Tuesday, December 10, 2024

🚨 Vote for the Worst Employer of 2024 🚨

It's the most wonderful time of the year! I've made my list, checked it twice, and now it's time to determine who's been the naughtiest and not very nice. That's right—it's time to vote for The Worst Employer of 2024.

I've narrowed down my list of 12 nominees to the worst seven finalists.

The Finalists

🗳️ The S&M CEO — Head of company sexually abuses a female subordinate through a "slave contract" as a condition of her employment and then subjected her to years of sexual abuse, subjugation, and violence.

🗳️ The Stone-Cold Stunner — Vince McMahon, former Chairman of the WWE, accused of running a sex trafficking ring by pimping out female subordinates to wrestlers and other male employees.

🗳️ The Supersized Sex Offender — McDonald's franchisee knowingly hires a registered sex offender and ignored his sexual harassment of teen workers; he then raped at 14-year-old employee.

🗳️ The Murderer Threatener — Restaurant owner reacts to wage and hour complaint by former employee by going to his new job and threatening to kill him.

🗳️ The Desecrated Discriminator — Rehab center hires and promotes employees with a swastika tattoo on his face, and otherwise permits Nazi salutes and "white power" signs in the workplace.

🗳️ The High-Risk Terminator — Company fires new hire calling off from training to visit her doctor because of a scare about her pregnancy, telling her, "Until you feel you can 100% attend you are going to have to reapply."

🗳️ The Hurricane Haranguer — CEO forces employees to remain a work during Hurricane Helene, even as flood waters rose; six employees died trying to get home after they were finally allowed to leave.

As with last year, voting will use Ranked Choice Voting to determine the winner.

How does Ranked Choice Voting work?

When voting, rank each of the seven finalists in order of awfulness. If one finalist receives more than 50% of first-choice votes, they will be declared the winner. If no finalist achieves a majority of first-choice votes, the counting will proceed in rounds. At the end of each round, the finalist with the fewest votes will be eliminated. If your first-choice finalist is eliminated, your vote will automatically go to the next highest-ranked finalist on your ballot. This process continues until one finalist receives a majority of first-choice votes or only two finalists remain, at which point the finalist with the most votes wins.

Voting Details

Voting closes on Dec. 17 at 11:59 PM (Eastern Time).

Share the ballot with your coworkers, friends, family, and social networks. I'll announce the winner (or loser, depending on your perspective) on Dec. 19.

You can read full descriptions of the seven finalists here.