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A non-profit employee who is frustrated that she didn't get the raise she was promised.

Nonprofit refuses to give employee a raise after 3 years of working, while the CEO makes $200K: 'I get exceptional reviews. I was told that this was finally the year I was going to get a raise.'

A representation of an employee sitting at a computer desk, closing his eyes and clasping his hands behind his head

Employee receives 7% while coworkers get 13%, starts slacking off and expecting them to cover: 'They used to do 6 tasks in a day, now they do 2'

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A greedy CEO, who tells his employees they're his “family” to their face, but refuses to pay them what they deserve.

CEO calls employees 'a family' in a meeting, refuses to give top-performing member of the family a $1.50 raise the same day: 'I'm currently doing the workload of 2 people.'

An overly confident young employee strolls into a meeting to ask his boss for a 50% raise.

Gen Z employee demands a 50% raise after 1 year of work, requests meeting with CEO after his manager says no: 'He informed me that he deserves a $41K bump.'

A young confident employee wearing a sweater stands in the hallway at the office after asking for a lofty raise

Employee doing the work of 2 people asks company for a $40K raise: 'It would cost the company $120K to hire another employee to do my previous job.'

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Company refuses to give a temp employee a raise, despite promoting him to a role that requires the workload of a full-time employee: 'I'm making minimum wage.'

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Company gives employee a 20¢ cost of living adjustment after 5 years of dedicated service: 'Their reason? They needed to pay the C-suite more'

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Worker turns down promotion of 30% more work with only 5% more pay, boss calls them 'unambitious': 'Am I wrong for not wanting to sacrifice my entire life?'

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Employee works 7 days/week from January to June, is denied a raise at the end of the year: 'Effectively, I will lose money this year to inflation'

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Boss denies raise to $15/hr worker, immediately starts criticizing them when they ask: 'They forced you out. They were calling your bluff'

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Nanny making $45 an hour threatens to quit unless she gets another 6% raise: 'We gave her 3 weeks pay for her bonus and $5000 for her birthday this year.'

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Father offered high-paying job with long hours and far commute, but refuses to accept it unless his wife agrees to quit teaching and become a SAHM for their young children, sparking tension when she refuses

Father offered high-paying job with long hours and far commute, but refuses to accept it unless his wife agrees to quit teaching and become a SAHM for their young children, sparking tension when she refuses: 'I don't want them to be raised by a stranger'

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Manager expects employee making $75K to take over her late coworker's job, refuses to give her a raise despite the role being worth a $100K salary: 'I’m starting to feel deeply resentful.'

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CEO announces company exceeded revenue goals by 40% and had its most profitable year, refuses to give employees more than a 2% raise: 'That doesn't even cover inflation.'

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Employee of 3 years gets promoted after an amazing performance review, only gets a 1.75% raise: 'I’m a father of 3 trying to make ends meet'

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Boss denies employee of 4 years raise and tells them to be 'grateful' they have a job at all: 'Meanwhile, he brags about his new car and vacations'

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New boss denies PTO requests from every employee, lets their PTO days expire without them getting paid for them: 'They've changed the rules'

New boss denies PTO requests from every employee, lets their PTO days expire without them getting paid for them: 'They've changed the rules'

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9 to 5 employee declines work call at 10 PM, gets placed on performance improvement plan afterwards: 'I questioned whether there was any urgency'

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