Employee starts to hate his job because his bosses are always contacting him after hours and expect him to be available, they also skimp on bonuses and don't treat employees right: 'They like to portray themselves as caring employers.'

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María Cetra • Writer
Jul 8, 2026 2:30 PM EDT

Bad bosses and their awful habit of expecting their employees to be available 24/7.

What is the problem with these bosses who want to contact their employees ALL THE TIME? It doesn't matter if it is 10 p.m. on a Friday, 7 a.m. on a Sunday, or even Christmas Eve. They want to control their employees all the time, no matter what their real shift is. They want their employees to be robots that don't stop and don't have a life to attend to, as if they were automated to only work and work all day, every day, for life. They cannot comprehend the idea of breaks, free time, or vacation time. They are so incredibly selfish that even if you take a sick day because you can't stop throwing up, they are going to call you and ask you to send them a document, and they are going to word it as if it's the most important thing when, actually, they could just have waited till the next day.

They always have this urgency in their voice that can be even put into emails. It makes employees feel like it's the most serious situation even if it's just a message saying "we need toilet paper". What matters is not really the situation, but the fact that they need it, and your main priority is to fulfill their needs. They act as if the act of doing something that they need is not only the most important thing in the world, but also the purpose of your life. Well, it's not.

Stories like the one in this Reddit post make me hopeless. There are millions of employees who go through this same situation. A boss who believes that has the power to contact you at any time and day, and they actually don't. There has to be a way to put a stop to this. A revolution of some kind that may make this desperation that bosses have towards their employees doing them favors disappear once and for all. 
 

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    I have a problem. I don't want to express publicly, I won't say who they are or what they are. I don't know why, but I get so upset when my bosses contact me at all hours 24/7, 365 days a year ( granted I don't get salary I get paid by the hr and I make sure to take my three day off a week) I'm the type of person who won't send an email after 5 o'clock, but unfortunately, my bosses aren't like that. They send emails constantly, even though I'm not
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    An analog clock, model image.
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    An analog clock, model image. 

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    going to read them until the next day (at least that the plan) I work alone in a 32,000-square- foot building. There's no one helping me it's just me. My main office is three hours away, and that's where the owners live, in a big city. I live in a small town and take care of their product all by myself. The pieces are pretty big and heavy, so it's a lot of physical work. I've spent about six months straightening out the whole place because it was a complete mess
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    when I started. The previous workers would just drop stuff off, get paid, and leave. I could easily do the same thing punch in, do the bare minimum, and then go handle other things - but I'm not built that way. I'm a very honest and thorough person. Inventory in any business is extremely important, and I've asked for help at least a thousand times. I keep being told, "We can't have anybody else touching it." Let me go a step further: my
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    bosses are super cheap. They're some of the cheapest people I've ever met. They get upset when I tell them I cannot fix something like our Forklift. They make a lot of money, but they don't have much personal wealth outside the business. Everything - their house, cars, and assets is tied to the company for tax purposes. They structure things so they pay themselves very little in salary and shelter the rest. I could talk about their tax strategies for hours
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    because I've learned a lot about it working for them. For my Christmas bonus, they gave me $100. I work part-time for them, usually 30 to 35 hours a week and they had their accountant run the bonus through my regular paycheck. After taxes, I ended up with only $34. That's it. Thirty-four dollars barely enough to buy five gallons of gas. They do stuff like this all the time. They like to portray themselves as
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    A person checking their phone and their computer at the same time.
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    A person checking their phone and their computer at the same time. 

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    caring employers, but when it comes to money, they really don't care. I've been an employer myself. I once owned a business with 13 employees, and I always tried to do things right. I'd give bonuses on prepaid cards so employees could spend them freely, throw barbecues, and even shut down for the day during big events like the World Cup to let everyone enjoy themselves and still get paid. That's the kind of boss I was.
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    But when you work for someone else, you see what real jerks can be like. My boss thinks he's a nice guy, but I can tell you right now his wife is the one who really runs the show. She's ruthless and difficult. That's my confession. I just had to get this off my chest. I know a lot of you out there have dealt with the same kind of thing.
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    Dextexer Story of my life, it's the boss and lazy coworkers that ruin the job for me I've been debating for awhile if I should leave
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    sweetrazor19 It sounds like firm boundaries need to be established. The previous employees probably started out like you, diligent and dedicated, but soon realized it wasn't worth the effort. I'm willing to bet that's why the building was left the way it was. You can't disrespect someone but expect it in return.
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    A man using his phone, representation.

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