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'I was asked to take a 30%+ cut in pay': Boss asks employee to be a 'team player,' employee quits, company goes under

One has to wonder if the boss was willing to take the same pay cut! It's one of those classic rules of leadership: don't ask your employees to do something that you yourself would never do. In this instance, this Redditor was already extremely underpaid for all the work he did for his company. He regularly worked overtime and was reliant on that pay to support himself and his family. It's also worth mentioning that he never actually saw his family that much due to the demands of his job.

 

So once the boss man hired a consulting firm for advice, they told him that labor costs needed to be cut. Of course, this was easy for a consulting firm to suggest, while they collected a sizable payment. When the boss requested that the Redditor take a large pay cut, the Redditor finally had it and refused to take any of this BS. Keep scrolling below for the full story. For more, check out this post about a guy who walked out on a date his mother set up.

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