• orca@orcas.enjoying.yachts
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    5 months ago

    I took a job once for slightly less than I wanted because the job was really interesting to me. The agreement I got in writing though was that after 6 months, they would bring me up to where I wanted to be.

    6 months arrives and they tell me they can’t pay me more because then it would put me above people I worked alongside with that had been there longer. I was told this despite it being a signed deal, so I essentially got bait-and-switched.

    I left for another job a little while after that.

    That job laid me off after 6 months with a handful of other people. I woke up to a locked computer. To make matters worse, a friend that still works there told me they offered absolutely nothing for the holidays due to finances (they didn’t even send out gifts like they usually do). 🤦

    Finally got back on my feet with something stable that pays really well. I even received an 8% bonus for the holidays.

    • dreugeworst@lemmy.ml
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      5 months ago

      If you had it signed on paper, couldn’t you have sued them easily? Like, I get that you might not want to, but it seems a really risky move by the company