AN employee has shared how he got back at his boss after he refused to give him a five percent pay rise.
Sharing the tale on Reddit the worker explained that he managed to land a new better-paid job after his manager turned his request into a performance discussion.
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The employee said he realised he was underpaid and asked for a five percent pay rise which he thought was a reasonable request.
He said that his manager’s reaction was to get “offended” and eventually turn the subject into a discussion about “performance issues.”
The fed-up employee added that he started job searching the same day and landed a new job that paid 35 percent more than his current salary.
His posts reads: “A couple of months ago I asked for a 5% raise because our pay has increased only an average of 1% a year.
“I realized I was really underpaid for the area I live in too so I asked my boss for 5% since I figured this was a reasonable request and would slowly help me catch up to where I should be.
“Well he acted super offended, reminded me that our VP sent us a care package early this year (t shirt with company logo and snacks) so it shows the company cares about us and then turned the discussion into performance issues he suddenly has with me although my performance has never been an issue before.
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“Keep in mind he is a middle manager at a very large company so it’s not like this is money coming out of his pocket.
“So I started job searching that same day and accepted an offer doing the same exact job, remote and for 35% more than I make now.
“I won’t name and shame just yet because I’m waiting for my background check to clear so I have the offer confirmed but I am very much looking forward to giving notice.”
His post received hundreds of comments from other Redditors who supported his decision to leave the company and slammed their own bosses from hell.
One said: “What… what else would it be about??? these companies would drop us like a hot potato when they don’t need us.
“I’m providing you a service and you pay for it, yes it’s about the money!!!”
Another one wrote: “I had a boss ask me this once. I was like “uhhhh yeah making money is literally the reason I have job.”
“Like these m***********s think we work for fun? The only reason anyone works is to make money to *live*.”
One commented: “”If money is so meaningless to you, you won’t mind paying me out of your salary then, will you?””
Someone else joked: “I too like eating and having a roof”
Another frustrated employee shared how her boss complained that she is “slower than a 70-year-old”.
Another worker shared that their boss walks around naked in his underwear and has even been spotted naked.
And a woman said her boss complained when she missed her shift to visit her dying sister.
