#1
Smarmy back he was.
Think"Yeahhhh, that'd be great."
He kept pulling me in the office telling me I "wasn't pulling my weight."
I asked who was complaining and he wouldnt say, just kept saying the same things, and eventually I realized he was trying to make an example of me to prove he was "tough."
So, I called HQ and told the head of HR for the company, who was a frequent presence at our facility that if he did not get down here and get this solved that I was going to file a lawsuit for hostile work environment.
He was immediately adamant that I not do that, and he was there the next day sitting down with me and the accuser.
I had copies of all my work proving that I had met all my metrics, and that it was harassment, plain and simple.
Got an acknowledgement from the idiot that I had in fact been doing everything correctly.
With an apology from the corporate head of HR.
The best part?
The idiot was let go 6 months later.
Me?
I worked there another 30 years until I retired.
#2
After I saw that I told him we had to go back to the warehouse to pick up some equipment I needed, and when we arrived I told him to hang out in the truck and I'd go pick up the gear and come right back so we could hurry back to the site. Went in and called the police then the supervisor to tell him what happened. I waited in the truck saying the warehouse manager was having trouble with finding what I asked for until the police arrived,then I took the money and I gave the police the address of the woman who he stole from. Went back and told her, along with the police, what happened, finished the job and never saw that kid again.
#3
TL;DR- I spent a whole day shooting crossbows with my boss
EDIT: One word too many.
In a way, the workplace is a lot different than the rest of your life. By this, we mean that it has certainly different rules, or in other words, it requires professionalism. When it has its own name, it might seem that it’s pretty cut and dried on what kind of rules an employee should follow in the workplace.
And, of course, it does suggest how one should act, but it’s only a rough idea and not an exact set of rules. The latter usually depends on each workplace, its values, and people.
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#5
1. Male coworker grabbed the back of my slacks as I was sitting down, facing away from him. He said, out loud, that he wanted to see what color underwear I was wearing.
2. Male supervisor sent me a text message saying that he would like to show me what his tongue could do. I handed my phone to my other male coworkers so they could see what I got to deal with and what a slime the guy was.
#6
But I *do* have a problem with her now.
It doesn’t mean that the difference between professionalism in each company is worlds apart; it just means that they all tolerate different levels and approaches to it.
Still, there are certain things that are pretty unprofessional, no matter which company you are going to ask. Things like tardiness are frowned upon everywhere. Granted, some places might look at it a little easier, while others might highly punish it, but the fact that it doesn’t look good anywhere stands.
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#9
His wife whom he was avoiding came in, found him drunk and dragged him home. Needless to say she came to work with him every day after 🤣 i miss you Mr. Patel!
Similarly, an untidy appearance isn’t a sign of professionalism anywhere. It doesn’t mean that you have to wear a suit every single day (unless your specific profession requires it), it just means that you should wear tidy clothes that fit your workplace’s dress code. Maybe avoid flip flops, joggers, and stuff like that, you get the gist.
But these examples are pretty common sense, aren’t they? So, in addition to them, we decided to serve you more specific and less common ones as well. Just take a look at our list – it’s full of people opening up about the times they were unprofessional at their work.
#10
EDIT: pretty good day at the office... What'd you do today?
I was a lab supervisor... most days were really busy, but there were days when projects were completed, and my techs didn't have any issues with their projects, so there wasn't much I could do.
#11
Edit; I receive the most up-votes when I do jerky stuff, hmm...
#12
Are the stories specific enough for you? Maybe you have something similar to share yourself? Please do in the comments!
But not before we discuss why professionalism is so important in the first place. You see, essentially, unprofessional workplace behavior is frustrating for everyone around. And over time, it can nip the team spirit in the bud, reduce productivity, and even cause high employee turnover.
Of course, there are always reasons why a person behaves unprofessionally in a workplace. It can be a toxic work environment, poor management, burnout, or an employee’s neurodivergence – there are plenty of options for what it can be.
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One afternoon on a busy Saturday, one of my co-workers - lets call her "Beth" - was M.I.A for like 15 minutes. My manager, trying to find her to help on the floor, called over the headset (reminder, every employee can hear this)
"Hey, Beth, where are you? We could use some help out here."
... silence for a few seconds. Manager again: "Has anyone seen Beth anywhere?"
After a few more seconds of silence, Beth responds, and I mean yells into the headset "IM IN A TOILET, JUS GIVE ME A MINUTE"
Now every employee can barely keep it together, in a packed store with customers everywhere. Hilarious, but highly unprofessional.
And as long as they’re addressed on time, they can be solved without hurting both the employee and the company too much.
Even if those problems manifest themselves as unprofessionalism, like in any of today’s stories, hope is still not lost. As long as the employee understands their fault and can improve from that point on without it becoming a recurring thing – it’s all good.
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#17
Since none of the reps could take calls within five minutes it was like the Lord of the Flies at the center with reps running all over the place hooting and hollering for two hours
These co-workers who up til then I had only seen quiet and wore down from taking horrific calls all day turned into animals once they knew they were free
This lasted until our shift ended at 1am(and wasn't fixed til nearly noon the next day)
How they kept that from hitting the papers I'll never know(this was a major telecommunication company).
#18
Keep in mind this is all while his kid is about to become an active drowner.
He puts he goggles on and starts adjusting. While this is going on one of the other guards saw Tim taking his sweet time, ran down the dock, jumped in the water and helped the kid out.
Tim was kept on special details around the area from then on.
#20
The worst was picking up the phone and told a potential customer "[Pizza Chain Name], go to hell" then hung up the phone and continued working like nothing happened.