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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'

Ally Perry

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Fresh college grad lends a phone charger to an older woman at the airport, earns the mentorship of a lifetime: ‘It’s wild how small things can snowball into something way bigger.’

Elna McHilderson

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26-year-old girlfriend forbids boyfriend from accepting a job that'd double his income to $60K because she doesn't want him working on weekends: 'We have lived together for 8 years and she said we are done if I accept this job'

Emmy Pratt

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30-year-old employee gets paid $27K a month to sit around and do nothing for 7 hours a day, asks how to deal with the boredom: 'A good paycheck doesn’t cancel out mental burnout'

Emmy Pratt

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‘Lady I work 3 jobs, I serve dozens of customers…’: 20+ Baristas share times random strangers demanded they were ‘regulars' and how they dealt with them

Elna McHilderson

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23-year-old daughter lies about income to keep her parents from taking 40% of it for living expenses: 'I've gained thousands in credit card debt to keep up'

JR Atkinson

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Girlfriend making $40K insists that boyfriend making $75K pay for all of their expenses and dates: 'She said that since I make more, I should just cover it all. She even brought up how her friend's boyfriend pays for all their trips.'

Emmy Pratt

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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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Small salon shop owner overcome with heartwarming gratitude after her team throws her a surprise birthday party: ‘They don’t know that it’s the only birthday celebration I’ve had since I was 7…’

Elna McHilderson

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22 Payday Memes That Highlight Pocket Change & Paycheck Pain

Emma Saven

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Manager refuses to give employee a $10K raise, hires less skilled employee to replace him for $15K more than his salary: 'What's the point?'

Emmy Pratt

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Entitled cousin demands job seeker gives him a cut of his new salary because they discussed career goals at his house: 'He started hinting that he deserved something for it'

Ally Perry

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Manager demands employee take $15k salary cut, they claim that they are starting their own business instead: 'I had been doing the job of 4 people'

Ally Perry

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Boyfriend lets girlfriend live in his parents apartment by herself rent free, gives her an allowance that is 56% of his monthly paycheck: 'She has no money saved, she has nothing but debt'

Emmy Pratt

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27-year-old boyfriend gets insecure that his 24-year-old girlfriend makes more money than him, lies about her career plans to his parents: 'It's just temporary until she can find something less demanding so we can start thinking about our future'

Emmy Pratt

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'An extra 0.50 is what this promotion is worth to that company': Worker chases salary increase for 6 months only to be rewarded with a 50¢ raise

JR Atkinson

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