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'If I'm not getting paid, I'm not doing it': Boss forces employee into a managerial role without a promotion, employee's refusal to participate leads the shop to shut down

Eleonora Bader

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'You're gonna pay, one way or another': Technician uses company commute rules to get 50% pay bump after being promoted without a raise

Eleonora Bader

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'They lost': Engineering firm removes employee from project to punish them, replacing them with inexperienced project manager who runs project into the ground

Eleonora Bader

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‘You’re not getting a raise': Boss refuses to level employee's salary with other team members who are making $20,000 more than them

Eleonora Bader

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'I've made the company $12,000,000': Star employee asks for a $20k raise after driving millions in sales, she quits after her boss spits in her face

Jesse Kessenheimer

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‘I smiled and pressed send': Employee sends resignation email to entire company after they were refused a raise, reviewing boss's lack of managerial skills

Eleonora Bader

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'I asked 37 times for a promotion': Employee follows his supervisor's advice to get a promotion, ends up irking the CEO and getting fired instead

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Update: 'The place was already in chaos': Health professional promised raise, bosses change their minds after she has already taken on more responsibilities

Remy Millisky

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'I worked [there] for $16/hour... Now they’re willing to pay $150k': Ex-company tries to recruit an old employee for 4.5x the salary; he laughs in their face

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'You're really shocked I'm taking it?': Guy scores a 15% pay increase with a new job after repeatedly getting denied promotion opportunities

Jesse Kessenheimer

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‘I'm leaving, good luck with the holiday rush': Senior employee quits after getting written up on his day off; boss backpedals

Eleonora Bader

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'I'm giving people 75-99% discounts': Retail employee saves customers $400+ on prescription glasses, getting payback against a manager who denied her a promotion

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'I was offered $74 an hour': Penny-pinching hospital denies their top doctor a raise, he seeks another position and gets offered 3x the salary

Jesse Kessenheimer

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‘I accepted a higher-paying position before resigning’: Management threatens to fire an employee because she shared her salary with a loud-mouth Karen; she quits and finds a better job

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'He pulled the rug out from under me': Boss leaves a job candidate hanging when they go back on their promises, guy finds solace online with others in the same boat

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'He was trying to guilt trip me': Boss throws a hissy fit when their lab technician finds a better job elsewhere, affirming they made the right choice to leave

Jesse Kessenheimer

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