‘He was trying to intimidate me into doing it’: Arrogant coworker tries to order employee to work for free on an external ‘side project’ because he doesn't have the budget for an expert opinion, employee adamantly refuses

Free labor? In this economy? Yeah, no thanks.

Money is life. We wish it weren't, but it is. Work is also life. So, if we're working without the money, we're only living a half-life. This is an overly complicated, not very concise way of telling you to never work for free. You have all the time in the world after work to do someone a favor. Don't make it your mission during work hours to help someone else catch a check. If they get the payout and you're left to twiddle your thumbs with an empty wallet in your back pocket, then you got the short end of the stick.

In this next story, an employee takes the universal advice to heart. They refuse to work on an "external" project for their coworker, who claims he doesn't have the budget to provide additional pay for their services. Well, it looks like he doesn't "need" those services enough. The coworker attempts to intimidate the employee, but they remain steadfast in their decision to send their entitled coworker a message. Scroll below to read the entire story.

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