What is the best way to get back at a company that shafted you?

Question

When moving on is not an option what would you do to redress the balance?

I did the dirty work for them and when my usefulness was no longer required they shafted me obviously I fought back but they have more money and influence than me, and, in the UK money talks.

I have managed to show them up for what they are but I am not satisfied. For more details look at www.hogsheadpubs.com

Answer 1

I like the first guy's answer. It's almost a sure thing that if a company shafts its employees they've also stolen software.

But hell, you know if you have proof they've shafted you; like they made you sign an employees rulebook, and they broke the very rules they put in the handbook, screw 'em good. Take them to court. Sue them. You actually can win.

I got screwed by a company I'd worked with for ten years. They fired me without notice. I simply contacted every client I'd ever dealt with over the years, people who liked me, told them what had happened and left knowing I had cost them lots of business. And at every opportunity since then I've told people NOT to use their business.

Here watch: Cameron Stewart's Reproductions NY is a rip off company. Don't bother to get your headshots printed there. They abuse their workers and their clients alike. Their business practices are highly questionable.

That exact text got published in every place I could publish it. I publish it here. You never know when that's going to cost them business.
I've probably cost him hundreds of customers.

That's called getting them where it hurts. The pocketbook.

Answer 2

Here's the thing, as long as you continue to work there anything you do is unethical and morally wrong. You are taking their money (your paycheck) under the contract of employer/employee and there is a certain amount of expected good will that goes with that. If they keep passing you up for raises and/or promotions, and you truly believe you deserve them, if they continue to schedule you against your hired-in and agreed upon work availability no matter how much you jusitifiably complain, if they dock you wages illegally, then you need to find a new job and quick.

Once you have given notice, you can check your conscious and decide how "even" you need to get with them. Do you? Do you really NEED to get even? Won't walking away be enough of a stick it to them?!

If the answer is no, there are things you can do. I know of a person who was hired to design databases and train staff on software applications for a company. But she got caught in the middle of a power struggle between the ops manager and the IT manager. She was officially hired by the ops manager and he had her answering phones all day and kept writing her up for not completing database projects, despite the fact that he never aranged any time for her to actually complete the projects. She wasn't a secretary, but he started requiring she file and fetch coffee and such. Meanwhile, the IT manager wanted her free to help train staff and set up the new computer network, but the ops manager would schedule a meeting or other such things during her arranged time with the IT manager so that she couldn't leave the phones and the front desk. After 7 months of this schziphrenia she decided she had to quit. Interestingly, the week she quit all the secretaries were on vacation, which forced the ops manager to answer phones for five days! And, even more interesting, her computer hard drive, which contained a large chunk of company data mysteriously caught a virus that wiped it all out. And there was no current hard copy of any of it. I'm not suggesting she had anything to do with all of that, it's just a strange timing thing, of course! LOL

Buck up! I have resorted to therapy to help me deal with a destructive work situation. But in the end, quitting is the best option.

Answer 3

You are very angry and you are not going to redress any balance while you are at this point over the way you were let down, what is the point of getting back at something or someone for what they did, you are going to make yourself ill with your compulsion for revenge, have you looked around you and seen what effect your reaction is having on other people close to you right now or are you so wrapped up that you don't want to see it, god life is too short as it is, move on from it and learn from it, life is rotten sometimes but by hindsight we learn not to be so soft in the future, you know revenge isn't always sweet, sometimes it gets you into so much trouble its a damn bitter pill to swallow.

Answer 4

1) Join a union, if they are doing something illegal you can report them & it will give you protection.

2) Keep a detailed diary of what is going on - then when you think you have enough go to a local paper and see if they are intrested.

3) Report them to a appropriate official body for any wrong doing.

4) Resist the urge to sabotage them in some way eg sending spam to their e-mails etc - You could end up in trouble.

5) Hold your head up high - you are obiously a lot better than they are

Answer 5

There is never a good way to get back at a company or a person who's shafted you. Just don't do it.

If you burn your bridges you may have trouble crossing them later when you need it most.

Moving on is the best thing to do. Cut your losses & deal with it. Find a more positive outlook for your life.

Answer 6

Umm!
Helping U with this, it could get U a criminal record & the chance of never being employed again, ever!
Word of mouth should B all need do 2 URself feel better.
We all get shafted, it's part of life, buddy!
Take it like a man, shrug & MOVE ON.
After U've bad-mouthed 'em 4 a bit!

Answer 7

Theorectically:
Doing a crappy job / losing long-standing clients / crashing the works vehicles / mis-quoting prices / 'losing' expensive equipment / annoymously tip-off the Inland Revenue / Tax (whether or not ANYTHING illegal is being done) they will start a FULL audit in the hope of finding (or fabricating) something, sign ALL of your company email addresses onto 'dodgy' mailing lists...you know the type!!

Answer 8

The best thing you can do is contact the company and complain. Legitimate companies are in business to keep customers, not alienate them--they usually make an effort to make their customers happy.

If you were wronged and the company doesn't address the issue, you can complain to the Better Business Bureau at www.BetterBusinessBureau.org

Answer 9

depends what it is but I would write to them and say you are going to advertise the fact they are a crap company, maybe make a few lies- there are many websites for repots on companis- you could write to the local paper- or even get a sign n stand outside their doors! hehe - or if really nasty:

Get some newspaper and fill with dog poo- place outside their door and set alight- they will come rushing out n stamp it out and get a lovely surprise!! mmwwwahahahahaha!

Answer 10

Moving on is always an option. Find a new company.