Working America's Bad Boss Contest is an opportunity for workers to speak out about the difficulties they face every day on the job. Share your story about a nightmare boss—and you may win a well-deserved 7-night vacation.
How the Contest Works
Submit a story about your bad boss-it can be your current boss or a boss from a previous job. Our editorial team will edit and post stories that will then be eligible for one of three Grand Prize Awards: The People's Choice Grand Prize Winner, the Staff Pick grand Prize Winner, and the Most Shared Online Story Grand Prize Winner. All stories must be based on personal experience and fit within the contest guidelines Review the contest rules.
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The Grand Prizes shall be awarded as set forth in the contest rules.
Guidelines for Working America's Bad Boss ContestTo Enter the Contest * In order to enter the Contest, you must enter your name, email address, and full mailing address in the designated window at http://www.workingamerica.org/badboss/?appState=enterstory. By providing your name and email address, you become a member of Working America. Click here to read our privacy policy. * You must submit an essay of 500 words or less explaining why your (current or former) employer or supervisor qualifies as a Bad Boss. * All Entrants must provide an alias that does not reveal their identity. Contest entries will display only the name alias you provide and your state, along with the text you enter, subject to editing by Working America staff. * Submit your essay online at http://www.workingamerica.org/badboss/?appState=enterstory. * Stories must be about your own personal experiences with an employer. * Do not include the name of the company or any personal names or other personal identifiers with the story. For legal reasons, stories including this information will be edited and/or not posted. * Working America's editorial staff will review all entries and may edit essays as the staff deems appropriate before posting to http://workingamerica.org/badboss. * There is a limit of one entry per person. * Best efforts will be made to post essays online within 3 business days of their receipt, following review by Working America's editorial staff. * Essays that do not win a People's Choice Weekly Winner award will be submitted automatically into the following week's People's Choice Weekly Winner competition. * The winner of the People's Choice Grand Prize will be based solely on the votes cast during the final voting period from July 20-July 27, 2011 without consideration of votes cast during the previous weekly semi-final contests. * Entrants are eligible for only one Grand Prize. The People's Choice Weekly Winners are eligible for the People's Choice Grand Prize only. If a story is both the winner of the Most Shared Online Story and the winner of the People Choice award, the second Most Shared Online Story will win the Most Shared Online Story Grand Prize. The winner of the People's Choice Grand Prize and the Most Shared Online Story Grand Prize are not eligible for the Staff Pick Grand Prize. Anonymity Although you are required to submit your name and email address to enter the Contest, and you have the option of submitting your address, occupation and employer, Sponsor will not disclose this information to any third party (except where required by law) and will not post the information on the Contest website or otherwise make the information public. Contest entries will display only the name alias you provide and your state, along with the text you enter, subject to editing by Working America staff as Working America deems appropriate. Prizes At the end of the Contest Period, the People's Choice Weekly Winners (with the exception of the People's Choice Grand Prize Winner) shall receive the following prizes as determined by the Sponsor: a "Bad Boss Survival Kit" consisting of a DVD with a bad boss theme; the album Union Town by Tom Morello / Nightwatchman; a We Are One button; a "Know Your Rights in the Workplace" flyer, "Ten Tips for Dealing with Bad Bosses," and a guide to forming a workplace union from Working America; and a Working America T-shirt. Three Grand Prizes shall be awarded - one to the People's Choice Grand Prize winner, one to the Staff Pick Grand Prize winner, and one to the Most Shared Online Story Grand Prize winner. The Grand Prizes will consist of a certificate which may be redeemed for a seven night stay in a vacation condominium provided by Union Plus and Trading Places International. The Grand Prize winners may choose the location of the condo where the certificate will apply from the designated Union Plus website (additional properties not listed on the website may be available by calling Trading Places International at (800)365-1048). Dates and locations are subject to availability and other restrictions may apply. In addition, Working America will provide the Grand Prize winners with a check for $1,000 which may be used toward airfare or other travel expenses. The retail value of the Grand Prizes is less than $2,500 per prize. The Grand Prizes must be claimed no later than August 31, 2011 and travel must occur by August 31, 2012. Voting on Entries for the People's Choice Award Anyone can vote. Just click on the vote button on your favorite story to cast your vote. You can vote on as many stories as you like, but you are limited to only one vote per story in a 24-hour period. Maybe you're the lucky one who doesn't have a bad boss story to share. That's OK-you can participate by voting for your favorites, encouraging a friend or family member to submit their story, or sending in comments on the Bad Boss Contest horror stories. Commenting on Stories All Working America members may comment on stories. If you are not already a member, you can become a member by commenting on a story. As with the Bad Boss Contest entries, Working America's staff may edit or not post comments deemed to be irrelevant, potentially libelous or inflammatory, or which include profanity. |