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Hiring manager laughs in job candidate's face after he requests exact same salary range that was in the online posting: 'Yeah, that's not going to happen here, we were thinking more like $62k for someone at your level'

Ben Weiss

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Absent boss gets backlash for demanding fully remote team to come into the office "5 days a week (8 AM - 5 PM)"

Ben Weiss

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'I trained him': Employee uncovers that new hire makes $31k more than them

Remy Millisky

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Senior engineer's ex-company loses 8x his salary after denying him a well-earned 15% raise: ‘They now need 8 people to do the work I was doing alone’

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Boss hosts an Employee Appreciation Pizza Party to announce that all raises are postponed, but it backfires as workers realize the irony: 'Why's everybody leaving?'

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Employee demands 10% raise because he's bilingual, even though his second language is Welsh: 'The manager then told me that the policy meant Spanish'

Ben Weiss

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VP advocates for underpaid employee's 18% raise, CEO refuses and spends 3x as much money to replace him

Ben Weiss

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19-year-old employee boldly asks for 35% raise right after company changes policies for him, gets fired: 'I got ahead of myself, and I lost the opportunity'

Ben Weiss

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Employee confronts CEO about delayed paychecks, then quits on the spot after CEO disrespects him: 'Get out of my face!'

Ben Weiss

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Boss confirms promotion with $67k salary, then pays employee $43k instead: 'Now I'm being made redundant'

Remy Millisky

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Experienced job candidate tells off recruiter after getting offered $12/hour with no benefits: 'I told her she needed a reality check because her offer was a joke'

Ben Weiss

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'They panicked when I resigned': Top-performing employee quits after getting no raise in 3.5 years, suddenly management counteroffers with a 37% pay raise and profit sharing

Ben Weiss

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Job applicant pressured to do an unpaid trial shift before his interview: 'I got up to leave!'

Ben Weiss

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Employee makes it to a final interview and the company lowballs them, claims the $60-80k range they posted was ‘aspirational’: ‘Is this even legal’

Lana DeGaetano

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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?'

Ben Weiss

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Mom retires after advocating for higher salary for 18 years, replacement quits after one shift, ex-boss now offers double the salary for her to return: 'If a company doesn't give you what you deserve, believe me, you'll find another one that will'

Ben Weiss

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