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'You'll need me... and when you [do] it'll cost you $200 an hour': Boss brags about his salary in front of a priceless IT tech; employee quits on the spot, agreeing to come back only if the boss pays him the same

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'[My boss] was trying to throw me under the bus': Stellar employee asks for a $2/hour raise then gets fired for 'misconduct'; they're gaslit for a year before winning their case in front of the labor board

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'It came out to like $2,400 after legal fees': Hospitality worker sues boss after claiming he was underpaid, worker wins in court

Isabella Penn

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'I refuse to settle... I'm applying elsewhere': Hardworking lab technician quits after getting denied a promotion but having his workload doubled anyways

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'I told you... You just didn't listen': Bosses dangle a cash carrot in front of a loyal employee, but never give her the raise she needs; she finds a new job making way more money

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'I was stunned [it was only] a 1% raise': Outstanding employee gets a offered a pathetic raise after years of dedication, finds a new job with a 32% salary increase

Jesse Kessenheimer

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‘I [said] $200 per hour… minimum 4 hours’: Senior admin quits after denied a raise, company can't function without him and has to agree to 5x his initial salary

Elna McHilderson

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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

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'We settled for $75,000': Graphic designer enjoys an 'I-told-you-so' moment; after being denied a raise, he quits and buys up all of the company's .com domains for $1k, scoring a small fortune in court

Jesse Kessenheimer

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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

Ben Weiss

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‘Tripled their revenue; denied a raise’: Crumbling company pays $300,000 to customers after ambitious employees who tripled revenue quit, due to being denied a raise

Eleonora Bader

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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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