‘Too little, too late’: Employee quits job after HR cuts 30% of his pay, management begs employee to stay claiming they didn't know about the pay cut

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    "Too little, too late!"
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    Left after pay cut, boss is shocked
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    I work in an integral position in a local management office for a global brand. My position is classified as business critical per our business continuity assessment.
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    I worked my a off and worked more than 500 overhours last year and even covered for other people since we had high fluctuation in the company. I got consistently excellent
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    reviews and scored among the highest in the company when it comes to target over achievement. Since I am an expat in that country under a 2-year contract
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    that gets constantly renewed, recently it got refreshed. Out of the blue HR cut my yearly pay by 30% and said it's due to new compliance guidelines ( ?!?), they said I can leave if I don't like the offer.
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    I applied to another of our subsidiaries got a higher position offered that pays double than what they offered. Leaving here soon.
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    Now CEO, HQ and my manager is pied at HR. Feels good tbh UPDATE: if it's important for context. My company is from Western Europe and I am currently in the Seoul branch.
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    Now I am going to Budapest. I will miss Seoul a lot tbh UPDATE 2: Because someone asked. Got 60k USD before and cut it to 40k USD (actual currency is different). Thats not
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    a lot for local standards. New job makes 90k USD. I have an MBA from a good European business school and I am working in data analytics and planning.
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    UPDATE 3: Asked me to look for an replacement. Called HQ and they said,,we don't think anyone here would like to transfer for that salary“. So HR would need to revert the
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    contract for the next person. All my local coworkers said that they are not willing to do the job because of the high stress level. Too funny
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    • EnigmaGuy 16 hr. ago Congrats on the new higher paying position. It's always comical when someone in the higher position thinks they have the upper hand and gives an ultimatum like this,
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    only for it not to go their way and now they're upset and looking to blame anyone but themselves. HR may have drafted and presented the contract stipulations, but 100% one of the C-level guys, and
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    probably management had to give the blessing as well. Bonus points since it sounds like a volatile position that you probably cannot just throw someone into so it is going
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    to take them awhile to backfill it and get them up to the same level. While I was upset when I left my former job, I did find it sadly funny that when I left with zero notice and my former coworkers reached out
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    later to say it took 3 people to cover all of the tasks I was doing by myself for years. If they would have just kept the meeting and listened to my concern to get me another support person, I would probably still be miserable there today 9 years later!
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    ForWango OP 16 hr. ago Thank you for your feedback. Yes often things have to get worse before they get better
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    Horrison2 16 hr. ago I love a heartwarming story of corporations trying to ruin their employees but really they end up ruining themselves
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    WinEquivalent4069 · 16 hr. ago HR: Here's your new pay rate, 30% less. Don't like it then you can leave. OP: Hey, found a new job with double your offer so smell you laterHR and management: Wait? What?
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    5 KToff 15 hr. ago It sounds as if the management and HR did not talk to each other and thus was HRs idea. But I'm also sure that if OP has stayed and complained at his boss, a shrug would have been the only reaction.
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    lueckestman · 16 hr. ago . When I saw the title I was thinking like 2% which is still . But 30% is insulting in the extreme. Wish you would have asked them if they would take a 30% reduction.
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    cryinoverwangxian · 16 hr. ago FAFO. Oh no, consequences!
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    Intelligent Till_433 · 15 hr. ago My employer cut hours so I got a second job to make up the difference, now they are upset that I am only available for the reduced number of hours.
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    Arinvar 16 hr. ago Communist They aren't mad. If they wanted to make you decent counter offer they would. They're just blaming HR, but they still aren't telling HR to make you a better offer are they? Therefore... pretend mad.
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    ForWango OP. 16 hr. ago They actually did but I already signed at the other branch and politically it's not good to chicken out now at the other branch
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