Ever wondered how often hotel pillows are actually washed? Or how some restaurants manage to sell expired sushi?
Recently, a Threads user asked people to spill the juiciest secrets from their past jobs, and the answers prove that sometimes the best whistleblowers are the ones who’ve already handed in their resignation letters.
While many confessions reveal the dirty truths, some former employees also shared positive insider tips, like how to score hidden discounts.
The biggest takeaway? As the person who started the thread put it: whatever you think is bad, it’s actually worse. Read on for the most eye-opening confessions.
#21
I work in restaurant purchasing I’ve done both purchasing and contracts and now doing financial analytics. Everything you consume comes from Sysco, mclane, Ed Don ect ect they buy their food from top 5 companies who own EVERYTHING. Kraft, Tyson, General Mills there are no options it’s all an illusion from blackrock and vanguard
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8points
#22
I was a therapist who worked for a therapy office last year, and the boss stole money from all the women’s paychecks, never deposited our 401k money taken from our checks, and did so much more. Apparently this is common. Employment attorneys, labor board, and therapist board all said they couldn’t do anything. Clients never know what therapists are going through and that sometimes we don’t even get paid.
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7points
These confessions matter because when the public starts paying attention, companies are often forced to fix toxic practices, and make the workplace better — for employees as well as the customers.
If someone working in hospitality exposes unsafe kitchen practices like poor hygiene, it might scare away customers and push the company to either clean up its act or go out of business.
As consumers, these secrets can even help us make decisions on how to approach a certain professional, whether to show more empathy or a little healthy suspicion.
#24
The grocery cart you are using has likely been used to haul the store’s garbage in
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7points
#25
Also EMT’s do in fact send pictures of your loved ones in groups chats with other EMT’s. Don’t recommend trying to get into their Facebook groups.
6points
#26
I worked for a major computer company and the management would watch the cameras to see how long people were in the bathroom.
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6points
#27
I worked for a Perkins Bakery, it was a diner, during the Sunday church rush one of my coworkers got her arm flesh SEARED OFF from opening a coffee maker (boiling hot water on her black skin) and her skin peeled off literally and her arm was disfigured and burned til it was white (again this happened to my black coworker) management gave her a hard time about needing to go to the hospital…
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6points
#28
Worked for an ad agency. The quirky “social media manager” everyone loves to praise online is a whole team of people. Ideas for posts and replies are workshopped amongst the office. Everything is thoroughly vetted before it’s posted. Nothing is spontaneous.
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6points
#29
As a teen, I worked in a tanning salon. We had to do a LOT of clean up after male customers 🤢
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6points
#30
Worked in a hotel restaurant in college and one time, on a busy service, watched garbage juice drip onto a burger that a server was holding (she was walking through a doorway on a set of stairs behind someone)
…Was standing next to my manager who turned to me and said, “DONT SAY ANYTHING”
…Was standing next to my manager who turned to me and said, “DONT SAY ANYTHING”
5points
#32
I worked for and trained with an insurance company briefly as an adjuster before leaving to go back to my old job. We were taught how to cut corners when repairing customers’ cars and specifically how to convince customers to accept subpar and/or discounted parts.
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5points
#33
If you get oysters at a restaurant and they are not attached to the shell don’t eat them. The shells are recycled.
They send them right through the dish pit.
They send them right through the dish pit.
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4points
#34
MyEyeDr trains their employees to benefit the company most and screw the customer. The most expensive glasses with the worst quality
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4points
#35
You know those massage franchises that have become so popular over the years? The blanket thay sits on top of the sheets you lay on only gets washed once a week.
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3points
#36
I worked at a hotel when I was 17 as housekeeping, they wash sheets and pillowcases but never the big comforter blankets 🤢 unless there was something very viable then they would.
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3points
#37
Raising Canes wastes ALOT of food everyday. Food they don’t feel is “good enough” to sell.
Yet will sell pieces of chicken that aren’t as long as your pinky and won’t make up for that by giving you extra pieces.
I WOULD especially because the location I worked at was a predominantly Black customer base, and I know how my people are about buying food that’s worth their coins.
Plus only managers know how to make the sauces, so i got that locked in.
Yet will sell pieces of chicken that aren’t as long as your pinky and won’t make up for that by giving you extra pieces.
I WOULD especially because the location I worked at was a predominantly Black customer base, and I know how my people are about buying food that’s worth their coins.
Plus only managers know how to make the sauces, so i got that locked in.
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2points
#38
Walmart typically has an Ecoli outbreak once every 3 months or sooner. We take the 2025 lable off the frozen -15 degree turkey and slap on a 2026 lable. So if your Thanksgiving is done at walmart its already a year old.
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2points
#39
About 11ish years ago , got a job at a call center.... The job itself ended up being so easy that it was draining and boring. And we were customer service for ItWorks, an mlm company. None of us knew anything about the products. Also, majority of the calls were people that were upset because they basically got swindled into a 3 month agreement (when they thought they were buying a one time product) that you had to dispute with management to dismiss. I guess the products were trash and so pricey
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2points
#40
All of my old employers "secret recipes" for her salad dressings and lunch entrees were stolen directly from Food Networks website
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2points
