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'I'm completely baffled': Worker gets passed over for promotion they were asked to apply for in favor of less experienced coworker

Update: 'Most people aren't being paid market value here': Employee confronts boss about lame promotion with receipts, leaves boss grasping at straws for excuses

Update: 'Most people aren't being paid market value here': Employee confronts boss about lame promotion with receipts, leaves boss grasping at straws for excuses

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'Bad work pays the same as excellent': Employee confirms with boss that promotions at his company are no longer based on merit, starts doing the bare minimum

'Bad work pays the same as excellent': Employee confirms with boss that promotions are no longer based on merit, starts doing the bare minimum

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'I want extra pay for extra responsibilities': Employee turns down a ‘promotion’ then gets punished when he tells a stuck-up newbie manager he wants more pay for more work

Jesse Kessenheimer

‘Now I am working a job that pays me almost 50% more’: Manager scoffs at request for a raise, so employee leaves him high and dry

‘Now I am working a job that pays me almost 50% more’: Manager scoffs at request for a raise, so employee leaves him high and dry

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'I should get a bump in pay too': Boss pays new hire 20+% more, denies employee the same rate, employee gets a better job elsewhere

'I should get a bump in pay too': Boss pays new hire 20% more, denies employee the same rate, employee gets a better job elsewhere

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'More money for me and my cats': Overworked and underpaid employee triumphantly throws in the towel, finding a higher paying job and leaving his exploitative boss in a lurch

Jesse Kessenheimer

‘I stopped coming in one hour early’: Boss gets fired for causing University worker to stop volunteering unpaid work hours, leading to worker's promotion

‘I stopped coming in one hour early’: Boss gets fired for causing University worker to stop volunteering unpaid work hours, leading to worker's promotion

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'My old boss finally [got] what he deserved': Employee denied promotion despite already doing the work, maliciously complies and gets fired, store forced to close

'He answered that I was not qualified, nor smart enough to do this job': Employee denied promotion, maliciously complies and causes store to close down

'You'll have to... work without the benefits': Employee surprises boss with vacation request

'You'll have to... work without the benefits': Employee surprises boss with vacation request after boss refuses to give them a raise and benefits

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'You bet I'm looking for a new job': Employee denied raise until next year, then discovers 10+ coworkers got promotions this month

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‘Our eyes met; she knew it was up to me': Employee uses promotion to shut down boss's retail store, leading to boss's termination

‘Our eyes met; she knew it was up to me': Employee uses promotion to shut down boss's retail store, leading to boss's termination

Update: ‘Instead of getting promoted, I got fired’: Employee comes home from vacation, finds out they lost promotion, then gets fired

Update: ‘Instead of getting promoted, I got fired’: Employee comes home from vacation, finds out they lost promotion, then gets fired

‘She couldn’t believe I quit': Manager loses senior promotion following employee's resignation

‘She couldn’t believe I quit': Manager loses senior promotion following employee's resignation

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'Team morale took an absolute nosedive': Company loses two largest clients after firing employee

'Team morale took an absolute nosedive': Company loses two largest clients after firing employee

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'Not my job': Jack-of-all-trades employee gets denied a promotion because he works too hard; follows instruction to 'stay in his lane', triumphantly watching the bosses scramble

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Master's student demands to remove thesis partner from their research after entitled partner failed to do any work, causing her not to graduate: ‘I kept bugging her to finish her part, and she never did’

Master's student demands to remove thesis partner from their research after entitled partner failed to do any work, causing her not to graduate: ‘I kept bugging her to finish her part, and she never did’

'Instead of giving the employees raises, we got oranges': 20+ CEOs who infuriated their employees with their business decisions

'Instead of giving the employees raises, we got oranges': 20+ CEOs who infuriated their employees with their business decisions

‘"Do you know how much money I spend at your store?"’: Loyal grocery store customer insists employee allow him to shop during closing hours, has a hilarious awakening when employee refuses

‘"Do you know how much money I spend at your store?"’: Loyal grocery store customer insists employee allow him to shop during closing hours, has a hilarious awakening when employee refuses

Parents force 15-year-old to attend twin sister's birthday party after banning her from celebrating her own birthday due to bad grades: 'My parents told me my absence was noticed by relatives and they were embarrassed'

Parents force 15-year-old to attend twin sister's birthday party after banning her from celebrating her own birthday due to bad grades: 'My parents told me my absence was noticed by relatives and they were embarrassed'

Hardworking lawyer shows up to work hours before everyone else and still gets fired: 'The three hours early riser put in before the sun was up did not count, because no one was there to see them.'

Hardworking lawyer shows up to work hours before everyone else and still gets fired: 'The three hours early riser put in before the sun was up did not count, because no one was there to see them.'

Employee finds loophole in company's tracking system, takes 2 hour breaks that are only marked as 30 minutes: 'I did exactly as I was told'

Employee finds loophole in company's tracking system, takes 2 hour breaks that are only marked as 30 minutes: 'I did exactly as I was told'

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