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Employee at nonprofit organization discovers new hire gets higher salary, takes it up with manager, who refuses to give them a raise: ‘There will be no increase’

Employee at nonprofit organization discovers new hire gets higher salary, takes it up with manager, who refuses to give them a raise: ‘There will be no increase’

Company forces employee to absorb coworker's job after they quit, but does it gradually to keep employee from noticing: 'My calendar is packed'

Company forces employee to absorb coworker's job after they quit, but does it gradually to keep employee from noticing, they protest: 'My calendar is packed'

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Company installs productivity tracking software that screenshots employees' computers every 10 minutes: ‘But they say can't afford raises anymore’

Company installs productivity tracking software that screenshots employees' computers every 10 minutes: ‘But they say can't afford raises anymore’

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Employee resigns after finding better job with a 20% raise, now his boss wants to renegotiate his salary: 'Why are you surprised that I found a place willing to pay me what I'm worth?'

Loyal employee discovers company is hiring for their exact position at 30% more pay, decides to quit after boss refuses to give them a raise: 'They can figure it out when I leave'

Loyal employee discovers company is hiring for their exact position at 30% more pay, decides to quit after boss refuses to give them a raise: 'They can figure it out when I leave'

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UPDATE: Senior admin employee demands a $5/hour raise, exposing HR when she discovers the company pays new hires more than experienced workers: '$21 an hour is a huge win'

Jesse Kessenheimer

‘It was an infuriating but liberating feeling’: Under-appreciated employee finally quits after 10 years, company realizes he's holding the whole place together and matches his new offer, still walks away

‘It was an infuriating but liberating feeling’: Under-appreciated employee finally quits after 10 years, company realizes he's holding the whole place together and matches his new offer, still walks away

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Company demands employee take on coworker's work after she quits, employee refuses without pay raise, only to be denied: ‘Let's see who breaks first’

Company demands employee take on coworker's workload after she quits, employee refuses without a pay raise, only to be denied: ‘Let's see who breaks first’

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Manager expects employee to take over late coworker’s $100k role, but claims there’s no budget to increase their salary, pushing employee to look for another job: ‘They're playing games’

Manager expects employee to take over late coworker’s $100k role, but claims there’s no budget to increase their salary, pushing employee to look for another job: ‘They're playing games’

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Science teacher's $6k raise request is denied, so they accept a new job with a 40% pay increase; admin backpedals with too little, too late: ‘I will not be changing my mind’

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Employee discovers consultant's push to get her fired, she proves her value to the company by taking a 2-week vacation and leaving everyone scrambling: 'I came back on Monday with a $10,000 raise'

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Employees share the funniest stories of getting fired and how losing their jobs ended up being the best thing that could’ve happened to them

Employees share the funniest stories of getting fired and how losing their jobs ended up being the best thing that could’ve happened to them: 'I ended up making 3 times what he was making at the job he was fired from'

Employee denied raise after outstanding performance review, so he starts leaving early and quietly cuts his hours by 20% without anyone noticing

Employee denied raise after outstanding performance review, so he starts leaving early and quietly cuts his hours by 20% without anyone noticing: 'I gave myself the raise'

Breadwinning woman earns major promotion at work, demands unemployed fiancé stop using "we" when referring to her income, sparking tension as he insists couples should share everything

Breadwinning woman earns major promotion at work, demands unemployed fiancé stop using "we" when referring to her income, sparking tension as he insists couples should share everything: 'It makes me feel like my hard work is being minimized'

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Overworked engineer gets passed up for promotion, uses company training to secure 200% raise at new job: 'That's more than I make'

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'They ended up giving me a raise': Company moves management overseas to streamline operations, ends up destroying productivity until they rehire the local manager they demoted