Safety Otis

It's 96 Degrees in the Warehouse and 'Tough It Out' Is Not a Heat Plan

It's 96 on the floor and someone just called heat-illness prevention 'soft.' Safety Otis has the clipboard, the cooler, and the receipts.

'It'll Only Take a Second' Is the Last Sentence in a Lot of Incident Reports

'It'll only take a second' opens a horrifying number of incident reports. Otis on why lockout/tagout is the ritual that keeps your fingers attached.

A 20-Minute Video Is Not Forklift Certification. I Will Die on This Loading Dock.

A 20-minute video is not forklift certification, no matter what the onboarding checklist says. Otis explains what 'certified' actually requires.

The Break Room Microwave Has Been a 'Near Miss' Nine Times. Let's Talk Documentation.

A near miss is a free lesson the universe hands you right before the expensive one. How to document them so the fix happens before the incident report does.

A CEO Bragged That 'Problems Disappeared' After He Fired His Entire HR Team. The Thread Has Notes.

An Employee Has Taken 'Intermittent FMLA' Every Friday Since March. HR Wants Options That Aren't a Lawsuit.

We Let an AI Rewrite the Entire Employee Handbook Over the Weekend. Monday Was a Compliance Incident.

Our Job Posting for a Part-Time Receptionist Requires a Master's, 5 Years' Experience, and 'Founder Mentality.' It Pays $19.

Payroll Has Been 'Rounding' Everyone's Clock-Out to the Nearest 15 Minutes. Always Down. For Three Years.

Someone 'Fixed' the Sparking Break-Room Microwave With Duct Tape. I Have Now Filed the Ninth Report.

My VP's Plan to 'Boost Morale': Make Friday Fun Mandatory and Track Attendance in a Spreadsheet.

Leadership Said 'We're All Family Here' in the Same All-Hands Where They Cut the 401(k) Match.