'If I'm not getting paid, I'm not doing it': Boss forces employee into a managerial role without a promotion, employee's refusal to participate leads the shop to shut down

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Eleonora Bader
Mar 9, 2024 9:00 AM EST

Ah, promotions. Such a bitter subject. So many employees have been led on by their managers to believe they would be getting one. Only to be faced with a loud, 'No' when the annual review arrived. What can I say? Managers be managing, I guess.

This boss was like every other micromanager out there, trying to get their employee to do a manager's job, without the title of 'manager'. He tried forcing his employee into a managerial role, which the employee did not accept. And why would they? Why do extra work without the appreciation of a title? What is this, the olden days? Keep up, people. Times change, and employees aren't going to deal with the same unfairness that they've had to face in the past. The world is evolving… might as well evolve with it.

Scroll down to read how this employee handled this frustrating situation, and afterward, take a look at these wholesome posts for some much-needed serotonin after this gobsmackingly infuriating post.

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    [24510 "If I'm not getting paid, "" I'm not doing it.' K767095 GEBR VOLVO
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    Not qualified for the promotion, then I'll just do my job
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    A few years ago I worked for a furniture stored in the back store. My job consisted of unloading and loading trucks, assembling furniture and placing it on the main floor of the store. After around 6 months there, my supervisor announced he resigned meaning his post was up for grabs. I had all the technical requirements so I applied, but they gave the job to another one of my colleague who had more experience, which was totally reasonable.
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    After maybe 1 year my then supervisor just stopped coming into work for no reason he just decided he had enough and he just left, no 2 week notice or anything. So while the director tried to get to him I took over the role of supervisor. (I was the one with the most experience) Which means that combined with my regular work, I was now the one telling people what to do, when, doing the schedule, and all the paperwork for the shipment. 3 weeks later my colleague was officially "fired" by my direct
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    those 3 weeks I kept doing the job of supervisor, and doing it pretty well so I thought that the promotion would come to me, but my director did nothing. I went to see him, explained what I had been doing and asked if I got the promotion too which he answered that I was not qualified, nor smart enough to do this job. After some thinking I just decided, that if I was not Smart enough to do the Job, then I shouldn't do it, so I went back doing my regular job and I
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    also started looking for something else. 4-5 days after I stopped filling in my director come see me in the back store Asking why the f*** the job isn't being done. After all without me to organize it, nothing was getting out of the store to be delivered to the client. I just reminded him of our previous meeting and he told me "yeah I remembered that, what I meant is your not qualified to get the pay bonus for the job,you still have to do the job you idiot" I have to admit I still wonder how he
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    bit dumbfounded I just told him that if I wasn't going to get paid for it I certainly won't do the job, and that considering we were already short staff with my old supervisor gone, he should be a bit more polite. Apparently this was an unreasonable request, a total lack of respect to him and worthy of firing me... Yep still don't get how that would fix anything, but hey he's the boss.
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    I packed everything and left knowing that the back store which needed 5 people to operate was now down to 3 with the most experienced worker having a total of 4 months, it only took my boss 1 day to call me back and telling me, maybe he went overboard and that perhaps we could arrange something for the promotion, too which I replied that I would not be coming back since I had a few interviews lined up. I hung up
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    while he was still cu ng at me. After a few months at my new job I heard some surprising news, the store had closed down after 2 other back store employe resigned. Gotta admit that it felt good to see my old boss finally get what he deserved. TLDR; my old boss doesn't want to promote me but still want me to do the Job, fires me for not accepting too, and soon after I left for a better job, lost his shop.
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    kwadd 3 yr. ago yeah I remembered that, what I meant is your not qualified to get the pay bonus for the job,you still have to do the job you idiot I think at this point, if he had to accept that he'd made a mistake and that you had the job and the pay, everything would've been okay. But no, he's the boss. He definitely couldn't be wrong. He got what he deserved. 4.4k Reply Share
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    RhoBautRawk. 3 yr. ago Makes ya wonder why two people in that role ended up quitting so quickly! Reply Share 1.0k usrnamesr2mainstream 3 yr. ago Not to mention how the next most senior employee has only been there for four months. Gee, I wonder why this place has such a high turnover. /s
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    کی در Snugglor 3 yr. ago This is such a common theme in this sub. "Do the extra duties, but don't get paid for them". No wonder these businesses fail. 758 Reply Share Traksimuss 3 yr. ago "You will do extra work for the same salary or get fired". Surprised Pikachu face month later when person quits.
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    [deleted] 3 yr. ago Why is that they expect us to do the work without getting paid for it? What do they expect? Reply Share 3.4k Balborius 3 yr. ago Their logic is: "Well, he did extra work without extra pay one time/week/month, so he surely will do it without more pay forever."
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    Usually that comes with the mindset "I'm THE greatest and nicest boss who ever was humble enough to bestow his presence upon his employees." Followed by a surprised Pikachu face when people are quitting left and right. Reply Share 2.1k
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    Deaconse 3 yr. ago There are lots of bosses, like yours, who look at their payroll, see that it is the largest business expense, and think that it is the biggest liability, and fail to see that the employees the payroll pays for are their biggest business asset. And then treat their employees accordingly. They squander their biggest asset and go under. Reply Share 141
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    silsool 3 yr. ago Qualified enough to do the job but not to get paid for it... The mental gymnastics of some people x) Also a witch is a lady who does sorcery. The word you want is which. 477 Reply Share
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    drunken_augustine - 3 yr. ago Even better is when they try to actually promote you but not give you the pay increase. That's always a lark. Or promise "oh yeah, we'll look into that pay increase down the line/at your next review". 150 Reply Share
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    dave_meister. 3 yr. ago Treat your employees like and you will get burned. Hopefully op got a new job from one of the interviews Probably why the colleague just up and left. Just didn't want to take all the coming their way from the boss 110 Reply Share
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    Tralan 3 yr. ago Years ago, I worked overnight maintenance at Walmart. My store manager got his hands on a new store in a bigger city, and he invited any of us that wanted to transfer to come with him. I jumped at the opportunity. I was the #2 maintenance guy at my home store, and I knew pretty much everything about the job. When I moved, the head of maintenance worked in the daytime, and knew nothing about the job, really. So, management relied on me for the night shift. Which I did. But the he
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    changing around things. He messed with our schedules a lot, made us come in later than the other night shift people, and we had to leave later. Our lunches were scheduled later, so a lot of times it was just me by myself. And then he started messing with our routines. So that at 7AM, when the morning rush was in full swing, I was trying to scrub the floors. No one would listen to me and kept insisting that I follow the head's orders. So, he wanted to be head of maintenance, he could be head of m
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    remotely the head of maintenance's job. We started getting complaints from customers, and, of course they came to me about it, wondering why I was scrubbing so late in the morning, and all that. I just shrugged and said, "Ask Oscar. You all told me to do things his way, that's what I'm doing." Then Oscar came to me to find out why some things weren't getting done anymore. I said, "That's head of maintenance's job. Not mine." "Bu bu but I don't know how to do any of that?" I just shrugged and wen
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    raise and a made up title (Assistant Regional Manager...). I declined. God, I do not miss Walmart. 114 Reply Share to the them.
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