Boss wants to cut marketing worker's pay to save money: 'I’d go from about $1000 a month to $200'

Generally, in your working life, you might expect that, as you gain experience, skills, and knowledge, you'll be making more money… throughout your career as well as your time in a singular role.

Where you might not be too surprised and even expect to be rejected a request for a raise or two, you'd never expect to have your boss approach you telling you that they're slashing your pay in order to get "more bang for their buck." Openly telling you that they're going to be saving money solely at your literal expense. While you might appreciate them for saying the (usually) quiet part out loud, you're not going to appreciate the disrespect and the hit to your paycheck.

This boss had the audacity to approach their marketing coordinator to tell them that she was slashing their pay. They shared their account of events with this popular online workplace community, venting their frustrations. The only silver lining here is that at least it was their side gig…

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