Worker making $15 an hour gets doubly overpaid, earning $30 per hour: ‘What would you guys do?’

If you were getting paid for a job you quit months ago, would you tell anybody? Everyone likes to think of themselves as a Frank Abagnale Jr.-type figure who can scam their way out of anything without getting caught for years and years, but I’m not so sure about that. Most of us are not …
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‘We didn’t sell enough to pay you guys’: Incompetent boss blames late payment on poor sales, gives employee unwanted financial advice

I don’t know much about running a business, but I do know that you’re in trouble if you aren’t making enough money to pay your employees. Paying rent for an office/storefront and payroll are consistent and recurring business costs. They should be pretty easy to budget, considering they’re pretty consistent across multiple months. Unfortunately, not …
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Bitter Recruiter Accuses Applicant of Applying for Jobs Solely to Negotiate a Pay-Raise at their Current Job

One of the hardest parts about having a job is figuring out how to get more money. Some jobs make getting a raise a piece of cake, but those positions are few and far between. For the majority of places, you either have to ask nicely for more money, get a whole new job, or …
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Dude Gets Fired on His First Day of Work After Fellow Employee Lies About Him Making an Inappropriate Comment Because He’s Jealous of His Salary

One of the lamest things about working is the inequality of it all. Somebody can have the exact same job as you, work as hard as you, and have comparable experience to you and still get paid more for some reason. It might be because they were hired a few months later or because they …
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‘Cut my salary in half? Kiss your business goodbye’: Boss gives hardworking employee’s salary to new worker, employees band together to tank the company

«Red flags start appearing from the very first minute I arrive,» this employee wrote in one jaw-dropping workplace story.  This is a long story, but it’s totally worth the read. U/technicalviking wrote about the time they got suckered into taking on a massive job, only to be really overworked and barely appreciated. As they wrote, …
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HR Accuses Dude of ‘Job Abandonment’ Two Years After He Quit The Job

When you quit your job, you hope you never hear from those people ever again. You put your resignation in writing, date it, send it off, and work your final two weeks in awkward silence. Sometimes, quitting your job goes easily. It’s so simple to quit a job in college after the semester is over. …
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20+ Corporate Memes for Office Plebes Who Are Suffering From a Permanent Case of the Mondays

Another weekend has passed and you still haven’t gotten that raise your boss promised you 3 months ago. As you lace up your shoes in the morning, look in the mirror, and straighten your collared shirt, you’re probably wondering why you’re still doing this to yourself every day after nearly a decade of «coffee runs». …
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Shady Company Tries to Steal Employee’s Paycheck With ‘Payroll Reversal’ After It’s Deposited

The one thing people expect from their employers is to be compensated for their work in a timely manner. Can you imagine what would happen if, after purchasing something in a store, you reached into the cash register to take your money back? Or what if you turned in your rent and then cancelled the …
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Worker Faces Significant Blowback After Acting Out For Pay Raise

Most of us know that getting on the wrong side of an unsympathetic boss is a horrible experience. Not only does it make the working environment unpleasant, it can even leave your job hanging in the balance.  However, when there’s some aspect of your position that you’re not happy with, it’s important to be canny. …
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Boss Idiotically Cops to Grand Theft Paycheck In Email to Former Employee Requesting Owed Wages

It’s insulting enough to get paid the bare minimum for a job that demands most of your time. But a company that literally steals wages from their employees? That’s just vile. When redditor u/overworked-american asked for owed wages from their former employer, they were shocked when the head of the company not only rejected their …
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