By Anonymous - 11/04/2014 23:16 - United States - San Francisco

Today, after months of busting our asses and working round the clock on our latest project, I and the whole office just got bad news: when our boss promised extremely generous bonuses for doing all this, he was point-blank lying, and intended to take credit for our work all along. FML
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jrshap12 10

Wow, he shouldn't be allowed to operate a business like that.

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ced443_fml 9

Okay that's not alright. You and your coworkers have the right to dispute his work and prove that he is a stealing bastard

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mvc3ftw 17

maybe get the BBB involved?

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YooperTransplant 8

What you have described is called "wage theft," even if the theft was only a promised bonus. If he was stupid enough to send out emails describing the promised bonus, you have documentation and can take the bastard to court en masse. Furthermore, in no state whatsoever can he legally fire you for doing so. If you really don't want to risk that, consider taking your complaint to his boss. An entire office telling their second-line boss that their first-line boss lied to them will not be a good day for the liar.

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Jakob2255 12

Texas it can be done as it is a right to work state. no reason needed to be terminated. get your facts straight. and wage theft is not part of bonuses

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YooperTransplant 8

Get *your* facts straight. Right to work means you can't be made to pay union dues as a condition of employment. (It's meant to drain unions of money by allowing freeloaders.) What you describe is a termination at-will state. That applies in most states, but complaints about workplace conditions are a specific and legally protected exception. Unfortunately, you are right that the Fair Labor Standards Act does not define unpaid bonuses as wage theft. The employee is on somewhat shakier ground than they would be for missing salary. A promise in writing, however, still gives the office a possible legal avenue to pursue, if they want to. (Especially if it happens again; that kind of lost trust is a poor asset to lose for a company, and they certainly won't trust their boss on that line a second time.)

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sistagal 8

Send a well written anonymous email to his managers stating the facts. I suppose it may be seen as cowardly, but at least his superiors will know he has no integrity

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Heisenberg01 3

that jerk! u guys should tie him up and beat him like a piñata!

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martin8337 35

Welcome to the new economy.

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mchmelev1993 10

Ooh what a mofo! Tell him that AK-47 is your fckin address

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JKPwnage 27

Talk to him, then. Get your coworkers to talk to him together

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comment11111 39

All that talk about sueing their bosses is so stupid. Have you considered that people know each other in the business. Who do you think will hire you afterwards - you have just proven that you are likely to sue your boss/company. With such a track record I would not hire you. Too risky. Same for those who hint that you'd like to sue your boss to your HR representative: HR gets paid by the company to protect the company (from you). They will find a quick and legal way to get rid of you...

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Helldemon 32

Sounds like you're just as much a piece of shit scumbag boss as the one in this FML.

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comment11111 39

Maybe I have just realized how it works. Do I help my boss? Sure! If he is able to show his bosses how good the team works and what we manage to implement, our team will get recognition. If I worked against my boss, I could only lose - he's got more leverage. The workplace is not a democracy. Get over it.

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BrotherPhil 35

Or just someone who knows how piece of shit scumbags work. Saying what they'd do doesn't necessarily mean that one agrees with it.

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