say that it cost the company $218,000 per minute, that is an exact factual number,” the redditor noted.

 

[JaRonin]

List of people not to piss off:
Someone serving/cooking food for you
Your driver/pilot
Your IT guy

 

[850credit]

He also explained how he was taken advantage of and didn't know any better.

It was his first contract job...only I.T. work he could find in a small town. Other work was fast food, retail cashier etc paying 7.50 an hour or whatever.

His boss used to be his coworker and made 93k a year while he made 29k doing the same job.

He asked for the same money and noted he was tech for 3 factories while the boss (his old coworker) made 93 to service 1 factory at the time.

They came back with an 800.00 a year raise and said they couldn't afford any more.

 

[Fright Night]

Nice story...but it sounds like some parts have been left out and other parts are over exaggerated bullshit to me. No multi-national company with multi-billion dollar revenues on book who has a product line so crucial that it would lose that much money in a matter for minutes because a fucking printer or workstation went down, is not going to be dependent on a a single point of failure such as (1) IT Specialist for (3) production plants. And I don't care how far out in BFE the place he was working is located, that shit ain't happening.

Second.. Even though he worked in "right to work" state, just as I do.. A company making that kind of revenue is not going to set themselves up for a lawsuit like that by initiating retaliatory actions like writing you up AFTER you've submitted your resignation. If you are working 16 hours a day, 7 days a week, they already know they are in serious violation of multi labor laws already and are not going to pour gas on that fire like that.

It all very well maybe true, as crazier things have happened...but to me it sounds like bullshit.

Their whole race is running on auto pilot.

Reminds me of the meme where the worker tells the ceo "Nice car"

And he replies if u continue to work hard I'll have another one next year

MF'rs getting paid and don't even know what the pple below him do sometimes

 

[850credit]

Their whole race is running on auto pilot.

Reminds me of the meme where the worker tells the ceo "Nice car"

And he replies if u continue to work hard I'll have another one next year

MF'rs getting paid and don't even know what the pple below him do sometimes

That's ice cold.

 

[850credit]

They hooked him in with the ole...accept this paltry salary to prove yourself and then we will hire you on full time for real money.

 

[mozartte]

I work in IT and had my boss tell my company that she didnt want me onsite anymore. I have found four new jobs this week that give me a bump in pay. This is why I got into IT. Please dont treat IT workers like shit, you will pay. There is a shortage of good workers.

 

[playahaitian]

List of people not to piss off:
Someone serving/cooking food for you
Your driver/pilot
Your IT guy

^^^^

 

[playahaitian]

I work in IT and had my boss tell my company that she didnt want me onsite anymore. I have found four new jobs this week that give me a bump in pay. This is why I got into IT. Please dont treat IT workers like shit, you will pay. There is a shortage of good workers.

Congrats bro.

Question You preferred to be onsite?

 

[trstar]

The pandemic has changed the mindset of many. People aren't willing to be miserable for a 3rd of their day anymore and realize they aren't "stuck" at one place of employment. These companies haven't caught onto it.

No see that’s real truth of the great resignation. Once they realized companies don’t give a shit about you living or dying it finally flipped the switch. Loyalty is an equal, two way street.
plus it’s a time to move on and move up to places where you are compensated better.

 

[Dannyblueyes]

They came back with an 800.00 a year raise and said they couldn't afford

If this guy was working 9 to 5 an $800 a year raise would work out to roughly $0.39/hour.

Since he was working salary at well over 40 hours a week though it's worth much less than even that.

 

[mozartte]

Congrats bro.

Question You preferred to be onsite?

I did at times. My job called for me to configure phones, switches, and other equipment that was onsite.

 

[playahaitian]

I did at times. My job called for me to configure phones, switches, and other equipment that was onsite.

I misunderstood. I thought you wanted to stay home and they were pushing fir you to be on site full time.

 

[playahaitian]

I still have absolutely no idea what is happening.

 

[playahaitian]

Damn I knew this was not going to go well for Sue.