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I did some IT work at a hospital, patient records including names, addresses, conditions and doctor's notes (inc mental health notes) were stored in the database in plain text. You had to have admin access to the database (which I did), but I was stunned that I could browse anyone's entire medical information. A few weeks after I left I sent an anonymous email to a couple of people letting them know how bad it was - I didn't use my real one just in case they may have come after me for looking at the records.

They actually kept the domain admin password on a post-it under 2 different keyboards. One of which was secured from the public.

When I worked at Bob Evans I watched a manager peel the expiration dates off of expired food and replace them with dates in the future to avoid waste.

A friend of mine was a manager at a fairly upscale women's clothing store.

She said that even at 95% discounts, they could turn a profit.

One company I worked at had more full-time collections people than sales people. Our products were a lot cheaper than our competitors, and it attracted a lot of customers with no money.

Another company I worked at ignored all "first notice" bills they ran up. CFO told me that if a company wanted paid, they needed to send a second notice.

I know this thread is old but: so many HIPPA violations, oh my God. I am a pediatric therapists/child psych, and the clinic I used to work at constantly stored client data in the most insecure ways, and therapists and staff would discuss client names, diagnosis', address, EVERYTHING openly in the break room. I complained at one point, but it went nowhere. Turns out nobody cares, lol. They also frequently ignored the best interests of our clients to maximize profit from insurance (leaning towards fraud). I ultimately left the company when my boss blatantly violated the safety of one of my clients by refusing to send her home when she had a fever of 104 F. Sure, working with kids means everyone gets sick a lot, but when the child is THAT sick, they need to be in a hospital, not in a hot, cramped room with a therapist.

I was the web designer for a prominent business magazine, but after an economic turndown they wanted everyone in-house (in Georgia) and fired me.

They replaced me with the grandson of the magazine's founder.

Battersea Dogs Homes senior dog carers are employed based on their PR experience and not at all on their experience at looking after dogs

Instagram allows employees to check on the accounts of the users and share that to other people. I didn't work there, but an employee told my girlfriend who I talked to before we were exclusive. I think that's total bullshit