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'I want extra pay for extra responsibilities': Employee turns down a ‘promotion’ then gets punished when he tells a stuck-up newbie manager he wants more pay for more work

We all work so that we can get that bag of cash every couple weeks. Weirdly enough though, it seems like the C-level employees and upper management seem to think that their employees go to work for other reasons, like socialization and the occasional pizza party. But it's an accepted norm that when you're offered a promotion, that's supposed to come with some sort of raise, even if you're a deluded manager, right? Not in this case…

For u/According-Value-6227 a longtime employee of a carwash company, it was obvious that when you work more and have more responsibilities, you're supposed to make more money. But when his family-run business was bought out by a big corporation, his work environment changed drastically for the worse, and did NOT include a raise. A hotshot new manager got established at his branch and started throwing promotions around like Oprah handing out cars– except with each 'promotion', employees were expected to take on more work for the same pay. OP wouldn't stand for that…

Scroll for the full story on how a sensible, hardworking employee refused to accept a shoddy promotion unless it came with a little extra dough, resulting in a major fallout with a newbie manager and a tough conversation with HR. For more audacious workplace drama, check out these industry pros sharing the dirty little secrets of their job that might just make you call OSHA.

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Posted by Jesse Kessenheimer
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