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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

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‘The difference is massive’: Senior employee finds out a coworker is making $16K more than them, asks for a raise which they are denied

Eleonora Bader

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‘I got offered my old job back with another $1.50/hr thrown in’: Bartender quits on the spot when his approved vacation time gets revoked, management begs him to come back

Jesse Kessenheimer

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‘You can’t discuss your pay': Manager tells employee they can't discuss wages with coworkers, employee reports them to HR and district manager

Eleonora Bader

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'A 25% base pay increase': Worker gets denied promotion, gets a new job instead... effectively promoting themself, others share their stories

Brad Dickson

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'I personally went from making 15$ an hour to $27 an hour': Swim club president insists on pay cuts, hero boss gets every lifeguard a gigantic raise

Remy Millisky

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'Double your salary': Clever employee applies for his own job disguised as his spouse; gets paid double doing the same work

Jesse Kessenheimer

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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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'Suddenly they could give me a $2.25 raise': Boss tells employee they can't give him a raise, employee gets better job, boss coughs up the money

Ben Weiss

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'It’s rough out there for employers and employees': Promoted employee denied raise because of company's building rent, his wife suspects lies

Ben Weiss

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'You brushed me off; now I'm leaving': Burnt out junior associate quits after his boss says he's bad at his job; boss begs him to stay

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'Not for less than $45/hour': Irreplaceable employee gets fired after falling sick; two years later, the company begs him to return; he refuses unless he gets a 40% raise

Jesse Kessenheimer

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‘HR quashed the employee’s raise': HR override manager who approves employee's request for 8% raise, employee quits, company crumbles

Eleonora Bader

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'I'm feeling guilty': Minimum wage worker goes from making $13/hr to $32/hr, using dishonesty to climb the ladder and support his newborn baby

Jesse Kessenheimer

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‘I was denied a raise, so I quit’: Boss denies IT employee 5-10% raise, employee quits, leading to boss paying 40% extra for replacement

Eleonora Bader

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'Don't wanna give me a new contract? Fine': Employee quits job after boss refuses to make them an official manager

Remy Millisky

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