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'You're gonna pay, one way or another': Technician uses company commute rules to get 50% pay bump after being promoted without a raise

'You're gonna pay, one way or another': Technician uses company commute rules to get 50% pay bump after being promoted without a raise

Getting promoted without a raise… Tsk, tsk. It's almost like managers want you to work twice as hard without being properly compensated… Oh wait, that's actually what they want. So silly of me. This technician was working on large machines, and the site he worked on was across a border, so he had quite a commute every day. Unfortunately he didn't get any mileage because it was the site he was assigned. Alright, fair enough (Is it though?). After some time, the technician got promoted to work on…
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'Fine, do your job then': HR puts a stop to employee's office tradition of bringing in bagels from family-owned business due to ‘HR policy’

'Fine, do your job then': HR puts a stop to employee's office tradition of bringing in bagels from family-owned business due to ‘HR policy’

HR is infamous for its strange and often frustratingly rigid ways. Their job is to serve the company, which is fair, as that's what they're getting paid to do. On the other hand, they can overlook employee's complaints in the process, or enforce petty rules that nobody really cares about. For instance, what's wrong with an employee giving their coworkers bagels? Apparently, this HR lady did not appreciate being 'one-upped', although it's hard to understand how exactly she felt inferior in the s…
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