Viral Thread: Employee Seeking Raise to Go With Their Promotion is Immediately Terminated

Brad Dickson • Managing Editor

Apr 12, 2022 5:00 PM EDT

An employee posted a thread two days ago stating that they had been "promoted" but the associated raise was being withheld. In that initial thread, commenters encouraged them to stand up for themselves since they were essentially getting a pay cut (more responsibility same pay.) The employee took that route and asked about the raise, telling their boss that they were "extremely uncomfortable" with the situation. Nothing was said at work that day, but they were sent an email late last night after they had gone to bed stating that they had been terminated.

The threads were posted to Reddit's r/antiwork subreddit. A subreddit where workers share stories about the social issues associated with being a part of the workforce. The initial thread had been titled "I was "promoted" but they're withholding my raise." while the follow up was posted two days later with the title "Update: fired for asking about the raise associated with my promotion"

Commenters are irate and have been putting the company responsible on blast. Multiple comments have advised the poster to apply for unemployment and submit a Glass Door review.

Read on for the full story below. The initial post is first with the update starting on item 5.