VP advocates for underpaid employee's 18% raise, CEO refuses and spends 3x as much money to replace him

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  A CEO stands in front of two employees, both of whom look frustrated, in an office.

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• The CEO refused to give an important employee a raise, so the employee quit. Now he wants to spend 3x to replace him.

  
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  The VP stands with his arms folded, contemplating how to defend his employee.

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• Good managers want to ensure that the people working for them feel valued, and nothing reflects that value more than a salary increase. Although this VP was trying his best to advocate for his top employee, it seems as though that advocacy was doomed from the start. 

  The CEO was too stubborn to hear any other perspective on the matter. He likely didn't even consider the fact that accepting this employee's request for a raise would have been cheaper than dealing with his departure. 

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  The CEO stands against an office cubicle in profile.

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• Bosses like this are unable to foresee these kinds of consequences. After all, what else could they have expected from this narcissistic CEO? he probably couldn't even fathom a world in which an employee would want to leave the company for a better opportunity, because in his eyes, working for him was the best opportunity in existence. Hopefully, this experience humbled the CEO a bit. That being said, I wouldn't put my money on his growth. 

  Keep scrolling below to see what members of this online community had to say about the employee's abrupt resignation.

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