‘I was denied a raise, so I called the IRS': Employee finds out boss's unemployed wife makes $60,000, contacts IRS after being denied raise

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Eleonora Bader
May 21, 2023 10:00 AM EDT

Employees are constantly being denied raises in salary due to 'tough times', but often companies can very much afford to give employees more money; it's just that they have hidden expenses that they don't necessarily broadcast in the company group chat. Such as 60k salaries to bosses' wives who don't even have a job, let alone work at the company. 

Yep, in this case, OP took to r/antiwork and expressed his dismay when he found out that one of his boss's wives was receiving a salary of 60k, despite not working a day in her life at the company. Prior to finding this out, 4 people were laid off because the company 'couldn't afford to keep them on', and OP was denied a raise.

OP's boss was also ironically and vehemently against taking days off because according to him, 'salaried employees should work'. Well, well, you don't say. Management and their delusional tendencies. OP wanted to call him out, but Redditors were quick to point out that that would just give his boss time to cover his 'mistake'. They urged OP to call the IRS instead.

Scroll down to read what happened next. For more stories like this one, here is a tenant who approached his landlord and asked to be reimbursed for fixing the boiler part after sitting in a freezing house. His landlord refused, so the tenant moved out, taking the boiler part with him, rendering the boiler completely useless. Petty revenge, indeed.

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    Font - Posted by u/masterpate 9 hours ago Found out my bosses wife is paid $60k per year and she doesn't even work for the company. She doesn't even have a job at all.
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    Font - Title says it all. I work for a mortgage company and have 2 main bosses. They're co-branch managers basically. We have maybe 15 people in my office. Or we HAD that many. Over the last several months they've laid off 4 of the most important people because they "couldn't afford to keep them on."
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    Font - They also told me just last week I couldn't get a raise, and that at this point I should be happy to just have a job in this market. Today the other boss remarked to me that we wouldn't have had to fire the people if we didn't have to pay the other bosses wife 5k a month. I was taken aback.
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    Font - The lady doesn't even work at our company. I make HALF as much as her. Her name comes up in the company directory though. Wtf. Her husband (the other boss) is crazy hardcore about ever taking time off or vacation days because "that's not what salaried employees do."
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    Font - Roboticharm · 9 hr. ago "You need time off then you need to find someone to cover your shift." "What's your wifes number?" 2.3k Reply Share
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    Font - masterpate OP. 9 hr. ago I'm really contemplating how to bring it up because I can't I'm good faith let him berate me about being gone for 30 minutes again knowing what I know. 997 Reply Share
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    Font - Imagine_TryingYT · 6 hr. ago Here's a lesson for you Any dirt you have on someone, you don't tell them. You might feel like you have the upper hand but you'll just give them time to cover their as es.
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    Font - Report it and don't say a word to your boss. 41.5k ↓ Reply Share EverythingGoodWas 3 hr. ago Exactly this. Once you are getting fu <ed it will be too late.
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    Font - captainkrakin. 8 hr. ago Worked for a company like this last year. The owner both his sons and all their wives "worked" at the company. The wives would come in once and a while. Play on the computer make smart ass
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    Font - remarks to everyone. Then leave I was talking with HR and happened to glance at the computer that had everyone's pay up on screen. All 3 of the wives were making 100k a year salary.
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    Font - They made me take a pay cut because they were on hard times. Complete bullsl t. 480 Reply Share
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    Font - hellish_relish89 - 9 hr. ago "Ghost Employees" are illegal as it's a form of fraud. Report his sorry a: s. Have Fun! 3.5k Reply Share
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    Font - masterpate OP. 9 hr. ago If you or anyone has any idea how to report it I will gladly do so. I poured my heart out a week ago to him about how I'm struggling to get by, and for him to tell me they can't afford to pay me a cent more is just awful, knowing what I know. Reply Share 1.4k
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    Font - bk15dcx 9 hr. ago The IRS is a good start 4 947 Reply Share
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    Font - masterpate OP. 9 hr. ago You gotta understand this guy is wealthy though. Easily makes a mil a year I bet at least. So as dumb as it sounds I don't want it coming back to me. He has the money to fuck me and I don't have the money to fight it. 726 Reply Share
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    Font - Mtndrums 8 hr. ago If he's committing tax fraud, he's going to be in way too deep to worry about you. He's going to be trying to avoid being Bubba's ce"mate. 1.1k Reply Share
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    Font - Both-Review-9722 · 6 hr. ago I made an anonymous complaint to the IRS once re: a guy who was stealing equipment then reselling it. I included time stamps, names, and general facts.
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    Font - In 1 month, the guy was contacted by the IRS, and 3 months later was fined a lot of money. He never knew who reported him. 89 Reply Share
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    Font - masterpate OP. 9 hr. ago It's worth mentioning that my wife routinely works 50 hours a week and doesn't even make $60k. Unbelievable 133 Reply Share
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    Font - masterpate OP · 9 hr. ago · edited 9 hr. ago The other boss told me (as if it makes it ok) "the $60k just goes to her retirement account. It's no biggie." Uhhh what? This has gone on for at least 4 years. She's put almost a quarter of a mil into her retirement account, likely with a company match, for not working? Wtf
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    Font - I should say I don't know about a company match for the 401k. But I know she's getting $5k a month. Reply Share 73
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