promotion

Manager blocks employee from getting a promotion, driving them to quit their job, years later same manager applies to a position in employee's new company: ‘I got her interview canceled’

Bar Mor Hazut

Employee pleasantly surprised after she thinks she's getting fired but actually gets promoted, sparks others to share similarly misjudged meetings: ‘[I] got a $5K bonus instead!’

Elna McHilderson

27-year-old woman walks out of dinner with friends after boyfriend mocks her promotion, he refuses to apologize: ‘Why do you take everything so personally?’

Bar Mor Hazut

Company rewards employee after they spend a weekend cleaning out the office supply closet and reorganizing it: ‘You improved productivity more than the two software systems we paid for’

Bar Mor Hazut

26-year-old woman gets offered major promotion that requires a move to different state, fiancé refuses to come with her, she reconsiders the relationship: ‘I don’t feel very supported’

Bar Mor Hazut

7-year relationship on the line 6 months before wedding when 28-year-old man refuses to move states for girlfriend's promotion that would double her salary: "It's the kind of opportunity that doesn't come around often"

Ely Bulnes

‘Since when am I the HR fairy?’: Entitled coworker accuses colleague of stealing her promotion, despite failing to apply for the role to begin with

Lana DeGaetano

Man celebrates earning his degree with a family party, but his 27-year-old cousin thinks her work promotion from 3 months ago means they should split the celebration: 'She threw a tantrum'

Isabella Penn

Employee's malicious compliance backfires and turns into malicious acceptance, now he's being praised for turning 30 minutes of work into 2 hours: ‘Like bro, what do I even do?'

Elna McHilderson

24-year-old woman gets promotion, doubling salary, 27-year-old boyfriend lashes out in public due to jealousy: '[I won't] downplay my success to make my boyfriend feel better about himself

Ben Weiss

Boss keeps calling employee by the wrong name, even giving a promotion to this nonexistent person: '[HR] had to inform my boss that such a person doesn’t exist'

Ben Weiss

Part-time employee promoted to full-time only gets half of new paycheck, takes back his hours: ‘I’m sure the pile of broken gear will still be there waiting for me.’

Elna McHilderson

Hardworking employee receives lower bonus than employee they hired and trained, proving 2.5 years of labor means absolutely nothing: ‘I’m just extremely disappointed’

Lana DeGaetano

Employee suspects coworker blocked them on corporate chat software because they were promoted to a better role: ‘[We] have never really gotten along’

Lana DeGaetano

Manager denies employee promotion after taking credit for their work, faces fallout after employee stops completing managerial duties: 'Things went south quicker than I could have imagined'

Ally Perry

Woman protects her career by getting coworker fired for deliberately sabotaging her promotion, office split because the coworker’s a single mom of 3: 'Being a single mother does not give you a free pass'

Isabella Penn