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Workers Share Times Their Cheap Bosses Made Them Pay for Food at Work-Related Social Engagements

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Turns out OP's experience isn't as uncommon as one might assume. Many redditors had their own stories about times their stingy employers made them pay for food at work-related social engagements. 

“My last boss treated us to an employee potluck- yes we had to provide the food, drinks, entertainment, pay for parking, and did this all on a Saturday afternoon. She was shocked when only half of her employees came.” Said u/FireflyAdvocate.

“I used to to work for Wells Fargo as a personal banker. When I was hired I was told I had to set up a monthly $5 auto transfer to fund the mandatory staff holiday party. Where was this glamorous party I helped pay for? The banquet room at Jubitz…. A truck stop. This was in 2006, a company that was ‘too big to fail’ required employees to foot the bill and attend a work party on our day off. Good times.” Said u/Worldly-Abroad2858.

“Owner of PCLaptops and Xidax, 'Dan The Laptop Man'. He would have everyone pay and then have the whole entire gathering aimed to advertise his mentoring program where you had to pay an arm and a leg for him to tell you to invest your money and drink fancy water. Fuck that guy.” Said u/Zengaroni.

“My company tried to make us do a potluck for thanksgiving but the manager was always bragging how in the past years they would always provide so much food, so raffles and such. And last year we got coffee mugs with the company name on it and a list of what to bring to the potluck. We all said no.” Said u/nameispablo619.

“The place I used to work would make us pay $20-$30 for a summer ‘office morale’ day and another $40-$50 for the office Christmas party. The summer one was at a location an hour away from work at a horse race track that was absolutely slammed. Full of tourists and absolutely miserable traffic. We'd have to pay anywhere from $10-$50 to park and walk up to a mile to get there. Then, once inside, you weren't allowed to gamble or drink, had to sit with everyone from the office and eat whatever food from a shitty caterer they hired. It got so bad that people stopped going so the director said if you didn't go, you had to use your PTO.” Said u/Bobo3006.

“With my previous company, this was a monthly occurrence. My response was, I bring food from home. Their response(management) It's only $xx.xx, my second reply ‘$xx.xx is not in my monthly food budget.’ Yet they were breaking record profit year after year and you want us employees to subsidize the monthly lunch party? Yeah, no thanks.” Said u/Kasanova1226.
 

“I’ve said this before when the owners were in town. My boss did not find it funny, which is ironic because I didn’t either.” Replied u/TheSadSensei.

“When my manager tried to shame me for not coming in in Xmas eve it meant he wouldn't be able to finish Xmas shopping for his kids. I told him I couldn't even afford gifts for my kids so he could fuck off. He had nothing left to say.” Said u/Rude_Girl69.

“Said this once to my boss who noticed I was putting my lunch box in the fridge (yet again) instead of discussing which food truck I was going to spend 15.00+ at like everyone else. ‘You always bring your lunch, that’s discipline right there.’ I said ‘no, it’s just being poor,’ smiled at her, closed the door and walked back to my desk.” Said u/oyofmidmidworld.

“Agreed. He should be the one to feel awkward, not you.” Said u/pianomatch.

“Sorry can not afford it, three years ago during the craz I had avocado toast once and am still financially recovering from that.” Said u/mname.

“At my old job, I would straight up tell people that I couldn't afford xyz company thing and they shut up real quick.” Said u/quartzquandary.

 

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