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'I've made the company $12,000,000': Star employee asks for a $20k raise after driving millions in sales, she quits after her boss spits in her face

Loyalty isn't a trait that's rewarded on your resume. That's because it's become a corporate science to congratulate the company's workers with hundreds of gold stars and pizza parties, only to scoff when a star employee asks for a bigger slice of the pie. It may be counterintuitive, but leaving a company to which you've been loyal may be the only way to get a raise in this day and age. 

But at what point does employee exploitation hit a wall like this? Is it when your hard work starts lining the pockets of your managers and bosses? Or is it when they fail to acknowledge it? 

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Posted by Jesse Kessenheimer
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