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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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Employees with 'useless' degrees reveal how they landed jobs earning over $200k a year: 'A good network matters more than a major'

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20-year-old gets offered hospitality job, turns it down because the pay is $10.50 an hour: 'The manager himself agreed it wasn't a livable wage'

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Corporate employee refuses to attend a Saturday meeting because it conflicts with his part-time job, supervisor issues a warning: 'This is not okay. No excuse.'

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Government employee makes $33 an hour, manager insists it should be $10 instead: 'The department head makes $130k a year'

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Every time employee takes a PTO day they still end up 40 hours/week to cover it, nullifying the PTO: 'I should've worked 24 hours but I worked double that'

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Managers demand employee take on second job for $2 extra an hour, claim she'll be fired if she refuses: 'Do I have a leg to stand on?'

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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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Employee finds out their company is hiring their exact position at $18k higher than their current salary: 'We can't adjust everyones salary every time we post a new position'

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Wife receives $150k salary caring for mother-in-law, husband reprimands her for wanting to stop after 6 years: 'I am reaching a breaking point'

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'I’m there every day, getting up at 5 AM': Boss refuses to pay employee $65k a year despite earning $450k in the last tax year

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Employee gets job with high school diploma, company cuts hourly rate by $6 after 4 years because he doesn't have a degree: 'Suddenly, it's a huge issue'

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Company gives employee a $150 bonus, takes $150 out of her next paycheck: 'My manager made a big show of giving me a holiday bonus. Now he's saying it was a salary advance.'

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Employee protests when boss insists on paying them weekly, repeatedly pays them late because he's out of office on Fridays: 'Hurry up and pay me!'

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Dad refuses to give his son $20K to pay off his credit card bills because his son makes $112K a year: 'He must be living beyond his means.'

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Husband making $150K asks his expecting wife who hates her job if she'd become a stay-at-home mom, she feels insulted by the suggestion: 'I would never stay at home all day.