Viral Thread: Employee Seeking Raise to Go With Their Promotion is Immediately Terminated

An employee posted a thread two days ago stating that they had been "promoted" but the associated raise was being withheld. In that initial thread, commenters encouraged them to stand up for themselves since they were essentially getting a pay cut (more responsibility same pay.) The employee took that route and asked about the raise, telling their boss that they were "extremely uncomfortable" with the situation. Nothing was said at work that day, but they were sent an email late last night after they had gone to bed stating that they had been terminated. 

The threads were posted to Reddit's r/antiwork subreddit. A subreddit where workers share stories about the social issues associated with being a part of the workforce. The initial thread had been titled "I was "promoted" but they're withholding my raise." while the follow up was posted two days later with the title "Update: fired for asking about the raise associated with my promotion"

Commenters are irate and have been putting the company responsible on blast. Multiple comments have advised the poster to apply for unemployment and submit a Glass Door review.

Read on for the full story below. The initial post is first with the update starting on item 5. 

This Creepy Story is Going Viral On Twitter Weeks After It Was First Posted Online

The writers of r/nosleep are determined to torture your dreams. The subreddit describes itself as "A place for Redditors to share their scary personal experiences." What that really means is that it's a constant source of fresh and original horrors that will become creepypastas of the future. For the uninitiated as to what a "creepypasta" is, Know Your Meme's entry describes them as the following:

"Creepypasta is a popular subgenre of copypasta which consists of short horror fictions and urban legends mainly distributed through word of mouth via online message boards or e-mail."

Some of the stories on r/nosleep are real experiences, some are incredible, and some are incredulous. Which one you are reading can often be indeterminate until well into the story which only heightens the spooky effect. 

This story was originally posted by Redditor u/writing-with-l in a post titled "My missing husband came home, but I just know it isn't him." The post did very well for the subreddit earning just shy of ten thousand upvotes. 

Over three weeks later, on April 11, the story was posted to Twitter by @_Annikus_ where it, as of the writing of this post, has gone absolutely wild. The Tweet has received 32.8k retweets, 14.6k quotes, and 147k likes. 

Scroll on to read the story for yourself below.

 

Bicycle Parking Thief Gets The Gift Of His Bike Locked Up

OP had the problem of some stranger who really liked to park in their private bike parking, thus forcing them into a "cycle" of aggravation and inconvenience. After more than enough polite note-leaving and impolite responses, it became clear that a new strategy was in order. OP decided that if this person was going to repeatedly steal their bike parking spot, then they must want their bike to be really safe. So OP went and did the right thing and locked this malicious stranger's bike up. It's only fair.

As it turns out this person didn't take too kindly to OP's kind gesture. Too bad they couldn't exactly do anything about it. It looks like OP wanted to squeeze a few more days of "bike safety" out of this interloper, just as a fun little bonus.

For another episode of parking drama, here's the entitled guy who tried bullying a disabled woman out of a parking lot, so she showed him the stump.

Painfully Relatable Things That Feel Illegal To Do But Aren't

We try to live in a way that won't get us thrown in jail. But at the same time, there are certain things that we feel forced to do based on convention, even with no real legal repercussions. There are tons of them. Small moments where we get the sense that we might be slightly out-of-line, even if we're just living our lives in a way that inconveniences no one. "Uh oh, I hope no one thinks I'm a monster" we say to ourselves, slightly pushing someone's full, unattended cart out of the way at the grocery store. "Dear god, they're on to me," we think, sitting at a red light next to a police car, doing absolutely nothing wrong.

There are a weird amount of these moments where we feel like we're probably doing something wrong even when we're totally fine. But then, there are also moments where we find ourselves doing something and then thinking "wait, that's illegal." It's a strange life to lead.

Sales Rep Reprimanded and Told Not to Worry About Small Contracts, Decision Costs the Company $8 Million

This is one of those "be careful what you wish for" moments that show how important it is to listen to the people under you. Especially when those people are responsible for safeguarding your company's commitments to clients. Yet, whenever there is restructuring and layoffs, teams like this find themselves with less manpower and an ever-increasing workload. 

When Reddit user u/infinitiumvortex found themselves in this situation, they were reprimanded for how fastidious they were in their work and told they needed to ignore their smaller contracts and deal with them as swiftly as possible to ensure greater efficiency. But, as often is the case, the shortsighted management team didn't look at how quickly a small contract could cost them. The manager blindly expanding an existing small contract on a handshake deal would land the company in some seriously hot water.

This story was posted on Reddit's r/ProRevenge subreddit by u/infinitiumvortex who tells the story of how their "malicious compliance" caused this revenge to come to be. 

 

 

Arborist Gets Angry Squirrel Stuck to His Leg, Hilariously Doesn't Know What to Do

"He won't let go cause of fear the squirrel running up on him... Squirrel won't let go cause of fear of being thrown... It's a stalemate!"

Insane Boss Goes Ballistic on Employee Over Text When They Stand Up For Themselves and Quit

When a social media manager was physically threatened by another employee for their handling of the accounts, they walked out with their coworker and quit. Their "now-former boss, Kevin," was so upset over his loss of control over the employees that he sent a barrage of horrific and unprofessional messages targeted at one of the workers.

This story was posted on Reddit's r/antiwork subreddit by u/DragonsOverNYC. The subreddit handles various social issues workers face, general mistreatment at work, and workers' rights. It's extremely common for stories where people have walked out on the job due to abuse to surface. Even still, this is undoubtedly one of the worst text exchanges we've seen from an employer posted to the sub.

Commenters were shocked by the messages and voiced their support for the posting user. 

"It's like taking candy from a man child," Redditor THCisMyLife responded. While another user, Superb-Obligation858, quipped, "Did you walk out of a job or whip his ass in Halo?"
 

Others were quick to point out how fascinated the ex-boss is with the f- word. "Who the f--k thinks it's f--king professional nevermind ap-f--king-propriate to litter your f--cking communications with the f word? What a hyped up manb*tch." responded AbidingDudeAsWell.

 

 

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