20+ Employees who kept their jobs after making huge mistakes: 'She should have been fired right then and there'

There's always that one worker in every job who's made countless errors, yet still clocks in every day without ever taking accountability for their mistakes. At some workplaces, there's an obvious reason they're still at the job. Maybe they're the CEO's son or daughter, and no matter how badly they goof up, they'll always have a cushy office job. This tends to make them the bane of their coworkers' existence, because there's no way to hold them accountable for their mistakes. If they miss a deadline, do they care? Absolutely not. While the rest of the team frets over how late they'll have to work, the office nepo-baby is heading out the door to play a round of golf or get a pedicure. 

Interestingly enough, though, the office dolt isn't always a nepo-hire. Sometimes they're just the manager's friend who is happy to spend a retail shift goofing off with their bestie in the back room while everyone else gives 110% out on the sales floor. You can check out a bunch of wild tales of workplace foolery that didn't lead to anyone getting fired (for better or worse!). 

Next up, read about the worker who spread 100 copies of their boss's meeting notes throughout the whole company, and the result was that "Folks were... refusing to do their normal duties [and] browsing Indeed during work."

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