HR Plays Hardball And Refuses Raise To An Employee After The Whole Department Quits, Gets In More Trouble

• By Malaika
• December 25, 2023
• 4 minutes read

Employees are not always supported by HR.

When you think of HR, you think of a department that is primarily concerned with employees and their problems. That is, at least, how it is supposed to work in theory. However, most of the time, HR is only there to ensure that the company is not sued for anything. They are also present to keep employees in line. Essentially, their first priority is the company and how to make more money for it, even if it means jeopardising an employee’s well-being. You may think I’m exaggerating, but we’ve all heard many stories where this is sadly true. This particular story is no exception.

It simply demonstrates what happens when HR is given too much power. So, if the head of HR is a power-hungry individual, they will do everything in their power to screw over everyone else. After all, employees can all be replaced, right? That may be true in many cases, but such thinking can land you in hot water before you know it. Like how this Reddit user kept asking for a raise, knowing that they clearly deserved it, but the HR department refused to budge on their case. Not only that, but they treated everyone horribly, leading to a large number of employees wanting to leave the company. The company was clearly taken aback because they were not prepared for it.

You can read the entire story by scrolling down below.

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As you can tell by the title, HR is the department this story revolves around.

And it is clearly going to be a long story.

From the looks of it, he tried to get a raise but was denied every time.

His face was also constantly being rubbed with other people’s pay.

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Things only got worse after he got a better job opportunity.

He apparently heard about this and did everything to put a wrench in things.

The head of the HR clearly had it out for everyone.

The job that he was supposed to get was given to someone else.

They didn’t try to appease him either.

However, things soon started backfiring.

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As people started to call their bluff and quit in droves.

This is when he was called in for damage control.

He still wasn’t able to get a raise.

This was enough for him and they had crossed a line.

And thus he decided to quit as well.

A lot of other people started quitting as well.

If you treat human beings like garbage, they will bite back.

This was actually easy enough to follow.

And he leaves us with a short summary of all the things that happened.

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I’m not surprised that so many people quit their jobs all at once. I also don’t understand what the human resources department expected to gain by constantly lying and manipulating. Was it something they had against the poster of this story in general? What was the harm in letting him work in another department? A job, mind you, that was tailor-made for him. HR clearly wanted to flex its power and went above and beyond. Even at the end, when the OP gave them another chance, they blew it. I hope they learned their lesson, but I doubt it.

People in the comments also had similar stories to share.

Whoever did that clearly messed up.

Their forsightedness is garbage.

What are your thoughts on this conundrum? Do you think that the OP should have quit sooner? Have you ever been in a situation like this before? If that’s the case, was HR on your side, or were they the ones pulling the strings? Please let us know in the comments section below. Don’t forget to share this story with your friends so they can share their own experiences as well.