Want to know some industry-standard
secrets that many companies hide from you?
Thanks to
Reddit, we've collected 25 such revelations from not-so-happy ex-employees on what went on behind the curtains.
1
“I was working at a hospital as an Intern. There was a woman who had a brain Tumor a while a go. She got in for a check up, six months pregnant and having depression. The doctor thought he found a new Tumor so she had another brain operation. But there was no Tumor and they cut her head open for nothing. And after she woke up they didn’t tell her this, instead acted like they removed it successfully.” -123diesdas
2
"Even if you walk away with nothing on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, you still get money for doing the show." -ItsMeTK
3
“I did amateur porn scenes at 17. They knew my age.” -TomRossTV
4
“I worked for Equifax about 20 years ago. We were doing things with your data we weren't supposed to do. I know this is going to come as a great shock to a lot of people.” -Content-From-Reddit
5
“When I worked for State IT, we weren't supposed to provide details of what hardware was being used or operating systems. In the nineties, I took on an old server, souped it up, and put Linux on it to run our networks. This was pretty radical at the time because everyone else was using something proprietary (Like Netware) and I was able to deliver services for free (email and samba) they were paying out the nose for. The NDA wasn't about security. It was about keeping how much money they were wasting under wraps.” -jamessavik
6
“I worked for a company that did screenprinting and engraving, and one of their biggest clients was the US military. They bought EVERYTHING from China. They had a person who would cut out the "Made in China" tags, and replace them with "Made in USA" tags.” -GentleLotusStudio
7
“Never open a document with DocuSign on your phone, we took every piece of data we could get our hands on.” -TransitionImportant2
8
“I worked on the Walking Dead during college. I saw a ton of main and side characters die in my few seasons I worked on. They made us sign NDAs every day we worked on set.” -Hans_Neva_Loses
9
“I did data entry for a lifestyle seminar company….names, email, home addresses, credit card numbers…All being handed by underpaid, over caffeinated college students…you do the math." -deleteduser
10
“I worked for a company that audited medical bills and looked for stuff that wasn't charged. If you were not billed for something they would try to collect on it and get a share of that. If you were billed for something and should not have been, well sucks to be you, moving on, no refunds.” -DroneAttack
11
“Western Africa was where all the major oil companies were looking to drill when fracking got priced out of the market. Because of the whole Pangea thing and that having been closer to the Permian basin once upon a time. Also: if you specify a ton of security measures for companies handling your data? You should surprise audit them. Make sure that the network is isolated the way you think it is, the passwords aren’t written on post it’s in the terminals, the cameras work, physical security isn’t compromised. You know, that you’re getting what you paid for.” -cobra_mist
12
“Reggie Fils-Ame said the recent issues with contractors was not the culture at Nintendo when he worked there. He’s a liar. I worked there while he was the head of NoA, it absolutely was the culture there.” -HolidayHowlett
13
“Someone on the TV show I worked on tried to poison the lead actress. They got fired but the police were never involved though they probably should have been.” -solojones1138
14
“Not quite an NDA but a contract of non-competition and we had to sign we wouldn't discuss the recipes with other restaurants. That being said.... Mayonnaise, so much God damn mayonnaise. Even in other kitchens I've worked with; the amount of mayonnaise is unholy.” -Stevesegallbladder
15
“I knew about The Nintendo theme park at Universal Studios before it was announced. I also got to see a lot of the animatronics get created. My favorite was the Piranha Plant.” -pmcall221
16
“I worked for Lone Star in NZ years ago. We use water injected chicken. The Dixie chicken is simmered in 2 litres of cream.” -_The_Librarian
17
“A new company took over a contract I worked on and sent everyone an email on Monday morning saying we had until Friday to accept a 20% pay cut or Friday would be our last day. I was a team lead. I had been part of the committee that hired every person on my team. They asked if I was staying. I told them that I was but it was a big pay cut and I understood if they left and would be happy to write them a letter of recommendation. They all stayed. I was an under an NDA that precluded me from telling them that there were about 5 of us out of the 50 that all kept our previous pay rate. They obviously assumed that I was taking a pay cut with them by staying. I'm pretty sure that NDA wouldn't hold up in court, but I didn't know that at the time. It felt sleazy as fuck to treat my guys that way.” - DorkHonor
18
“Part of Amazon's associate training is literally how to lie when asked certain questions, and there was a "social" part of the contract that discouraged speaking poorly about Amazon with friends and on social media.” -TwoTerabyte
19
“Marketing companies will hire Jr. people, give them amazing titles, and then charge the client outstanding fees per position and pay those people Jr. pay, pocketing everything as profit. The time they charge on estimates is double what it actually takes.” -shawnsblog
20
“Not an NDA but when you buy cosmetics and personal care items (lotions, makeup, perfumes, etc.) when they have "call out ingredients" it only has to be in the formula and greater than 0.1%. "Made with coconut oil." Stuff like that. It's bullsh*t for sales.” -Lov3I5Treacherous
21
“Reality shows are fake and staged with actors. Maybe obvious to most, but some still believe they are real.” (Auditioned for one a few years back.) -thekronicle
22
“Basically all donations go to "operating costs".” -nelsonalgrencametome
23
“That video game that was terrible on release? It was terrible in beta, and alpha, and we weren't allowed to warn you.” - 0110bot
24
“I worked for a bagel shop. The co-manager told me to, instead of throwing away the tubs of cream cheese that were about to expire, replace the expiration stickers.” -YourFatherHere1
25
“Most marijuana growers, like some of the biggest companies in the world, mix their strains together regardless of policy/SOP because people are stupid and upper management doesn't give a sh*t. Stems, seeds, they don't give a flying f**k about what makes it to the end of the line. They only care about money, not product. That's a you problem as the consumer” -D3ATH_Follows_All
