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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'

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'

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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

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Company refuses to give employees raises unless they have a competing offer, employee provides a fake offer letter, resulting in a $45,000 raise

Company refuses to give employees raises unless they have a competing offer, employee provides a fake offer letter, resulting in a $45,000 raise: ‘Don't mind if I do’

IT worker maliciously complies with a manager's demand to turn off critical servers during business hours, despite warning her against it, plunging the company into chaos

IT worker maliciously complies with a manager's demand to turn off critical servers during business hours, despite warning her against it, plunging the company into chaos: ‘She got dragged into a meeting with the COO and CTO that afternoon’

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After years of overworking, employee starts setting boundaries and gets surprised with 15% raise: 'For years I was the office try-hard'

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'Everyone is replaceable': Boss refuses to give hardworking employee a raise, claiming he can find someone else to do the job if needed, employee quits and proves boss wrong

'Everyone is replaceable': Boss refuses to give hardworking employee a raise, claiming he can find someone else to do the job if needed, employee quits and proves boss wrong

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Nanny asks for a $5 raise after working with a family for 2 years, then she burns a bridge when the parents counteroffer with a pay cut: 'Mom thinks she's being savvy'

Jesse Kessenheimer

Employee's monthly salary gets cut following company's pay restructure, they quit after boss refuses to give them a raise, causing the business to sink: ‘I didn’t realize how important I was’

Employee's monthly salary gets cut following company's pay restructure, they quit after boss refuses to give them a raise, causing the business to sink: ‘I didn’t realize how important I was’

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‘I accidentally Grinched my way up the corporate ladder': Employee tells his boss’s kid that Santa isn’t real, earns him the ‘weirdest’ promotion of his life

‘I accidentally Grinched my way up the corporate ladder': Employee tells his boss’s kid that Santa isn’t real, earns him the ‘weirdest’ promotion of his life

Elna McHilderson

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Social media manager buries micromanaging boss in approval requests and business starts to suffer, owner steps in and gives manager more control and a raise: 'The problem is she takes forever to respond'

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35-year-old woman shares her chosen baby name with her 38-year-old sister, sister has her baby first and takes it, woman stands on principle and uses the name anyway: 'My sister is very annoyed that I followed through with the name'

35-year-old woman shares her chosen baby name with her 38-year-old sister, sister has her baby first and takes it, woman stands on principle and uses the name anyway: 'My sister is very annoyed that I followed through with the name'

New homeowner does late-night DIY renovations, dismisses neighbors’ complaints, until they take it to the council and get the noise rules changed: 'Now, work has to stop by 8:00 PM'

New homeowner does late-night DIY renovations, dismisses neighbors’ complaints, until they take it to the council and get the noise rules changed: 'Now, work has to stop by 8:00 PM'

Former employee wipes data from his work computer after discovering his replacement was offered the salary he wanted

Former employee wipes data from his work computer after discovering his replacement was offered the salary he wanted

Fired employee refuses to help former employer after being let go, despite the concern that refusing would affect their payout: ‘Am I obligated to help?’

Fired employee refuses to help former employer after being let go, despite the concern that refusing would affect their payout: ‘Am I obligated to help?’

30-year-old quits her job of 6 years after new coworker, Ben, keeps stealing her work and credit, and faces zero consequences despite multiple complaints: ‘I addressed it with my manager, director, and HR. After a year I simply couldn’t take it anymore’

30-year-old quits her job of 6 years after new coworker, Ben, keeps stealing her work and credit, and faces zero consequences despite multiple complaints: ‘I addressed it with my manager, director, and HR. After a year I simply couldn’t take it anymore’

Worker refuses to arrive an hour early to shift despite coworkers' demands, insists on clocking in and out right on time: ‘They complain that I come in late’

Worker refuses to arrive an hour early to shift despite coworkers' demands, insists on clocking in and out right on time: ‘They complain that I come in late’

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