Companies that refuse to pay their employees not only lose their valuable talent but also damage their reputation.
In today’s fast-paced and cut-throat world of business, companies are often faced with tough decisions. But what happens when a company refuses to pay an employee what they’re worth? Businesses often face hard times but that doesn’t mean that they start paying less salaries to their valued employees. Employees are people and they have homes to run and so they need money. Why would someone work for lesser money when there are companies that can pay them double their old salaries?
A Reddit user shared with the Reddit community that he gave six years to a company and had different responsibilities that he fulfilled with commitment and passion. He delivered his projects on time and his projects gained better projects just because of his professionalism and on-time deliveries. After some of the successful projects, OP asked for a raise that the company promised him but they refused to give him a raise, instead, they told him that it is a great learning experience for him. OP was angry and he decided to leave. He got a better job with a better salary and immediately resigned which cost the company a $3M loss. Scroll down for the complete story.
OP is a young project manager and he was raised to believe that if you work hard, you will be successful.
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OP worked hard and learned everything in the construction industry. He was promoted to foreman due to his brilliant work.
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OP was given a small project and the board of directors for the HOA told him that they liked his work ethic, professionalism and ability to complete projects on time.
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The company won a big contract due to that small project and then OP took over the job of a foreman, superintendent and project manager.
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OP manages all these things in the company:
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The project passed $2.7M and they got another request for a %3M job. The board of directors appreciated OP for his quality of work.
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OP went to the owners and asked for a raise that they promise him but they ignored OP’s request by saying that the experience he is getting is more valuable.
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OP put his resume on public and accepted an offer of $80k/year salary.
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The company OP has been working with only pays him $40k and no incentives. They didn’t even give him a Christmas bonus.
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OP told the HOA Board President that he is leaving the company because they couldn’t match his offer.
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The Board President was shocked and was concerned about moving forward with the company without OP.
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The company had no one to replace OP with.
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People thought OP was lying but he wasn’t.
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OP was engaged to one of the owner’s daughters so he used the family excuse to keep OP underpaid.
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OP’s soon-to-be father-in-law had control over his salary.
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OP used to get $33k a year after taxes.
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OP’s fiancé is the one who encouraged him to leave and OP is happy about his new job.
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OP’s going away party took him to a place where they talked about everything heart to heart.
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OP is happy about whatever happened.
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OP landed a great job and he is happy with his life. Scroll down below to see what the Redditors have to say about this story.
OP’s new salary is still not high enough for what he is doing.
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“The experience you’re gaining is far more valuable”
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OP should publicly thank the person that told him that the experience he is getting is more valuable.
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OP should post a following post showing how the owners threw a fit after losing a $3M contract.
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So, what’s the lesson here? Well, it’s pretty simple. If you want to succeed in business, you need to treat your employees with respect and pay them what they’re worth. Because if you don’t, you could end up like this company, gambling away millions of dollars and ultimately failing.
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“My cat is so cute.”
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