'I can't afford to lose this job': Employer demands "senior" employee pay for damage caused by another worker

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Brad Dickson • Managing Editor
Feb 21, 2023 9:00 AM EST

Toxic workplaces love "fake" promotional roles—used to saddle workers with more responsibility and workload with a little-to-no increase in pay. They serve as an effective method for handling increased operational demands (or simply for reducing the manager's already light workload) without increasing cost and have the added benefit of dangling a carrot on a stick out in front of the workforce to trick them into thinking that they have a hope-in-hell of a promotion.

What stands out here is the impossible situation of being stuck in a terrible employment arrangement and being unable to find an exit route. People forget how much energy it takes to look for other work outside of work hours. And when positions are limited in your sector, you can find yourself working what is essentially another full-time job completing cover letters and applications for jobs that you'll probably never even receive a response from. This, coupled with a stressful, demanding, toxic day job, can be simply too much strain.

This worker, Redditor u/MrBakerson, shared their experience in a text post posted to Reddit's r/antiwork subreddit. They described the situation at hand and explained how their employer was trying to use one of these "fake" promotions to force them to cover the damage that a junior worker had caused. 

Keep reading for the full story. For more, check out this worker who was fired for $200 worth of "time theft" for small breaks they had taken over the years. 

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