Overworked employee refuses to accept offered pay raise and quits job instead, leaving micromanager high and dry: ‘Quitting was super empowering’

Sometimes (most times), the only way to deal with a toxic workplace environment is by leaving it, because no amount of hard work or money can change that place. There comes a time to admit it is definitely not worth risking one's mental health over it.

However, it might be tempting to stay in a toxic workplace when one is being offered a raise providing they stay, which is what happened in this Reddit story. OP (original poster) was an employee in a family business who was constantly being bullied by the management. Eventually, OP had enough of the way he was treated and decided to simply quit. When they had that conversation with their employer, all of a sudden they started praising OP for his work and even offered him a pay raise to get him to stay. Unfortunately for them, OP already decided to put himself first, so he declined the raise and walked out instead.

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