Employee quits job after being denied a promotion and raise for heavy workload, company begs her to stay, but when she refuses, they are forced to hire three people to replace her: 'Could've saved themselves a lot of money by giving me what I asked for'

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Emma Saven
Dec 25, 2025 10:00 AM EST

Imagine trying to prove to your company that you're being overworked, and they turn the tables and prove the very same point to you…Except now it's too late. Are you not quite catching on? Well, let us explain this employee's story to you all! This employee was undoubtedly a hard worker, constantly (and with difficulty) taking on 3 times her workload every day. She was tired and burnt out, but considered herself the furthest thing from a quitter….So she continued working, but this time requested a well-deserved promotion and raise for her efforts…

As you could've guessed. Her request was denied. Why? Well, not all corporate companies understand the value of their employees, even those sitting right under their noses. So she began rethinking this whole "I'm no quitter" thing and sent in her resignation. But after realizing that replacing her was somewhat impossible, they begged her to reconsider. Her answer was pretty much identical to their initial one: no way. So she packed up her desk, and instead of the company having to give her that extra $5k raise, they were forced to fork out money for 3 more people's salaries to cover her workload and fill the void she left behind…

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  • Maybe this will teach employers to treat their employees with more respect and be careful how often they throw around the “replaceable” card…Because those who may seem the most replaceable are probably just those who complain the least, while simultaneously holding up the whole company…

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  • I quit my job after they refused to promote me. They are now hiring 3 people to replace me.

    Feeling vindicated and annoyed today. Long story short: I quit my job last week. I left because the workload is insane, I'm constantly taken advantage of, the leadership team is a joke, and they refused to give me a raise even though I do the jobs of multiple people, have had nothing but glowing performance reviews, and have been told that the company would not exist without me, since I helped support the company through a god awful time.
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  • digress. They begged me to stay. Pleaded. I said no. Now, they're scrambling to fill the gap.
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  • I get an email asking me to review the new job descriptions. They are hiring 3 people to replace me and the work I'm currently doing.
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  • The duties for the "one job" I'm doing now were dispersed over 3 different job descriptions.
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  • Honestly, good for them for realizing one person cannot do it alone. But, I'm not going to lie, it feels pretty fucking validating to see that they need THREE people to fill my one job.
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  • As vindicated as I feel, I also feel ashamed that I went on as long as I did, putting up with all this bullshit and doing the jobs of 3 people at once.
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  • They also could've saved themselves a hell of a lot of money by just giving me the raise I asked for.
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  • Fuck work. TLDR: Quit my job because the workload was off the charts, and the compensation did not match the effort.
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  • They begged me to stay, but I said no. They're scrambling to hire, and they need to hire 3 people to replace the work I've been doing as 1 person.
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  • Sure_Acanthaceae_348 This is a cautionary tale for everybody. Act your wage, and you won't get tasked with more work.
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  • OP Rhubarbie13 Yep! Learned this the hard way. Thankfully, I'm still a young professional, so I'm grateful to have had the opportunity to learn this now rather than later.
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  • SeraphymCrashing To give more detail, don't ever become irreplaceable at work. If you are doing 3 peoples work, why would they ever want to promote you? They would have to hire 3 people to replace you. They will bend over to keep you where you are. I've learned this the hard way several times.
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  • OP Rhubarbie13 You're right, thank you for sharing this. I really needed to hear this. I will be approaching my next position very differently!
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  • Oddgitll They want you to review your replacements? Only if they pay you a consultation fee. Nothing for free my friend.
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  • OP Rhubarbie13 Oh I'm definitely not sticking around for the hiring process. They just wanted me to look at the written job descriptions. I'm leaving at the end of the year, and after that, they are getting nothing from me!
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  • vatothe0 How does the total salary of the three jobs compare to your pay?
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  • OP Rhubarbie13 I won't use the actual numbers, but here is the gist: \- I'm making 90k. I asked for a raise to 95k. They declined, saying that my ask didn't fit their pay ladder given my level of education. \- The new positions pay as follows: 50k role and two 60k roles $170k (also, these positions will be brutally underpaid, sadly) Safe to say they should have just given me that raise. They finally offered it to me when I said I was done (classic), but I realized it just wasn't worth it.
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  • mybabylasko This is such an amazing feeling, congrats. Similarly, I quit a company after they wouldn't give me a $10,000 raise, and they had to hire an advertising agency to cover my job. Then when my job finally got reposted, the base salary was $50,000 more.
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  • OP Rhubarbie13 I know they don't care, which is why I threw in the towel. This is more about me finally realizing I'm worth more than what they led me to believe I was worth. More of a personal vindication that I was going above and beyond for them, and what I was asked to do was insane. They led me to believe that was normal. But now I finally realize it's not.
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  • emozolik Similar thing happened to me years ago. Was tasked with way too much work after coming back from parental leave, spent a few months try to ask for overtime, ask for help, monthly emails to my boss asking for help. He told me they couldnt afford a raise or another worker and to "do the best I could." Left, and within 3 months they had hired 2.5 people (2 FT, 1 PT employee) to replace me, and gaslit me to all my coworkers by telling them how bad I had screwed up.
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  • OP Rhubarbie13 God, I'm so sorry that happened after your parental leave, of all things. No one should have to deal with that shit. You know things are bad when you're asking for overtime. That's what I've been doing as well. I hope you're in a better position now.
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  • buttercrotcher Sounds like main character syndrome to me. The only person it'll benefit is your executives not your coworkers. Move on.
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  • Itavan Quit now if you can afford it.
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