If you haven't yet cast your ballot for The Worst Employer of 2022, time is quickly running out. Polls close at the end of today.
In case you need a refresher on the seven finalists, here they are (in alphabetical order):
1.) The Active Shooter
HYPER-REALISTIC ACTIVE SHOOTER DRILL
Non-profit hires third party to conduct an active shooter drill without telling its employees: (1) that the drill was happening; (2) that the “shooter” would be using a real assault rifle loaded with blanks; (3) or that the “shooter” would stage actors covered in fake blood as victims for added realism. It also failed to inform the local authorities of the drill, who responded as if it was real.
2.) The Cancerous Employment Canceler
CANCER TESTING EMPLOYEE FIRED
Car dealer fires employee away from work undergoing cancer testing, telling her that it wasn’t performance related and that she should “focus on her health.”
3.) The Hurricane Haranguer
MANDATED WORK DURING HURRICANE
Postcard company CEO tells employees to come into work during Hurricane Ian so that the company can “make its number” and have a “good end of quarter,” and that employees are expected to work a full 40-hour week through the storm whether from office, home, or evacuation center.
4.) The Murder Enabler
TEEN HARASSMENT VICTIM KILLED
Drug store ignores female teen employee’s complaints of inappropriate and uncomfortable advances against male co-worker 12 years her senior, and merely tells the accused “to keep things professional.” She later turns up dead in the break room with neck injuries covered in blood, and the alleged harasser is arrested for her murder.
5.) The Sh**ty Supervisor
ENERGY DRINK + COLON CLEANSER
6.) The Slaughtering Supervisor
WHISTLEBLOWER MURDERED
Supervisor murders subordinate employee who blew the whistle on his illegal multi-million-dollar scheme to fraudulently employ undocumented workers.
7.) The Slumlord Supervisor
FORCED RENT FOR IMMIGRANT TEACHERS
School principal shakes down a group of immigrant teachers by forcing them to live in his illegal boarding house and pay him rent, and threatens deportation to anyone who refuses.