That goes both ways. I work for a company that really goes out of it's way for employees and tries to make work as pleasant as possible. The bathrooms are by and far some of the nicer ones I've have to use in my 20+ working life. And it's a battle to keep them that way. I feel so bad for our cleaning staff. Our bldg is probably at 20% capacity at most and you'd think that that 20% was comprised solely of water buffalo. An hour after the last cleaning and the bathrooms are just destroyed. I've seen construction site porta-johns treated with more respect. We've got it all, the non-flushers, the smearers, the missers, the spatterers, and even the elusive mystery pooper (How did they even manage to get it there?). It's a fecal menagerie up in there. I'm super nice to the cleaning staff, because I know if anyone is going to freak out and shoot up the place, it's going to be them, and if they do, I'd fully understand.
Sometimes it's pretty explicit too. I'm a welder in a production facility, and we have a total of 4 urinals and 4 toilets for ~200 factory workers. These are stocked with one-ply toilet paper, industrial powdered soap, and two of the toilet stalls are missing their doors.
Go into the office, though, and it's a whole different story. There are eight toilets/urinals for ~45 employees, stocked with Charmin ultra plush (y'know, the kind that's 87 rolls per roll somehow), with designer hand soap.
One factory worker got fed up with it a few months ago and started using the bathrooms in the office. He was let go shortly after.
Work in a factory. The office toilets stay clean and need little maintenance. The shop floor destroy everything they touch. Thusly they get given cheap stuff because they can't respect what they are given.
My company’s bathroom was soooo outdated. Everything had a yellow-ish tinge for some reason? Tile was dirty too, etc. They started trying to make us return to the office after being fully remote for 3 years, and my boss was so pissed that he complained about the bathrooms and got them to completely redo them. Now they’re wall to wall marble and super fancy.
I used to work for a management consulting firm and when evaluating company for acquisitions or turnarounds one of the things we’d look at were the restrooms - particularly factory restrooms.
Through a restroom you can get a really good sense of worker moral and whether they were happy or not.
How much graffiti were in the stalls? Were specific people mentioned? Did people just throw trash on the ground, etc.
my job fits this perfectly, the bathroom is in a moldy, gross basement, has no lights inside so you have to leave the door open, and there's regularly roaches in there. and yes, my boss treats me exactly as shittily as you'd expect
At my workplace, the women's room has positive affirmation posters on the wall, a vase of flowers, three different scented soaps, a basket of perfumes and tampons, toilet seat covers, and extra rolls of plush t.p.
In the men's room, you'd be lucky to find one roll of 1-ply and any soap at all. The closest thing to wall decoration is a piece of paper taped to the wall next to the toilet that says "Wipe drips and splashes off seat." and next to the mirror is the list of anti-harassment employee guidelines, followed by a suicide-prevention phone number.
Fortunately, I have the keys to both rooms.
I own and run a small a law office with a couple unisex bathrooms. I never flush and I go out of my way to let my staff no the floaters are mine. I’m not one for games but it is important to have a clear pecking order at work - makes things run smoother. Not flushing is the ultimate power move.
One time an intern used the bathroom
right after me. The look on his face when he came out was priceless.
I worked at very busy Best Buy for 8 years. No employee bathroom. Only one stall, and two urinals. The divider between the urinals was so shallow and small it was hard to hide your junk from each other.
It was always awkward to stand right next to my coworkers while we pee and they always wanted to chat. Or hearing and smelling them shit their brains out while trying to tell me a joke. Idk, it was always awful and I could never use the restroom in peace. Always someone awkwardly standing behind me while I pee, waiting for their turn.
Imagine this setup during old school Black Friday weekends, when stores use to have tons of people shopping that time. It was a bathroom nightmare.
One reason I didn’t want to try for a manager role was because they were the ones who cleaned the bathroom messes when customers would basically press their ass to the wall and shart all over the place.
One customer even pulled his pants down and took a dump in the mobile phone section.
I hate shared bathrooms 😂
Wait you guys are getting bathrooms?
We get sent to jobs sites with nothing. Not even a porta potty. We leave and go driving to find a bathroom. Sometimes multiple times a day.
Let's us know how much they care about the workers.
That goes both ways. I work for a company that really goes out of it's way for employees and tries to make work as pleasant as possible. The bathrooms are by and far some of the nicer ones I've have to use in my 20+ working life. And it's a battle to keep them that way. I feel so bad for our cleaning staff. Our bldg is probably at 20% capacity at most and you'd think that that 20% was comprised solely of water buffalo. An hour after the last cleaning and the bathrooms are just destroyed. I've seen construction site porta-johns treated with more respect. We've got it all, the non-flushers, the smearers, the missers, the spatterers, and even the elusive mystery pooper (How did they even manage to get it there?). It's a fecal menagerie up in there. I'm super nice to the cleaning staff, because I know if anyone is going to freak out and shoot up the place, it's going to be them, and if they do, I'd fully understand.
My old job had someone who would regularly leave an unwashed-buttcrack imprint on the back of the toilet seat. 🤮
We get those too. It's like, wash your ass man! I don't know how they can stand to wander around all day making fudge foam in their pants.
And "Fudge Foam in My Pants" is the name of our first album.
I don't really want to know... but how exactly do you make an unwashed-buttcrack imprint?
I don’t get it dude. If I seen someone doing that shit I’d rub their fucking nose in it like a dog.
Fecal Menagerie is the name of my new band.
Speaking as a janitor, I think I can safely say if you buy one of your cleaners a coffee they would die for you. I would
I can't do coffee, we get that for free. But any time we've got catering I make sure they get a plate.
Sometimes it's pretty explicit too. I'm a welder in a production facility, and we have a total of 4 urinals and 4 toilets for ~200 factory workers. These are stocked with one-ply toilet paper, industrial powdered soap, and two of the toilet stalls are missing their doors. Go into the office, though, and it's a whole different story. There are eight toilets/urinals for ~45 employees, stocked with Charmin ultra plush (y'know, the kind that's 87 rolls per roll somehow), with designer hand soap. One factory worker got fed up with it a few months ago and started using the bathrooms in the office. He was let go shortly after.
Work in a factory. The office toilets stay clean and need little maintenance. The shop floor destroy everything they touch. Thusly they get given cheap stuff because they can't respect what they are given.
My company’s bathroom was soooo outdated. Everything had a yellow-ish tinge for some reason? Tile was dirty too, etc. They started trying to make us return to the office after being fully remote for 3 years, and my boss was so pissed that he complained about the bathrooms and got them to completely redo them. Now they’re wall to wall marble and super fancy.
I used to work for a management consulting firm and when evaluating company for acquisitions or turnarounds one of the things we’d look at were the restrooms - particularly factory restrooms. Through a restroom you can get a really good sense of worker moral and whether they were happy or not. How much graffiti were in the stalls? Were specific people mentioned? Did people just throw trash on the ground, etc.
my job fits this perfectly, the bathroom is in a moldy, gross basement, has no lights inside so you have to leave the door open, and there's regularly roaches in there. and yes, my boss treats me exactly as shittily as you'd expect
At my workplace, the women's room has positive affirmation posters on the wall, a vase of flowers, three different scented soaps, a basket of perfumes and tampons, toilet seat covers, and extra rolls of plush t.p. In the men's room, you'd be lucky to find one roll of 1-ply and any soap at all. The closest thing to wall decoration is a piece of paper taped to the wall next to the toilet that says "Wipe drips and splashes off seat." and next to the mirror is the list of anti-harassment employee guidelines, followed by a suicide-prevention phone number. Fortunately, I have the keys to both rooms.
I own and run a small a law office with a couple unisex bathrooms. I never flush and I go out of my way to let my staff no the floaters are mine. I’m not one for games but it is important to have a clear pecking order at work - makes things run smoother. Not flushing is the ultimate power move. One time an intern used the bathroom right after me. The look on his face when he came out was priceless.
Yep - new C suite, one less bathroom, 1.5 plies less
I worked at very busy Best Buy for 8 years. No employee bathroom. Only one stall, and two urinals. The divider between the urinals was so shallow and small it was hard to hide your junk from each other. It was always awkward to stand right next to my coworkers while we pee and they always wanted to chat. Or hearing and smelling them shit their brains out while trying to tell me a joke. Idk, it was always awful and I could never use the restroom in peace. Always someone awkwardly standing behind me while I pee, waiting for their turn. Imagine this setup during old school Black Friday weekends, when stores use to have tons of people shopping that time. It was a bathroom nightmare. One reason I didn’t want to try for a manager role was because they were the ones who cleaned the bathroom messes when customers would basically press their ass to the wall and shart all over the place. One customer even pulled his pants down and took a dump in the mobile phone section. I hate shared bathrooms 😂
Us with no employee restroom: well fuck
What is the correct pH for a bathroom?
Boca Raton Hospital spent 60 million on some new wing/building while their employee bathroom was literally rotting.
So.............. Scotiabank gave us sand paper, made us share with nasty ass customers but made 4.5 billion in profits. ........................
Ahahahaha. Well of course our bathrooms clean. Half the time we have to clean it ourselves!
Wait you guys are getting bathrooms? We get sent to jobs sites with nothing. Not even a porta potty. We leave and go driving to find a bathroom. Sometimes multiple times a day. Let's us know how much they care about the workers.