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Manager promotes all his employees except his top performer, who loses all motivation: 'He is hands down the best recruiter I've worked with among his peers.'

Emmy Pratt

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Employee refuses to sign a group card congratulating his mean coworker on his promotion: 'He’s the type who’ll smile to your face and then nitpick you in front of everyone like it’s a sport.'

Emmy Pratt

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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?'

JR Atkinson

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Tech coworkers are up for promotion at the same time, male colleague insists he'll quit if female colleague gets promotion: 'He demands praise for completing the most basic tasks'

Ally Perry

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Employee expects promotion with performance review, upper management randomly select him as needing improvement: 'I have had an amazing year'

Ally Perry

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29-year-old gets job in another state, gets offended when recently promoted girlfriend refuses to move with him: 'It would set my career back years'

Ally Perry

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'This is a cautionary tale': Worker quits after being refused a promotion despite doing the work of 3 people, they hire 3 people to fill their role

JR Atkinson

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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'

Emmy Pratt

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Woman gets promoted to senior project manager, gets upset when fiancé tells friends she can't handle the pressure: 'You know how anxious you get'

Ally Perry

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37-year-old coworker accuses 23-year-old roommate of stealing promotion, has meltdown when she refuses to move out until the end of the month: 'She didn't even apply'

Ally Perry

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Manager claims employee could be fired taking a vacation day for exam, employee passes and finds a better job: 'My former position is going to stay vacant for a very long time'

Ally Perry

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Employee pleasantly surprised after she thinks she's getting fired but actually gets promoted, sparks others to share similarly misjudged meetings: ‘[I] got a $5K bonus instead!’

Elna McHilderson

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Man celebrates earning his degree with a family party, but his 27-year-old cousin thinks her work promotion from 3 months ago means they should split the celebration: 'She threw a tantrum'

Isabella Penn

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Manager denies employee promotion after taking credit for their work, faces fallout after employee stops completing managerial duties: 'Things went south quicker than I could have imagined'

Ally Perry

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Boss refuses to promote Gen Z employee after catching her reprimanding new hire on her second day and clapping after every word: 'That is not the person I want supervising a team of 20'

Ally Perry

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Dedicated employee ponders leaving job after getting skipped for promotion in favor of external candidate: 'I have been at my job for 2 years, going above and beyond every single day'

Ally Perry

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