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Boss Denies Agreeing to Employee's Raise Request, Employee Finds Receipts with HR

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  • my boss pulled me in for a follow up chat and out of nowhere goes "im not sure where youve got the idea that you were getting a pay rise from?"
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  • A woman, who is not the actual subject, poses in a business suit, standing sternly in front of an office building.
  • and basically told me she never agreed to one. i was floored because weve been operating for months like it was a done deal.
  • i told her she said it herself in my review back in the spring, that once i took on the extra responsibilities the bump would come through. she
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  • looked at me like id imagined the whole thing and said she didnt remember promising any specific number to anyone.
  • A representation of a frustrated male employee looking at his laptop at work.
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  • in the moment she just kept piling stuff on me all at once, questioning whether the extra work
  • whether the extra work was even ever meant to be mine, making out like id assumed my way into the whole arrangement. i
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  • got completely overwhelmed and barely defended myself, just sat there nodding like an idiot.
  • then today i went back through my inbox and found the original email, the one where hr asked
  • A depiction of a human resources team applauding two women presiding the meeting.
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  • her to confirm my new responsibilities and the agreed increase, and she replied in writing spelling out the exact figure. its right there in black and white.
  • ive decided im leaving the second i line something else up. but the question is do i show her the email.
  • part of me wants to just so she cant keep pretending, and part of me thinks shes shown me exactly who she is and its not worth my energy. she
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  • also said she meant to "sort this out months ago" but doesnt like confrontation so she let it slide. thoughts?
  • A photograph depicting a woman calculating an employee's salary at a desk full of paperwork.
  • frogmicky. ⚫ Don't forget to send a copy to your personal email.
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  • fortyeightD. Yes, send it to her. Assume that she genuinely forgot. There's no need to be dramatic and quit over this if she honors what she originally promised when she is reminded.

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