raise

Advertisement

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.'

employee work temp raise minimum wage contract workplace payment company full time Workplace - 44572165

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.'

Advertisement

salary antiwork work overworked raise pay raise project workplace company Workplace - 44390661

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'

salary promotion antiwork job career advice work raise pay raise career Workplace - 44380421

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?'

antiwork employee raise request work raise employees pay raise overtime Workplace - 44321797

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'

Advertisement

salary workplace-stories Professional At Work raise minimum wage workplace money Workplace - 44309253

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

nanny raise birthday bonus money childcare mom complaining morning job employer

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.'

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'

Advertisement

manager employee salary money coworkers job raise resentful budget workplace

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.'

antiwork revenue profit goals reddit story ceo raise pay raise greedy workplace company vice president new car wages rent

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.'

promotion boss worker jobs employee job inflation money problems promotions performance review raise employees pay raise Reddit money employment

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'

Advertisement

boss antiwork workplace-stories toxic-workplace job bosses work coworkers working reddit story raise toxic-boss pay raise workplace reddit thread bad bosses Reddit toxic-work-environment Employment - 42697989

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'

working hard, boss, hard worker, bosses, reddit story, raise, pay raise, workplace, reddit thread, hardworking, Reddit, workplace stories, money, hard work, workplace story

Employee gets 15% raise once he stops working 24/7 and only works from 9-5: 'Now that I've stopped trying so hard, suddenly I'm promotion material? Corporate logic makes zero sense.'

degree, admin, employee, part time, manager, work, office admin, reddit story, raise, employee, pay raise, managers, reddit thread, Reddit, business, money

Part-time employee making $25 an hour asks manager for a 300% raise, claims the business couldn't run without her: 'The business has been around for 50 years. She’s been here for 3'

Advertisement

antiwork work workplace workplace-stories coworkers toxic-workplace Boss bosses toxic-boss bad bosses job working toxic-work-environment Reddit reddit thread reddit story raise pay raise

Optometrist gives employee 30¢ raise on top of their breadcrumbs salary: 'Here is your $2.40 per day, pre-tax raise. Don't spend it all in one place'

work, workplace, employee, salary, raise, quitting, company, boss, coworkers, revenge, reddit, reddit thread, money

Employee quits when company downgrades salary and refuses to give raises, prompts mass exodus of former coworkers: 'I undervalued myself for so long I didn’t realize how important I was'

Trending Now

Job applicant hangs up during third interview after interviewer refuses to disclose salary to him for the third time: 'I need to make sure we're on the same page'

Job applicant hangs up during third interview after interviewer refuses to disclose salary to him for the third time: 'I need to make sure we're on the same page'

'Laughter is the best medicine': 23 Laughs That Will Guide You On Your Inner Journey to a Happy Brain (March 21, 2026)

'Laughter is the best medicine': 23 Laughs That Will Guide You On Your Inner Journey to a Happy Brain (March 21, 2026)

Employee turns office clock back 10 minutes to make it look like she arrived at work 10 minutes early

Employee turns office clock back 10 minutes to make it look like she arrived at work 10 minutes early

Entitled new parents move into mother-in-law's house, get offended when told to pay their own expenses: 'If I was not helping her, she would be homeless'

Entitled new parents move into mother-in-law's house, get offended when told to pay their own expenses: 'If I was not helping her, she would be homeless'

Mother-in-law gives $250 airline gift card that can only be used on a trip to Disney World with her, daughter-in-law wants to back out: 'I am a 35 year old corporate woman with no children. I have zero interest'

Mother-in-law gives $250 airline gift card that can only be used on a trip to Disney World with her, daughter-in-law wants to back out: 'I am a 35 year old corporate woman with no children. I have zero interest'

'I haven't seen sunlight the past 11 months': Boss demands software engineer work from 9:30 AM 'until the work is done' every day

'I haven't seen sunlight the past 11 months': Boss demands software engineer work from 9:30 AM 'until the work is done' every day

Advertisement