Company offers free "voluntary" employee appreciation lunch—then demands they pay $18 if they didn't stay for the "team-building" activity afterward: 'I just find it ridiculous that a company can turn a thank-you into something you owe them for'

When is team building actually a team teardown?An employee was billed by their company for $18 after skipping a "free" appreciation lunch team-building activity, but their manager had scheduled the reason that they left in the first place. Plus, the team-building session wasn't even mentioned or scheduled in the original invite!

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