My employees were eating too many fun sized bags of chips so now I make them front the expense of buying their own tools lol
Not trying to take away from your point at all because this guy is a mega douche, but it’s standard to bring your own tools to work as a mechanic. I think it’s standard in most trades.
I’m sure you’re right, but I’ve not seen that to be true where I live in Europe. That makes absolutely no sense.
European here, if you’re getting employed, it’s expected that you’re provided with everything necessary to work. Anything else is capitalist exploitation of the workers, and a systematic attempt to keep the impoverished poor.
The only time it’s acceptable to be expected to bring your own tools is if someone is contracting you to do a specific job.
In other words, you don’t need to provide the necessary tools if you’re calling in a plumber to unclog your toilet, but it most certainly is if you’re opening up a plumbing agency and hiring plumbers.
Pretty much just mechanics I don’t know of any construction companies that make the employees buy specialty tools but it also doesn’t make sense to have a half dozen of every specialized tool and also if you own your own tools in construction there’s no reason to not just be an independent contractor.
That’s the really insane part like, you’re the capitalist here bud! your only “job” is to own the means of production! what the fuck are you even here for if the workers have to pay for everything too? at that point you’re just rentseeking on the garage.
tbf that is the norm in many garages, and it sounds like it was already the case beforehand, just more strictly enforced after. but its still pretty ridiculous
I genuinely thought you must have editorialized the title, but nope, this guy is just that much of a fuckhead, he’s actually proud of what he’s done.
His smug attitude about how nobody will leave over this really bothers me, because I’m pretty sure he’s probably right. So many people would rather keep on working for the devil they know than risk trying out a new job. The lack of a social safety net is the best thing going for small business tyrants.
I just switched from a contract job to an actual employed position after a year of my boss trying to get cheap labor out of a fresh college grad and not knowing what he’s talking about. Ive had like $200 in my account for like 2 weeks now waiting for my first paycheck, I’d be screwed if my gf wasn’t helping me in the meantime
I had a job where my boss literally stopped paying us for a month because he couldn’t afford it and I was the only one who quit after 1 missed paycheck. I called to get some tax stuff from them and literally everyone who was there is still working there. People need to be educated on their worth and rights.
I assumed the people in the comments would at least be calling him a dick, but nope, someone seriously said he should’ve installed a camera to see who was taking too many bags of chips. Fucking r*dditors.
What’s a bet one of his employees is struggling to put food on the table for his kids.
This is one of those moments where a bit of humanity could have really improved someone’s life but instead this cunts ego got hurt over some chips
I love the part where he’s mad about snacks, so he throws a tantrum and overhauls the whole workplace’s amenities based on his “beliefs”
I know like six of this guy personally
At least his employees now know the kind of person he really is: he tried to portray himself as some chill guy who will buy them snacks, but in fact he’ll go from zero to Hitler extremely quickly over some chips.
Very good self own that negates the whole point of buying the chips in the first place, lmao.
edit: I can’t emphasize enough how stupid throwing a tantrum over the chips was. How much could they have cost him in a month? He even said they were bought in bulk. Even large corporations realize their refreshment funds are an expense whose point is to keep employees happy (well, to try to placate them with some trinkets or food, at least).
I have known exactly one good restaurant owner in my life. He cooked free meals for his staff at the end of each night, and the food was excellent. He had two restaurants (one after the other) which were really considered by everyone to be the best in town. Within a few years he had gone out of business and moved away. Dude was far from perfect but the system itself disadvantages those rare capitalists who are not raving lunatic psychopaths.
