15+ People Who Would Leave A 1-Star Review At Their Own Workplace

Some people love their jobs and their workplaces, and that's good for them. But not everyone has the luxury of a great job with management that goes above and beyond.

It's hard for businesses to keep good employees when they're not doing much for their staff.

They Spelled His Name Wrong

One Year Anniversary card and Milky Way chocolate bar
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This employee shared their Home Depot "1 Year Service Award" that they received for working at the hardware store.

The envelope included an embroidery patch (in case they have a Boy Scouts sash at home) and a Milky Way chocolate bar. Additionally, the employee's last name is spelled wrong. Wow.

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A Crazy Person At Work Uses Paper Towel Instead Of Coffee Filters

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Paper towels used as coffee filter in work place coffee machine
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When you share a workplace kitchen space with co-workers, you're basically at the mercy of whatever people do in there.

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Some "monster" in this workplace uses paper towels instead of coffee filters in the coffee machine.

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The Amount Of Sushi This Restaurant Wastes Each Day

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Garbage can filled with sushi at end of shift
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An employee at a sushi restaurant shared this picture of a garbage can filled to the rim with discarded sushi and food items at the end of the night.

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They said they are made to throw away all the leftovers at the end of every night, instead of donating them. Imagine how much food could be re-distributed each week?!

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This Company Provided Lunch For A 12-Hour Shift

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Cheese slice sandwich provided to employees on 12 hou r shift
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Someone snapped a picture of their company-supplied "meal" provided to employees working a 12-hour shift.

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It looks like this workplace uses the same caterers that the Fyre Festival organizers did.

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Quitting Isn't Enough To Escape This Workplace

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Screen shot of text exchange between supervisor and employee
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The worst kind of workplace is the one that just can't seem to let you leave, even after you fully quit the job.

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This supervisor couldn't let their employee go, even when they had already given their two weeks and were scheduled for their last shift.

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Make It Make Sense

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Prices increase on pop at workplace soda machine
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Some businesses are looking for any excuse to jack up the prices on basic things, including vending machine products like cans of soda.

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Talk about inflation in the workplace. One employee wasn't convinced about the reasoning behind the new pricing and left a handwritten note to raise their concern.

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These Panera Bread Sunglasses Don't Replace A Bonus

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Panera bread commemorative sunglasses for staff members
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This Panera Bread staff member was gifted a pair of "cheap sunglasses" as a sign of the corporation's appreciation.

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Unfortunately, the glasses came "instead of a raise or bonus" which apparently has never happened there.

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Was Mr. Bean The Driver Of This Truck?

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Grocery delivery vehicle with disheveled stock boxes
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An overnight warehouse worker who receives shipments at the grocery store waited around all night for a late delivery to arrive.

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When the truck finally showed up over seven hours later, this is what the stock looked like.

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This Ironic 5-Year Company Gift

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5 year commemorative plaque for employee
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Five years at a company is usually a cause for celebration.

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The only problem is that the guy who got this package in the mail had already been laid off from his job two months earlier. Needless to say, he was surprised when he got the plaque.

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Your Options Are An Expensive Burrito Or Nothing

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Sausage breakfast burrito available at workplace
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This workplace doesn't allow their employees to leave to get food but they do provide on-site items available for purchase.

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The only issue is that this little burrito is $5.45 and less than filling.

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20 Years Gets You A "Job Well Done" And A Frozen Turkey

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Christmas bonus from company for employees is a cheque for Butterball turkey
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The caption on this picture says "This was my dad's only Christmas bonus from the company he's worked at for over 20 years: A $20 off coupon for a frozen turkey. My mom got a Christmas ornament."

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Clark Griswold can definitely relate to this slap in the face.

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That Is Not A Parking Spot

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Car crashed through entrance of workplace
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Going to work at a restaurant or coffee shop shouldn't be a life-threatening activity, but when a car drives through the storefront, it kind of becomes one.

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This vehicle didn't hit the breaks and wound up smashing right into the front of the store.

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One Year Of Pandemic Service? Here's A Complimentary Mug

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Home Depot, one of the highest-grossing corporations in the United States, strikes again with this seemingly tone-deaf message on a mug.

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The caption on the photo says "My compensation for working through a pandemic..."

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A Dairy Aisle Disaster To End The Shift

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Toppled dairy skid makes huge mess
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This dairy disaster happened when a grocery skid overturned at 6:15 AM, and to make matters worse, the warehouse employee's shift was supposed to end at 7 AM.

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Unsurprisingly, they did not end up finishing their shift on time.

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You Never Know Where Your Face Will End Up When You're A Stock Model

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Man from stock photos being used as a creep on bus advertisement
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When you go into modeling for a stock brand, you never know where your photos will end up.

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All you can do is hope that it's not on the side of a city bus, framing you as a john.

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He's Not Cut Out For Construction Work

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Man with scratch down back of his arm
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This guy is a walking disaster because he managed to scratch his arm on "a rusty piece of metal" during his first week on the job in construction.

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The caption on the picture explained that his first week was also his last. Not everyone is cut out for construction, no matter how hard they try, and that's okay.

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This Seems Like A Prank

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Employee appreciation from Michael's crafts
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Michaels is handing out these scratch-off incentives to their employees, but the prizes seem less than exciting.

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The card says "you've won an unpaid time off!" which is basically the same as any other day that someone is not scheduled to work. Congratulations.

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42 Years Of Service

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Canadian Tire 40 year pin
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Imagine working at the same company every day for 42 years only to be gifted this miniature pin featuring a crooked sticker.

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Good work Canadian Tire. Surely they will cherish this forever in the bottom of a car cupholder.

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Work For Donuts

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Donut incentive to up production rates
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This workplace introduced a "bonus" incentive program to try and encourage an increase in productivity.

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Employees were surprised to learn their department's bonus was not what they expected but instead a single donut.

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An Almost Cruel Prank

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USB shaped like Mercedes Benz key
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There are regular company gifts, and then there are joke ones that get your hopes up and let you down hard.

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This fake Mercedes Benz key that's really a USB is a cruel prank by a rich boss.

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Reminder! This Is A Crappy Job

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Note to employees from managers at restaurant about changing time cards
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Nothing says "this is a terrible place to work" like passive-aggressive notes about the schedule left by management.

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Fights over the schedule are never worth having, especially if you're a new staff member with no seniority.

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Communication Would Have Been Good Here

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Empty office space work closed
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The person who shared this photo said that they trekked to work during a raging thunderstorm only to get to the office and find out it was empty and closed.

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That would have been a good email for the boss to send to everyone.