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Promoted employee asks colleague for his work and ideas after he didn't get the promotion, colleague refuses to transfer them because he's salty

Employee is passed up on a promotion but is expected to transfer all of his work and ideas to colleague who landed the position: ‘Higher-ups didn't want my ideas in the first place’

"Why are they good enough now?"
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Employee quits 3 months after senior-level promotion when company refuses to give him a raise: 'My manager called me unprofessional during the resignation meeting'

After putting in countless hours of extra work on a big project, this employee thought a promotion would be his ticket to finally being compensated for all th e extra effort. His managers gave him plenty of praise, so when the senior-level role opened up, he threw his hat in the ring. But what should have been a reward for his hard work quickly turned into a nightmare. After multiple rounds of interviews and weeks of waiting, he landed the promotion—only to find out there wouldn’t be a raise to…
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'Cry us a river': Boomer bosses baffled when corporate millennials refuse promotions, rejecting higher-level positions because rank doesn't matter when your paycheck stays the same

B-B-B-B-But you could work 60 hour weeks and be our regional distract manager of financial operations
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Employee’s delight turns to outrage as higher-us revoke bonus and promotion, calling it a ‘typo’ after signing

Employee’s delight turns to outrage as higher-us revoke bonus and promotion, calling it a ‘typo’ after signing

Individuals put in countless hours with the belief that their diligence and passion would finally pay dividends. If and when it occurs, it will be a historic occasion that people will talk about for weeks to come. So, how would you react if it turned out that your management had erred in awarding you the promotion that you had been hankering after for the past ten years? The story below is an account of a frustrated employee. The original poster (OP) had spent a significant amount of time emplo…
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'Loyalty goes both ways': Employee spends thousands of dollars of company's money as payback for getting passed over for a promotion she waited 25 years for

'Loyalty goes both ways': Employee spends thousands of dollars of company's money as payback for getting passed over for a promotion she waited 25 years for

The differences between loyalty to a workplace with older and younger generations always boggle the mind. The fact that many people over the age of 50 have happily committed to the same workplace for decades, sometimes without so much as a raise, is crazy, especially when younger people have such a short attention span they often can't commit to finishing a 2-hour long movie. My mom, for example, has just celebrated her 30th anniversary with the company she works for, and I had 3 different jobs…
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Manager Fires Employee During Boss's Vacation and Costs Company $200K, CEO Returns and Rehires Employee with Raise and Promotion: 'I personally thanked [the manager] on my first week back'

Finally, a bad manager getting the karma he deserves. This manager made such a wrong call that he nearly cost the company 200 thousand dollars. Ouch. At the company, a particular manager is a real stickler for the rules and has always had it out for one particular employee. After firing him under trivial circumstances, what the manager didn't know was that this employee was responsible for a very expensive piece of software for which he was the only one at the company with a license to. Well, w…
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Boss announces employee's departure at company meeting despite employee fully staying there: 'Everyone was asking where I'm going'

Boss announces employee's departure at company meeting despite employee fully staying there: 'Everyone was asking where I'm going'

When it's officially announced that an employee will be leaving a company, typically the employee knows about this in advance… It turns out that in this scenario , it was merely an assumption made by the employee's boss, but the employee has everyone at the entire company asking about their professional future. Furthermore, the boss was attempting to replace the employee on an important project that they built from the ground up while still requesting their continued assistance on the side. Obv…
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Employee advanced to manager position after it was discovered that his manager is living in his truck due to job-related expenses

Employee advanced to manager position after it was discovered that his manager is living in his truck due to job-related expenses

It is not simple to work in the highly competitive setting of today's workplace. When we learn that we happen to earn more money than the person seated next to us, whether we prefer to own it or not, there is a tiny sense of satisfaction. When it comes to promotions, we'll do whatever it takes to succeed, even if it means treading on someone else to get that promotion. The story below is of a shocked worker. The original poster (OP) had been employed by the same company for a considerable amoun…
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'She's been singing your praises for a good five minutes': Good samaritan gets promoted while shopping at a local store he didn't work at

'She's been singing your praises for a good five minutes': Good samaritan gets promoted while shopping at a local store he didn't work at

You're walking down the aisle, stacking up bottles of shampoo, boxes of cereal, cartons of milk… you answer people's questions, whether they ask nicely or not, because you need a salary at the end of the month. Sometimes you work the cashier, other times work the logistics. You're really a one-man show, but don't get paid enough to do it. Welcome to working at a supermarket. Tough times, tough times… One good samaritan was shopping at their local supermarket, eyeing the taco section. They'd bee…
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'He can't justify giving me a raise': Two-faced boss gives employee glowing mid-year review, then denies him a raise for not going "above and beyond"

'He can't justify giving me a raise': Two-faced boss gives employee glowing mid-year review, then denies him a raise for not going "above and beyond"

Duplicitous managers may praise you one moment and then come up with every excuse under the sun to not give you a raise the next. We've all had managers like this. You know, the ones who don't seem to understand that giving someone a raise means that they have been performing their primary responsibilities well. It does not mean going above and beyond and doing extra, unpaid labor. That wouldn't necessarily be a raise, then. It would be overdue compensation for responsibilities that are already…
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Employee gets passed over for promotion in favor of a coworker they trained: 'I'm baffled, I have many years [of] experience'

When you've shown your superiors how well you can train new hires, you'd usually expect that you would be first up for promotion—after all, one can only train and teach effectively once they have mastery over that which they are teaching. But this isn't always the case… There are a number of untold reasons why your boss might not consider you for an open management position or even to be future management material. Some of these reasons might have substance, while some of them might be complete…
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Employee snubbed of promotion by salty department head calls him out in front of all the division bigwigs, gets justice: ‘[I wish] I could be a fly on the wall for THAT conversation'

Employee snubbed of promotion by salty department head calls him out in front of all the division bigwigs, gets justice: ‘[I wish] I could be a fly on the wall for THAT conversation'

Sometimes you need to seek out karma, sometimes karma is thurst upon you.
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‘I work with a toddler’: Employee gets silent treatment from manager after they leave manager's team for a big promotion

‘I work with a toddler’: Employee gets silent treatment from manager after they leave manager's team for a big promotion

If you can't be happy for your employees when they get a great promotion and manage to prove their worth inside or outside of the company, then you should probably not be a manager. This might sound harsh, but being a good manager is more than just about professional skills, a lot of it is simply being supportive of the people you actually manage, even when you don't feel like it. The manager in this Reddit story is an example of a person who is not a great pick for a management position. OP (o…
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Hospitality employee quits after getting duped out of a supervising role, leaving their impatient employer understaffed: 'Good luck filling that role'

If your employer can't wait 72 hours for you to start training for a new position, they have a serious understaffing problem that likely stems from bad management. They'll deny it until they're blue in the face, but management doesn't always know what's best for a company–especially when it comes to the hiring process.
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‘I can’t stand it': Hybrid employee complains about going into the office 1 day a week, leading to a discussion about working from home

‘I can’t stand it': Hybrid employee complains about going into the office 1 day a week, leading to a discussion about working from home

When the hybrid model of working was first introduced, people discovered a new way of living. Suddenly you could do what you had been doing from your dark, grey cubicle at work, from the comfort of your home. You didn't need to take a 1-hour commute, which saved you time, energy, and actually gave you more time to work. But over time, companies have been snatching employees up and dragging them back to full-time… or have they? You tell me. One person took to Reddit and complained about working…
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'I was looking forward to a 70% pay bump': Employee jeopardizes a promotion after getting caught by the CEO playing Pokémon Go on his phone

Have you ever risked your career to catch a Caterpie?
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