"I Have Finally Put My Foot Down": Reddit User Shares List of Demands to Boss and Sparks Debate

For some reason, employers appear consistently willing to hire a new employee for a higher salary and better deal overall than they will ever budge to give to an existing employee, leaving the myth of loyalty to your company doing anything for you lurching in the wind. More and more often, people are taking to the internet to detail their troubles trying to get raises out of their employers, and Redditor u/willcalliv did just that when they sent this detailed list of demands to their employer knowing they had multiple other job offers on the table from other companies. This user posted the email to the popular subreddit r/antiwork, leading to a wide-ranging conversation in the comments about how employers treat employees vs. new hires and several users asking for updates on the original poster's situation.

u/willcalliv reported that they hadn't received a response from their current employer several hours after originally posting, but they said they had new work lined up regardless of the response to his original email — it sounds like this Redditor has grown pretty savvy to the more insidious side of their industry.

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Posted by Elna McHilderson

Asking for a raise or promotion shouldn't be such an anxiety-riddled task, but it definitely is. Even talking to management through email or on the phone is still just as nerve wrecking, but we all know how important it is to stand your ground. Reddit user /willcalliv finally had enough and posted their own email asking for a raise with a list of demands that seem totally reasonable, if not the bare minimum of what they need to work. With this, employees and employers from every corner of the workplace are gathering together to share their own stories of demanding respect in their own workplace.

The viral subreddit has been up for hardly a day and is already exploding with personal stories of getting raises or getting screwed. It's actually become quite the controversial debate. Some people have insider experience, somewhat sympathizing with the employers, while others have been employees who have just been used and abused over and over again. Does asking for a promotion or at least the bare minimum of respect at your job blacklist you as an employee or will it actually get you further in your career? Does climbing the corporate latter build your status or will it just kill your opportunities? Either way, reading through this subreddit will definitely have you resenting those pizza parties your boss threw you.