'Not my job': Jack-of-all-trades employee gets denied a promotion because he works too hard; follows instruction to 'stay in his lane', triumphantly watching the bosses scramble

Jesse Kessenheimer • Writer and Editor

Jul 25, 2023 10:00 AM EDT

Hardworking employees often get the short end of the stick. Because of their efficiency, they're punished with more work and more tasks, but are never fairly compensated for going above-and-beyond. In this case one employee, who had been juggling the tasks of at least 4 other positions, found himself in a bind when he approached his bosses concerning a promotion. Rightly so, OP decided that his hard work deserved to be paid off, so he approached his manager to see if he could get a raise in order to compensate for his skills– the boss, naturally, gaslit him into thinking that his hard work was for nothing.

The boss claimed that OP, a jack-of-all-trades, was 'distracted too easily' at the office and was too busy being everyone's hero instead of staying in his lane. Naturally, OP was fuming when he was denied a promotion, he knew they only did this so they could keep him exactly where he was. Scroll for the full story on how one angry employee decided to light the match on a kerosene-soaked office, watching it all (theoretically) go up in flames when he followed his boss's instructions to 'stick to his job description'.

For more stories of hardworking employees going after what they deserve, check out this story of a junior associate that got tired of being stomped on in his office, moving on to a better offer when his boss harangued him one too many times.