Optometrist gives employee 30¢ raise on top of their breadcrumbs salary: 'Here is your $2.40 per day, pre-tax raise. Don't spend it all in one place'

They always say, "It's the thought that counts." You hear this after you get or give a gift that wasn't particularly good. Maybe you didn't need it, maybe you didn't want it, or maybe it was generally kind of… bad. But you calm yourself down by thinking, "It's the thought that counts." All that matters is the gesture, no matter how empty it might end up being. This is generally true in certain situations. Maybe your dad isn't the best gift-giver, but he does it anyway, and you really appreciate it. Maybe your mom has everything under the sun, so you give her a robe even though she has so many already. But she's grateful that you thought of her.

Sure, we could put a little more effort into each other in general, but we also have to recognize effort. But this doesn't apply everywhere. Sometimes a gesture is absolutely not enough. Sometimes you need material gain, or else you will feel devalued. Your job is one of those kinds of places. Empty gestures go almost nowhere in the workplace. Money talks.

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That's why one worker was so upset when she got a notification of a raise. Usually raises are a wonderful thing, but not in this situation. No, in this one, it would almost have been better to give nothing at all. Read on to see what happened in this story.
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I got a 30 cent raise

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