‘Severely underpaid’ employee is refused a raise despite above-average performance reviews, so they call out their boss land new job with a 60% pay increase

Mustering up the courage to ask for a rightfully deserved raise is nerve-wracking. Why? I have no idea. When you think about it, if you have gone above and beyond (or simply excel in your role), your boss should be gunning for you. It's really easy to sell yourself short, thinking about all the things you might've done to tick me off—but it's important you aim for the stars. Your time and effort are as worthy of accurate financial compensation as your boss's, so making big chess moves in your career is a rite of passage (and usually pays off).

But, sometimes it doesn't. You can do everything right and still end up getting the short end of the stick, and that's usually due to a jealous boss who can't fathom that someone might be better at the job than they are. Even when you get glaring performance reviews, they're right there in the corner to take you down a notch or five. Luckily, the employee in this next story finds a way to not only spite the boss but land a unicorn role that gave them a 60% raise. Did their old company match them? Yes. Did they accept? Nope. Scroll to read the entire story below.

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