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Out-of-work employee secures college teaching job, accidentally gets paid 3x normal salary: 'I was thrilled'

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Boss accuses employee of job hopping for leaving $55K job for a $78K job after 2 years: 'We’re a family and loyalty looks better on a resume.'

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A couple who have very different ideas about what it means to be responsible with their money.

Spender girlfriend making $40K tells saver boyfriend making $95K that he should cover her if she runs out of money: 'You've got enough for the both of us, don't you?'

A female employee uses a laptop in a semi-open plan workspace

Employee requests $10k raise in line with colleagues, gets reprimanded by HR for finishing work early instead: 'I'm working Sunday at 10 PM'

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Job applicant ends Zoom call after recruiter calls their salary expectations 'cute': 'We expect 50-hour weeks, but the base rate is non-negotiable'

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Startup fires founding employee, still expects her to do work for no salary: 'They kept another employee who makes less than me'

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Company forces employees to seminar called 'Stretching Your Dollar in Tough Times' after denying real raises for 3 years

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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

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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.'

A female preschool teacher smiles while sitting on the floor, holding a piece of cardboard with letters on it as children sit around her

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'

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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.'

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A young female employee looks over her bank statements, which show she's being paid less than she was before her supposed “raise.”

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.'

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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

Software engineer works until the work is done, long into the night

'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

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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

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