Tag: bad raise

November 14, 2025 at 12:15 pm

Worker Asks Boss For A Raise And Gets Told To Look Elsewhere, So He Got A Job At Another Company And Only Sought The Raise To Bargain With At The New Employer

Office worker smiling to someone on the other side of the table

Sure, boss. You outsmarted me.

September 4, 2025 at 6:55 pm

Software Developer Was Not Given The Raise He Was Promised, So He Made Himself Irreplaceable And Then Quit, Forcing The Company To Hire Him As A Highly-Paid Contractor

IT worker at two computer screens

Looks like he got the last laugh.

October 22, 2024 at 7:21 pm

HR Refuses IT Employee’s Raise Because The Work Wasn’t “Important Enough,” So He Stops Crucial Software Maintenance And It Stops Working Properly

Source: Getty/ Kateryna Onyshchuk, Reddit/Malicious Compliance

Sometimes it’s the unsung heroes of maintenance that keep everything running.

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