Employee asks for a raise after 3 years at the company, gets fired for a fabricated story about an interaction with a client, CEO steps in to cover his tracks: 'I asked why I was fired and he still wouldn’t even give me a reason'

Asking for a raise is always a nerve-wracking thing to do for employees out there who may be petrified of ruffling any feathers. Still, advocating for yourself is the only way to move forward professionally. Plus, seeing how your employer reacts to the request is perhaps the biggest indicator of how much they actually value you.

This overworked employee had been at their company for more than three years without a single raise. Finally, they found enough self-confidence and motivation to confront their manager about this and to ask for a number that felt appropriate considering just how much they have given to the company. Unfortunately, that conversation did not exactly go as planned. Not only did the manager deny the request, but soon thereafter, the employee found themselves shockingly unemployed.

There was, of course, a fabricated excuse as to why the employee was fired. The manager claimed that they caught the employee speaking out of turn and with an unprofessional aggression to a client over the phone. The funny thing is that there was no legitimate proof of this conversation, and according to the employee, they had no idea what their manager was even talking about. However, they knew that if it was legitimate, there would have been proof given that all calls with clients were recorded and employees were made aware of that fact from the start. The fact that this manager couldn't provide any evidence and didn't seem to want to try to demonstrate proof suggested to the employee that this was nonsensical and not worth fighting. 

Keep scrolling below for the full exchange and to find out what happened when the CEO decided to intervene and cover the company's tracks.

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