‘I got cheated out of my raise’: Employee gets snubbed by boss who refuses to approve their raise, they go over boss's head and report him as payback

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Aug 14, 2024 10:00 AM EDT

Unless you work directly under the company's actual CEO, it is always helpful to remember that even your boss has someone to answer to. It is quite comforting to know that if something unlawful or even unfair happens with your boss, there is always someone you can turn to.

The person who wrote this Reddit story definitely remembered this piece of information, and used it, when they felt like their boss was doing something they should not be doing. OP (original poster), got this performance review back from their boss only to find out that he didn't give them the full points OP needed to get a proper raise. Instead, the boss actually gave a full raise to a coworker who does the same exact job as OP. Instead of accepting their fate, OP decided to go over their boss's head and talk to his boss, all to make sure they get the raise they deserve.

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    Cheated out of my raise and being criticized for bringing it up
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    My new supervisor who sits in his office all day so not sure how he'd know what I do around here kinda snubbed me of points on my performance review and cost me my maximum raise.
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    To add insult to injury he gave the other person with my title the full raise amount (and I assure you he doesn't do more than me).
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    I went over his head and talked to his boss. I brought a copy of my review and went over with the boss certain sections I felt I deserved a higher score and cited
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    specific examples of work I've done that goes above and beyond. While he didn't agree with all of them there were some he did and was able to resubmit my review and get HR to approve me my full raise amount.
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    But then I was also told not to compare myself to others next time. Oh and also to not tell the others cause he doesn't want everyone trying to change the score I just think that's really unethical
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    me1100 2 days ago Unethical? It's illegal. You can discuss your pay with anybody you want.
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    • trippingmonkeyballs 2 days ago Last time I did this the company president called to belittle me, claiming I made a terrible mistake and my behavior damaged his business. He knew
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    if he fires me, he loses a good employee and would be faced with a wrongful termination lawsuit. Nothing happened, but I will now get timely bonuses for working on extra projects, instead of having to wait for year end. Good, great, grand.
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    DataQueen336 · 2 days ago I didn't interpret it that the boss was saying not to talk about pay. He was saying not to talk about changing the review score, and that when making a
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    case as to why you should get a raise you shouldn't compare yourself to someone else. Neither are illegal.
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    KingBembi 1 day ago Why not compare yourself to others? This sounds like a dumb way to let companies exploit you.
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    Slumunistmanifisto · 1 day ago around and get blair ... competitive pay scale competes boss: "hey stop that!"
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    GALLENT96. 2 days ago You got your win, keep your head down for now but I'd record conversations with all bosses now on if you're a 1-party consent state.
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    Where MyMidgeeAt 2 days ago Happy that you got your raise !! Great job!
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    Dextexer OP. 2 days ago It wasn't even that much a difference but it's also the principle of paying someone less to do the same as someone else
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    throwawaysheeze 2 days ago em. Always watch out for yourself, you are only a number to them. You did the right thing.
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    Dextexer OP. 2 days ago Thanks and the "don't tell the everyone or they might ask if they came change their score" I didn't like. I hope if someone else deserves a raise they could at least
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    discuss their concerns-like I knew there was a chance nothing would change on mine but I needed to try cause it wasn't sitting right with me that I'm a hard worker and being overlooked
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    MrSlime13 2 days ago Comparing yourself to others is exactly what managementdoes when they go through the review process... You think they'd actually give everyone raises if everyone improved significantly? They compare
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    who's more valuable, and who's work makes the most impact. Maybe they specifically meant comparing wages, but that's completely legal to do in the United States. Come raise time, if they can't be impartial, and honest about people's personal developments, they're not above scrutiny of their decisions.
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    Dextexer OP. 2 days ago I wanted to talk back but didn't want to dig myself into a hole, but yeah it literally is a comparative review. Otherwise you'd give everyone the same raise percent across the board
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    And it's not like I was just like "well I'm the same thing as him and he's getting more", I was really only like 2 points away and I'm not perfect pointed out a few specific categories on my review I didn't get full score on and
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    gave the boss examples of tasks I've done above and beyond -and he did agree on some and edited/resubmitted my review with a explanation
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