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I worked for a carpet-cleaning firm. One time he decided to give me and my coworkers the day off. Why? I learned he found out he had to pay us for a holiday where we weren't working so to keep his budget in balance, he gave us the first workday off and kept his bank's cash deposit up for his branch. Talk about penny pinching.
I worked for a place once that actually CHARGED employees to attend the year-end holiday party. If you wanted to bring your spouse they doubled the price. This was a large, multi-national firm that was rolling in cash too. Needless to say I chose not to attend.
We have to buy our own office supplies (except printer paper). They also refused to provide toilet seat covers. The Keurig broke and they refused to buy a new one so we had to take a collection and chip in to buy one.
I couldn't tell you how cheap probably because it would be known where I work from the cheap things they do! Believe me, cheap, but all the time espousing family values (maybe to be cheapest one on the block!). Ha.
Don't know if this counts but in one of my old jobs they tried to sell us credit cards and loans and we'd get a special small staff discount or something if we sold them to friends or family. Real family values
I worked for a carpet-cleaning firm. One time he decided to give me and my coworkers the day off. Why? I learned he found out he had to pay us for a holiday where we weren't working so to keep his budget in balance, he gave us the first workday off and kept his bank's cash deposit up for his branch. Talk about penny pinching.
Your turn.
this doesn't appear to be "penny pitching"... a full day of staff wages can be a significant amount for a small business.
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I am having trouble coming up with anything. We have free coffee and tea, free parking in a garage but also free bus passes, 10 paid holidays, pension and 401K, and good pay. Well, maybe they were too cheap to replace the office carpeting until it was 22 years old, it was looking pretty bad by then.
I once worked for a company that gave generous bonuses to Directors and above (C level, VP and Director). When the holiday party came around for the rank and file, the cheap management served ham, meatloaf, salad and dessert (cake) for the meal. Repulsive.
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