Boss gives hardworking employee a ‘lackluster raise’ and tells him to find a better job after he complains, so employee lands unicorn job offer and leaves company high and dry

Author image for Lana DeGaetano
Lana DeGaetano • "Show me to me please."
Oct 11, 2024 10:00 AM EDT

As an employee, nothing beats the feeling of getting commended for all of the hard work you do through generous financial compensation. We'd all be liars if we said that we'd be okay with spoken praise—we want to see the fruits of our labor sprout into a big, beautiful money tree. A lot of employees, however, get the short end of the stick when their bosses opt for a pay raise that is definitely on the lackluster side. What incentive do we have if not financial? That's why we have jobs in the first place.

A common workplace tale goes something like this: an employee is given little to no raise for their hard work, and when the employee complains, the entitled boss tells them to jump ship if they're so unhappy with it. Then, the employee complies (because they do what they're told) and finds a better position with a drastic pay increase with less responsibility. Upon receiving an offer, said employee hands in his resignation and the arrogant boss pleads with him to stay. What happened to finding a better job? Seems like certain bosses don't think before they speak. That's the rundown of this Reddit story, but you'll have to keep scrolling to find out how the company tries and probably fails to survive as a result of this issue.

Advertisement
  • 01
    k T CapsLk A 1 0 = 2 23 $ % 4 € 5 91 6 28 & * ) 7 8 9 0 | 1 W E R O P ( [ N S D Ctrl Fn Alt C FL I QUIT! . V : ; ? Alt Gr Ctrl Hom
    via Unsplash (Nick Fewings)
  • 02
    Get a better job offer? Fine!
    via RadRacer513
  • 03
    Worked at Company A for over 8 years, to the point I had no intentions of going anywhere else and planned to retire with them (in ~30yrs) as long as they kept treating me fair. Reviews came up and everyone in my team was given a lackluster raise,
    via RadRacer513
  • 04
    even though we had improved the program from years behind on contracts to delivering 2 months ahead. I had taken on tasks that should have been distributed across multiple engineers, but
    via RadRacer513
  • 05
    they didn't want to pay extra engineers so they became my tasks instead. After the raises were dished out, my team confronted our manager and told him how disappointed we were. His response was get a
    via RadRacer513
  • 06
    better job offer and we'll discuss things. So I did just that; I found a better job at a smaller company where I would get a 20% raise and less responsibility. Once I had my offer letter I turned it
    via RadRacer513
  • 07
    in, along with a month. notice of my resignation. Manager wanted to discuss what it would take to keep me; I met with him with a list of all my accomplishments (which he already had from review time) and
    via RadRacer513
  • 08
    told him I believe a better raise was justified. I told him 2 months ago, that's what it would have taken to keep me. Today, you have to beat this offer of a 20% raise and less responsibilities. He responded with he can't
    via RadRacer513
  • 09
    get anywhere close to that, I should have told him I wasn't satisfied, etc. He then went through the list of my accomplishments and stated how half of them weren't required for my position. Queue
    via RadRacer513
  • 10
    compliance #2. I asked for what was required of my position and did just that the remainder of my time there. Now I've got a better job with fewer responsibilities
    via RadRacer513
  • 11
    and better pay, and a boss who doesn't try to gaslight them. Friends in Company A tell me how they still haven't shipped any new product since I left (3 months ago, so
    via RadRacer513
  • 12
    now they're behind), multiple people have already left, and the remaining people are looking for new jobs.
    via RadRacer513
  • 13
    PN_Guin . 4h ago. Managers always get very flustered once their bluff is called. Just pay people's according to their value to the company, don't
    via PN_Guin
  • 14
    insult their intelligence and do your own job as a manager properly. You'll have far more happy, productive and loyal employees.
    via PN_Guin
  • 15
    RevRag... . 3h ago When I left my last company it was like that. "What if we offered you X% more?"
    via RevRagnarok
  • 16
    "Well, if you thought I was worth that, why weren't you paying me that directly? It's not like that extra money goes into your pocket."
    via RevRagnarok
  • 17
    RadRacer513 OP 3h ago • Exactly! Why does it take me leaving for you to finally see my worth? Funny part, once I showed the offer letter, they blatantly said they can't give me that but wanted to know what it would take to keep me! Why would I take less to do more work at a place that has already shown they don't value me?!?
    via RadRacer513
  • 18
    maroon... 3h ago • • ALWAYS get contact info for your good coworkers. Why? If you leave, they probably want to... and if your new place is good and is hiring? Tell them to
    via maroongrad
  • 19
    apply, give HR a heads-up that you worked with them and they are solid competent coworkers, and you are all happy except thej ks you left behind :D
    via maroongrad
  • 20
    calladus 2h ago "What could I do to make you stay?" "First, get a Time Machine..."
    via calladus
  • 21
    Abidlack80 2h ago. • Managers/supervisors at that level are at the bottom of the totem pole, but they act like they're at the top. I call them big heads because of their empty inflated ego.
    via Abidlack80
  • 22
    Revolu... 11m ago "You should have told me..." "We did, when we asked for better raises. You told us to find better jobs."
    via Revolutionary-Half-3

Want More? Follow Us and Add Us as a Preferred Source on Google.

Tags

management job offer boss workplace-stories toxic-manager malicious toxic-workplace malicious compliance terrible-bosses bosses work malicious-compliance-reddit upper management new job askreddit reddit story horrible-management toxic-boss workplace Horrible Bosses reddit thread bad bosses malicious compliance reddit entitled people compliance toxic-work-environment
Scroll Down For The Next Article