Recently, the Reddit No-Nerve6154 user posted on the popular Ask Reddit page to ask people: “What is something that employers would never want employees to know because they will lose millions?”
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Obviously, I had to read the answers, and they ranged from truly useful to strangely captivating. While employers may not lose millions Of some of these things, they certainly do not want you to know about them; So, of course, I had to share. Here are some of the best answers to people:
1“Whenever your employer requires you to do something, you have to be a clock.”
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“Meetings, training and arrival early to” start your shift on time “should be considered as a clock time and you need to be compensated for it. I heard many managers/bosses in the past tell teams that do not get involved for things like short meetings that are salaries theft. “
–U/WizardDewd
2.“You are allowed to talk to your colleagues about pay. The amount of people I have encountered, who think they are discussing salaries, to be honest is a crime, it absolutely raises my mind.”
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“Discuss what you are doing and if you don’t do as much as someone else, put into question.”
–U/Brewertonfats
“I (a man) I once worked with a team with a woman who had the same work and more experience from me. Pay time to raise: I got 50% more than her. Frankly, she was far better.
–U/Hope-Argument2603
3“Just because something is written on company policy, it does not make it a law or legal.”
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“In court and policy, you can argue anything that grossly violates the law or violates your rights will not be held.”
–U/No-Group-4504
“My favorite was a hotel where I worked that everyone wanted to give up a new drug policy. The new policy banned staff from providing drugs, legitimate or otherwise, alcohol, colleagues or patrons, whether for money or for free.
The problem was that I was the hotel bartender. So I refused to sign. He pointed to the owner and laughed as he threw them away.
Any other restaurant employee had already signed it. “
–U/Iordseyton
4.“You can request unemployment in the US, even if you are still working. If they reduce your hours, by the time you no longer earn the same type of money, you can apply for unemployment.”
–U/Efficientdismal
5.“They can actually afford to give you a higher salary, but to choose not to do so.”
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6.“Most jobs do not really need 40 hours a week to do things. If you shorten meaningless meetings and unnecessary tasks, people could complete their work less. If everyone realizes this, companies will probably have to pay for actual work, not just hours spent.”
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7.“The value of labor.”
-U/mwaslametryff
8.“If you work for a big enough company, they literally have a department that pays people just to make sure that the unions are not formed. It is usually called something like a labor relationship and the main essence of their work is to evaluate the risk of combining the risk of every move that the company does.”
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“Combine this with the tactics that the company leaders use to violate/influence the Union’s votes, and it is obvious that they are all scared without nonsense.”
—U/areyoujealous
9.“They don’t want to know how much you really carry a company, especially if you work in administrative, low -paid positions. These jobs enable companies to make a lot of money.”
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–U/Dungeonlord69
10.“They don’t want you to know what” salaries “is and that this is a crime. Even an inattentive employer can do it by accident. Short employers systematize it and stole millions of people.”
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–U/Lotusflare
11.“Discussing the pay is absolutely not allowed to be” against the company’s policy. ” This is against the federal law for them to tell you that you cannot discuss salaries. “
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–U/Representative.huge79
12.“They don’t want you to know that unions are something They find it worth killing each otherS “
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“Trade unions can seriously challenge power and force more righteous arrangements. Of course, every major organization has the potential for inefficiency and corruption, but decades of propaganda have so many workers convinced that this is All The offer of the unions. “
-U/glass belt
13.“HR is not there in favor of employees.”
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–U/ludders68
14.“You cannot be fired for the obligation of the jurors. Most of the jurors will explicitly indicate this directly to the summons itself. Anyone who tells you that you otherwise lie to your face.”
“And no, employment optionally replace this protection here in the United States; the duties of the jurors are protected federally, even in conditions of request. Even if you are fired in different circumstances, time, time alone It can submit to your employer to the court check (especially in countries such as Pennsylvania and California), which in many cases will not do well for them, especially if they cannot provide legal paper trace.
The ex -boss of my friend learned this the hard way. “
–U/Bonelesscubone
15.“Many” emergency deadlines “are fully composed. They are just pressure tactics to get more production without paying more.”
–U/Rich-Television-9846
16.“The printer ink cartridges cost nothing to produce. No one seems to be interested.”
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-U/tomasz3
“See also: Insulin.”
–U/Literatemax
17.“The employees are collectively holding all the power. Therefore, in theory, there are strikes and unions. When the hourly people in a company are organized against unfair or uneven treatment, Hoody fight does what scares shit from company.”
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–U/RTTHC
18.“How much profit they make from your work against what you paid. It’s wild how the numbers are arranged when you really break it.”
–U/Elegantzprincess
19.“Most non -competitors are illegal under” restraint of trade laws. “This is really just an attempt to make employers think they are trapped there or will have to move or not work in their area in their area. This is not legal.”
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“Mainly because it allows employers to start abusing employees, freezing salaries/promotions, etc. Ask to do it annually, without competing/there is no fire agreed by everyone. I doubt you will receive it, but they will certainly respect you, knowing exactly what they want from you and expect the same.”
–U/dgrant92
20.Finally: “The dead peasants clause. In principle, the company you are working for receives a policy for your life insurance for you, the employee.”
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“This way, if/when you die, they can collect the bigger part of what has paid you over the years. Have a nice day!”
—U/Old-organ
I don’t know about you, but I find those compelling. If you have your own ideas for what employers do not want employees to know, do not hesitate to leave your thoughts in the comments – I would like to read everything about it!
Or, if you prefer, you can write anonymously. Who knows – your answer can be included in a future BuzzFeed article!