I worked for a big three-letter computer company that:
- wouldn’t buy coffee, tea, or milk for the tearoom – we organised a club and paid $2 a week to buy them ourselves
- didn’t have rubbish bins in the office. All rubbish (including company confidential printouts) was to be taken out to the street and put in public bins on the pavement
- took out every second fluorescent tube in the office to save on power
- laid off nearly 100,000 staff because they only made US $6b that year
I worked at an HCA hospital that got rid of disposable wipes and instead wanted nurses to clean up bowel movements with washcloths that went into the laundry. Most people just threw the washcloths in the trash.
Had a place start charging $2 to use the microwave (built in to the front console of the microwave).
I worked at a record label back in the 90s who took money out of my check for the horrendous coffee and powdered creamer they provided. I only drank the coffee for effect seeing as it tasted like stale chickory that a grandmother might brew. In her colon.
Anyhow, I opted out of drinking that shitty coffee after a couple of weeks and literally only spend a couple dollars more getting Starbucks on my way in.
I worked in the corporate office at a bank in 2008-2009 and they stopped all landscaping , which included no longer mowing the large field out front. Everyone thought we had gone out of business because it was so overgrown and they would call to ask if we closed. We also started having issues with snakes and mice on the first floor. Eventually they had some guys come mow and we watched out the window as mice scattered in every direction.
The company where I work decided to stop company bus program.
So, employees have to group up and pay for bus transportation by themselves, or go to work by their own vehicle.
Which mean, pay for transport out of pocket.
The company save some cost and shift that cost to worker. (usually more than what it cost the company, because economic of scale)
It feel like you having a pay cut without having a pay cut.
Sounds like you don’t live in America because that’s the norm here.