‘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

Some employers have an incredibly hard time grasping the idea that their actions have consequences, even when it concerns their trusty employees. As an employer, you might think you can put your employees through basically anything without them doing anything about it, but thankfully, that is often not the case.

Much like the story of this employee on Reddit. The employee, OP (original poster), had been working incredibly hard to get his company to achieve all its targets and succeed in its field. Even after being a key employee, one day out of the blue, HR informs OP of a 30% pay cut from his salary. Shocked and offended, OP finds a better-paying job and informs his managers, who claim they had no idea of OP's pay cut and were extremely angry with HR, but that didn't stop OP from leaving…

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