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“My Boss Was Taken Aback And Seemed Completely Unprepared For This Response”: Employee Quits After Boss Tells Him She’s Lowering His Salary
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“My Boss Was Taken Aback And Seemed Completely Unprepared For This Response”: Employee Quits After Boss Tells Him She’s Lowering His Salary

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Refusing a pay cut can be a tough choice when the likely alternative may be the employer looking to reduce headcount due to redundancy. Especially when there’s a lot of uncertainty looming over the economy.

However, criminal defense investigator and Reddit user ElevenCharles still found the courage to do so and took things even further — he quit. In a post on the subreddit r/antiwork, he also described the way his butthurt boss tried to take revenge on him but destroyed her reputation (and probably her business) instead.

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    This criminal defense investigator was already being underpaid so when his boss told him he has to take a pay cut, the man simply quit

    Image credits: LightFieldStudios (not the actual photo)

    But that didn’t sit well with the superior

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    Image credits: insidecreativehouse (not the actual photo)

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    Image credits: elevencharles

    Image credits: stevanovicigor (not the actual photo)

    It’s often hard to know what the best course of action is in this type of situation. According to business and finance expert Andrew Moran, every jurisdiction maintains its own set of labor laws, including the process of notifying workers about any change in the structure of their remuneration.

    “Some places require your employer to give one day’s notice, while other areas around the world mandate that companies extend at least one week. It is vital to check with your local labor laws and determine if you were given an appropriate amount of time at work,” Moran wrote.

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    By law, private enterprises are required to reduce salaries in an equitable manner, meaning they are prohibited from targeting workers based on their race, age, sexual orientation, or religion. These are all aspects that are a protected class under discrimination statutes. Moreover, employers are barred from slashing wages or salaries that might conflict with public policy. For example, an employee can’t be terminated, see their hours cut or their pay reduced for jury duty, whistle-blowing, serving in the National Guard, or voting.

    So while a lot depends on the particulars, given the hand ElevenCharles had been dealt, it sounds like he played it beautifully.

    Image credits: Nick Pampoukidis (not the actual photo)

    But even Americans who received higher paychecks in 2022 than the year before are seeing their dollars buy less due to rising inflation, making the increase seem more like a pay cut,

    According to data from the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, more than half (53%) of workers saw wage growth in 2022 that was less than the rate of inflation. As a result, these workers saw a median decline in inflation-adjusted wage growth of 8.6% in the second quarter of 2022 compared to the same time last year.

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    “Taken together, these outcomes appear to be the most severe faced by employed workers over the past 25 years,” the Dallas Fed said.

    As the story went viral, the original poster (OP) provided more info on the whole ordeal

    And people had some strong reactions to it

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    Some even shared similar stories of their own

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    Samuel Pelatan
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm just amazed it's even legal to tell an employee "hey BTW, we will pay you less, starting now".

    Honu
    Community Member
    1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In the US, absent a contract, it usually is legal. Just as it is usually legal to fire someone without notice. It can, however, be ruled as "constructive dismissal" so the employee is likely to be eligible to receive unemployment insurance benefit if they quit. Usually, US employees are not eligible for these benefits if they quit, but this can be overruled in instances where the employer does something that effectively makes them quit, like lowering the pay significantly. It seems unlikely that will affect OP as he will be freelancing and seems to already have clients lined up.

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    𝖊𝖆
    Community Member
    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Best part of the whole article is the final part - “fücknugget” might be my new favourite insult!

    Jan Dunn
    Community Member
    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You can say "fucknugget" but I can't say "r******d"? I think the secret is in the quotes maybe.

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    Michael Largey
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Here's what the boss basically said, "Hey, I'm having a financial shortfall. So I'm transferring that shortfall over to you. Have a nice day."

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    Samuel Pelatan
    Community Member
    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm just amazed it's even legal to tell an employee "hey BTW, we will pay you less, starting now".

    Honu
    Community Member
    1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In the US, absent a contract, it usually is legal. Just as it is usually legal to fire someone without notice. It can, however, be ruled as "constructive dismissal" so the employee is likely to be eligible to receive unemployment insurance benefit if they quit. Usually, US employees are not eligible for these benefits if they quit, but this can be overruled in instances where the employer does something that effectively makes them quit, like lowering the pay significantly. It seems unlikely that will affect OP as he will be freelancing and seems to already have clients lined up.

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    𝖊𝖆
    Community Member
    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Best part of the whole article is the final part - “fücknugget” might be my new favourite insult!

    Jan Dunn
    Community Member
    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You can say "fucknugget" but I can't say "r******d"? I think the secret is in the quotes maybe.

    Load More Replies...
    Michael Largey
    Community Member
    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Here's what the boss basically said, "Hey, I'm having a financial shortfall. So I'm transferring that shortfall over to you. Have a nice day."

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