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Manager tells engineer they 'eclipsed all expectations of a new hire' during review, only gives them 2.25% salary increase and 75% of bonus

JR Atkinson

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Employee rejects promotion that paid him 35% less than what he's making now: 'More responsibility, higher expectations as higher management, but significantly less pay overall.'

Emmy Pratt

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Husband earning $200k insists wife's part time preschool job is not as important when their son isn't feeling well: 'She might make $150 a week'

Ally Perry

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24-year-old making $125K rebuffs his siblings' request to pay rent while living at home because his 2 teen-parent siblings lived at home for years: 'I was thinking I’d invest like 75k a year.'

Emmy Pratt

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Boss tells employee she's getting a raise, gives her a $12K pay cut instead: 'Every paycheck is $488 less than what it used to be.'

Emmy Pratt

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Parents demand their adult son’s bank password and login details to “monitor” his income, but he refuses, choosing to protect his privacy and financial independence

Etai Eshet

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'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

Emmy Pratt

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Employee leaves $52K job after 3 weeks for a $75K job, enrages manager, who tries to offer her $60K to stay

Emmy Pratt

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Company refuses to raise employee's salary after 2 years despite junior colleague earning 20% more

JR Atkinson

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Rich 45-year-old mom guesses that the average American makes $300K annually, freaks out after discovering it's closer to $50K: 'I spend that much on clothes every year!'

Emmy Pratt

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Woman makes friend pay for food 8 times because she earns $35k more than her, gets offended when asked to pay for herself: 'I've spent over $400 on her meals'

Ally Perry

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Son works for parents' hospitality business, gets upset when he is fired for starting similar business without telling them: 'We were down to our last $1'

Ally Perry

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Hotel underpays photographer by half, she undercuts their revenue by 70%: 'We decided to talk to the customers'

Ally Perry

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Boss asks employee why she didn't respond to the message he sent at 10 PM on a Tuesday: 'When did we all agree that being available 24/7 was normal?'

Emmy Pratt

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Employee gets underpaid by $250, quits when boss refuses to reimburse him: 'If the law allowed me to pay you less, I would'

Ally Perry

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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'

JR Atkinson

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