Good Guy Employer Gives Unexpected Raises to Match Salaries of New Hires, Internet Applauds

This story has been trending online in various forums and social platforms. It has been shared as screenshots of a feel-good story where an unknown user shares their tale of the time they were offered a raise by a benevolent employer to match their salary to new hires.

This particular thread was posted to Reddit's r/antiwork subreddit by Redditor u/woja111.  This popular sub often deals with employment issues, workplace stories, and the social issues surrounding the current employment market and climate. 

The topic was posted with the title "Wage matching should be the norm." It contains screenshots of a viral LinkedIn post that had 132k reactions and 1585 comments when it was screen-shotted. We can probably count, on one hand, the social content we have shared that originated from LinkedIn's platform, but there are always surprises on the internet. 

Workers have been applauding this employer's actions and reaffirming the thread's titular statement that this "should be the norm." Commenters have shared their own stories, celebrating employers who have done the same thing and blasting employers who have managed to achieve the exact opposite.

Scroll on for the screenshots and reactions below. 

 

Karen Sends Passive Aggressive Note to Neighbor Demanding Removal of Skeleton Decorations, Prompts the Rest of the Neighborhood to Request More Skeletons

Nobody messes with Jon Bone Jovi. 

"Disney Adult" Bride Kicks Her Friend Out of Wedding Party Because She Can't Afford a Trip to Disneyland

This bride removed her friend from her bridal party and even blocked her number after the two had a falling out over the friend's inability to pay for a trip to Disneyland. Now the bride is wondering if she was out of line.

The thread was posted to Reddit's r/AITA (Am I the A-Hole) subreddit by the bride, Redditor u/thatswhathappenedyou. She is wondering if she was in the wrong for kicking her friend out of her bridal party.

The majority of commenters felt that the poster was in the wrong for their expectations and ensuing actions that led to the fallout. 

"YTA For thinking your friends should pay to go on a trip to Disneyland because you're getting married," replied penguin_squeak.

AidCookKnow offered an alternative take "NTA - I feel like all the Y T A people are glossing over the fact that the friend wasn't REQUIRED to go to Disney. OP told her it was fine if she didn't go. I feel like both parties overreacted though, once it became a problem."

Keep scrolling to see the thread and responses below. 

Karen Assumes Random Guy is the Restaurant's Manager, Gets Served

This college student found himself in a Karen's crosshairs when she mistook him for the restaurant's manager. When she insisted, he decided to play her game and have a little fun with it.

The story was posted to Reddit's r/idontworkherelady subreddit by u/Raptor-2020. This subreddit is a have for stories where innocent bystanders and other customers have been mistaken by someone who assumes that they are an employee. This often paves the way for some great stories about Karens and Kevins and gives people in the service industry a great source of entertainment. 

Comments were mixed on this story with multiple people calling out the story for its contrived plot points. We found one especially harsh comment that was posted within an hour of the story going live. 

"I stopped reading after the setup and skipped to the end." replied AcEcolton32. "'Feel free to use this on YouTube.' Nice try with trying out your writing chops but they're shit. If you wanted to write a good fake idwhl story that's actually believable, don't make it read like a book, like you know every single detail of what happened with no doubt at all. Making yourself look like an amazing badass intellectual, pinning this fantasy version of yourself against some vile redneck family. And in the end of course you used your superior intellect and wit to, and I quote, "defeat" a Karen. It was all so generic and cringe inducing to read. I just imagine your classic obese reddit neck beard getting out of breath as he types this, jerking himself off to the idea that they're some kind of hero in this fiction they've created.

Looks like you even bought some upvotes and comments for this trash-ass post. Hope this all turns out to be a huge waste of time and money for you, because it certainly wasted my time."

Keep scrolling to see this long read and decide for yourself what you think.