'You're about to be real short-staffed': Overworked employees take on extra shifts only for management to announce they are cutting the bonus pay so they can hire more staff

This advice might be obvious to every employee out there, but just in case there is someone who wasn't aware of this crucial piece of information, here it is written down – Always have things written down. 

This advice means that you should always have written proof of anything you talk about verbally with anyone related to your job. For example, if you talk with your boss about an upcoming raise, and your boss tells you - 'You are going to get a raise in May', as soon as you step out of their office, you send your boss an email saying something along the lines of - 'Hey boss, just wanted to put in writing that we agreed that I will get a raise in May' and have your boss confirm in return. This way, you have documentation for everything, and it is extremely hard for people to back out of anything they have discussed with you.

The benefits of having stuff written down are also significant the other way around, so if your boss sends you an email about something that does not seem right to you, you can always take that written proof to the right people to ensure you are being treated right. Much like the nurse in this Reddit story, who got an email from her management that suggested illegal actions towards employees, and having that email as proof is enough to ensure management cannot actually go through with what they planned.

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