‘Enough was enough’: Company employees confront management about overwhelming workload, boss fires entire team as a result

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Lana DeGaetano • "Show me to me please."
Jul 6, 2024 4:00 PM EDT

Entitled bosses can lose out on great talent as a result of their massive egos. "He is now down to 2 employees from the 9 he started with."

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  • Many employees have had their fair share of being overworked by bosses who only know how to boss people around. What happened to human decency? When unrealistic expectations are set by toxic upper management, it's expected that employees further down on the food chain communicate their stressors and worries. Quality work can't get done if workers are unhappy with the way they're treated. After all, it is up to the boss to cultivate a positive work environment based on trust, appreciation, and appropriate communication.

    The employee in this story speaks up for their team when unrealistic expectations are set by their boss, in addition to door-to-door sales already being a strenuous, tolling line of work. It's easy to take sides in this case; all of the employees simply wanted to communicate their worries about new quotas, especially because the boss was already threatening to cut shifts to those who could not complete tasks promptly. The boss takes matters to the extreme when he fires the entire team. In the update, he is withholding pay until the company property is returned—which is extremely illegal. As a result, the employee takes to the internet to see what their options are moving forward. Unsurprisingly, everyone has a multitude of great advice.

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    Me and the rest of the team spoke up against the level of stress put on us by our boss and he fired all of us
    via USSR_Knuckles
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    I worked for a door to door sales company for a few months selling home services (window cleaning, eaves cleaning, painting, landscaping, etc.). More recently the boss started putting a lot of stress on us regarding quotas, saying he was going to start cutting our shifts or straight up taking us off the team., while
    via USSR_Knuckles
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    sending us to areas where it's clear that people aren't able to afford this (kind of hard to clean windows in a neighborhood full of broken windows). On Tuesday we all got together and decide that enough was enough and that we had to send a message to him. We got in a group call on Wednesday morning and worked
    via USSR_Knuckles
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    together on a message for one person to send in the work group chat and everyone else to react to with a . In response, he said "I'm sorry you feel this way. You can all pick up your checks next Friday" and removed us from the group. He is now down to 2 employees from the 9 he started with.
    via USSR_Knuckles
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    Crashy1620 • 22h ago . I hope you 9 or even 7 can stay in touch and perhaps start your own home servicing company.
    via Crashy1620
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    Craic-Den 22h ago • Your "boss" is no longer needed, you have the upper hand, firing all of you just means he has fired himself. Group together, purchase a van, some tools and start your own business, as long as you didn't sign a non compete clause you can take all his clients.
    via Craic-Den
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    fractious77 • 20h ago I had a similar experience when I was signing people up for new window estimates door to door. We came in one day and at our morning meeting, we were informed that the branch manager (he was good guy) had been demoted the same level as us and that from now we were no longer
    via fractious77
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    getting lunches and would have to stay late wirhout OT very day we didn't hit the quota. I stood up and said these violated labor laws. This turned into an argument and I got fired after a few minutes. Almost the entirety of the crew walked out on them a few minutes later. We all went down to L&I together, immediately, and each of us filed an official complaint.
    via fractious77
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    . Yupperdoodledoo • 19h ago What you did was concerted protected action under the NLRB and your firings were likely illegal. Please contact your local NLRB office to file a charge. It is free, you don't need a lawyer.
    via Yupperdoodledoo
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    Bitter_Afternoon... 16h ago door to door sales is a scam he churns through more employees than mcdonalds
    via Bitter_Afternoon7252
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    _ Opportunity _ 17h ago Unionization is more hazardous than not having a business, as far as these are concerned
    via __Opportunity__
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    RoapeliusDTrewn • 13h ago Contact the other 2, tell them to quit and all of you form your own company and take all his clients. What's he going to do with zero staff?
    via RoapeliuisDTrewn
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    MinimumBuy1601 21h ago He'll be begging you all to come back within two weeks, especially if the remaining two go "You're gonna dump their work on us? You've lost your mind! We OUT!"
    via MinimumBuy1601
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    pustak • 5h ago The fact that you approached your boss. together may make this a protected act of collective bargaining. Might be worth. calling a lawyer to run it by them.
    via pustak
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    Innomen 17h ago . I think you can sue him. I recall another post that said like if you're gonna ask for a raise do it with a so worker. Some kind of collective rights trigger. I'm afk, so I can't look it up.
    via Innomen
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    Lasivian • 3h ago off at society "NoBoDy WaNtS to work aNyMoRe!" Managers and bosses are having a really hard time admitting or understanding that they are the problem.
    via Lasivian
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    Unlikely_Suspect 757 1h ago • The boss is probably relieved. Sounds like he was having financial problems, and turned his weakness and fear into "tough boss" You called his bluff and he felt cornered. I hope that after he fired you all he thought "oh now what?" Good riddance to him and good luck to you. Nice work.
    via Unlikely_Suspect_757
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    . Floor_Soft 1h ago He was going to fire you anyway. He gave you an impossible task and then made it seem like your failure to accomplish the task and speaking up about it was the reason but it seems like the business was already doing bad which is why he sent you on such a foolhardy errand.
    via Floor_Soft
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    Maleficentendscurse 21h ago It's a good thing you don't have to work for that anymore, hope you find a better less stressful job
    via Maleficentendscurse
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    Kesterlath 18h ago . Start your own company. You all clearly know what you're doing and are like minded. Give it a go.
    via Kesterlath
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    UPDATE: I have been informed by a former coworker that the boss is now going to withhold paychecks until we return company gear which as far as I know is illegal
    via USSR_Knuckles

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