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'My boss snubbed me after I saved the company $45,000' : Boss refuses to promote burnt out employee despite increased profit margins, leads to malicious compliance, boss gets made redundant

'My boss snubbed me after I saved the company $45,000' : Boss refuses to promote burnt out employee despite increased profit margins, leads to malicious compliance, boss gets made redundant

Managers often have the tendency of getting employees to jump through hoops in hopes of getting promoted, then don't end up delivering. This employee did so much extra work that she actually saved the company $45,000, but alas, she was told she was still not ‘deserving’ of a promotion. In other words, even if you do a good job, it's not good enough. Fed up, OP decided enough was enough, because if the company was saving $45,000 but still couldn't ‘afford to give OP a raise’, then why bother put…
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father trying to pass out flyers about his new navigation app at a boating convention keeps geting ignored, this makes his daughter heartbroken so she posts a tiktok video asking for help, his business explodes in popularity and is now the #1 navigation app

'He's worked so hard on it': Daughter helps blow up her father's new business by posting a TikTok asking viewers to give her hardworking dad a chance

Argo Navigation is a free app for boaters for them to connect, share local boating knowledge, and discover/ get directions to new destinations. It was created by a lifelong boater, but you probably wouldn't have heard about any of this if you weren't already a very intense boater. You would have to be searching for this specific app to find it. Marketing is hard, however, this app creator had a secret marketing weapon he didn't even know he had. He had his Gen Z daughter. While at a boating con…
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Person gives the facts to Multi-Level Marketing scammer, but they double down

MLM Hun Gets the Facts, Won't Accept Them

Hopefully some day they'll turn around.
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A collection of the "next big things" that ended up totally flopping.

Hyped Up Things That Totally Flopped

Sometimes expectations get crushed by reality.
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Brands on Twitter Respond to beans on Weetabix | Weetabix @weetabix Why should bread have all fun there's Weetabix? Serving up @HeinzUK Beanz on bix breakfast with twist ltHasToBeHeinz #HaveYouHadYourWeetabix NATION'S FAVOURITE CEREAL Weetabix | Domino's Pizza UK O @Domi 19h Replying weetabix and @HeinzUK Us: Pineapple on pizza is most controversial food ever. Weetabix: Hold my spoon. 187 27 5,395 60.1K Weetabix O @weetabix 19h almost scared ask Weetabix verdict on pineapple on Weetabix may be

Twitter Brands Pore Over Weetabix's Bean Drama

How did we get here as a society?
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Entitled influencer's obsessed dad gets involved in contest and ruins project | Posted by u/EstamelTharchon 3 days ago an obsessed parent can lose biggest client Long told this story all my friends, and suppose 's time share with developer at an $agency. Our biggest client at time bank. Apparently, banks our area have huge hard-on raffles, giveaways, and similar marketing tricks get new accounts opened. Better yet, they are constantly trying one-up each other, which is great marketing/developer

Entitled Influencer's Dad Disputes Contest, Ruins Entire Project

Great work, guy.
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Tumblr users swap facts about the history of soda and carrier pigeons | narwhalsarefalling fun fact im weirdly knowlagable history soda dont even drink soda why do know so much about narwhalsarefalling coke and pepsi taste different because coke invent before refrigeration

Tumblr Users Trade Unconfirmed Facts About Soda And Carrier Pigeons

Well that's enough learnin for this month.
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Batman Begins movie trailer presenting it as a romantic comedy

ABC Family Markets Batman Begins As Light-Hearted Romance

Literally seems like a parody promo.
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cringeworthy performance company corporate concert fail

Employees Forced To Listen To Terrible Corporate Concert

The level of cringe is to the moon and back.
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Products that are more expensive and somehow worse | lunari_moonari 30.2k points 18 hours ago Cable television. More commercials, channels upon channels crap, ridiculous billI.

Stuff That's Getting More Expensive and Somehow Worse

How did they manage that?
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The Devil on Price is Right.

The Devil on Price is Right

Honestly this is better with no context.
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Loopholes clever people used to save money | West Virginia there law waived taxes automobile title transfers between parents and children friend wanted buy car his uncle. So uncle sold car his father who then sold his other son who sold his own son, my friend. Three transactions. Zero taxes.

Loopholes That Clever Folks Exploited

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Meth prevention ad for South Dakota.

South Dakota's New Anti-Meth Campaign Slogan is "Meth. We're On It"

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AskReddit users respond to a thread about commercials that were so terrible they discouraged people's business.

Horrible Commercials That Discouraged People's Business

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Guy sets ups meetings to reject telemarketers in a chicken suit.

Guy Arranges Meetings With Telemarketers and Shuts Them Down In Person

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Truth in advertising with honest brand slogans.

Truth In Advertising (18 Images)

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