'Suddenly they could give me a $2.25 raise': Boss tells employee they can't give him a raise, employee gets better job, boss coughs up the money

They always say they can't give you a raise but nine times out of ten, the truth is they can. This employee had to jump through hoops in order to get a 0.75-cent hourly raise. Despite finally achieving this small win, he knew that he was worth more, as most employees are. So naturally, he started looking for other work and eventually received a job offer that paid $2 more per hour than his current position. Once he brought this fact to the attention of his manager with the intention of quitting, all of a sudden, his manager was able to offer an additional $2.25 raise.

There are a number of issues with this last-minute offer. Firstly, it shows that they could have given the employee this more substantial raise from the start. They only took the employee seriously when they threatened to quit. Secondly, if they really cared about the well-being and loyalty of their employees, they would have recognized the need to offer better pay on their own and without months of pushing. That kind of awareness is, after all, part of the job of being a manager. As many folks in the comments section below suggested, we do not recommend that the employee acquiesces and accepts this new offer because it is only a matter of time before they find an immediate replacement.

Keep scrolling below for the full story from OP's perspective. For more stories like this, here's one about an employee whose boss couldn't handle him calling out sick.

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Posted by BenWeiss