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By Stumanji - 29/12/2009 11:42 - United States

Today, I found out my reward for topping three of the four employee performance charts was a paycut. FML

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By Talvesh - 15/12/2009 11:42 - United States

Today, I had my six month employee review. My manager said that my attendance was good, and I was exceeding my targets performance wise. My reward, a five cent per hour pay cut. Apparently the rate at which I started is too high to meet their current pay scale. FML

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By Anonymous - 25/11/2020 18:02 - United States - Cody

Today, I found out I'm getting a pay cut, a week after I told my boss I need a raise or second job just to afford bills. I made the company 10k last week. FML

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By MikaPika - 07/03/2017 20:00 - Sweden - G?teborg

Today, my boss offered me a 3% "raise" with new commission targets. Consequently this "raise" would result in my income being reduced by a third. Apparently, if I can reach my current targets, they're too easy. So, as a reward for being great at my job, I get a reduced salary. FML

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By fml - 27/03/2011 01:28 - United States

Today, after 3 years at my job I received a 14% raise. I was informed I will be transitioned from hourly to salary. I will now be making $1500 LESS than I made last year. FML

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By AreYouSerious - 16/09/2018 22:00

Today, after working 85 hours in a single week, I finally got my paycheck. $500. Apparently I got a pay cut without anyone telling me. FML

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By Keisha - 10/10/2019 00:01

Today, I got a 25-cent raise at work. That would be wonderful, had they not cut 6 hours off my schedule as well. I'm now making $200 less a month than I was pre-raise. FML

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By Anonymous - 21/05/2022 14:00

Today, my manager did that thing where he gave me a performance-based bonus last month, but deducted the bonus from this months pay. He didn’t even try to hide it, it said in plain English "Amount deducted for previous performance bonus." FML

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By Anonymous - 19/11/2010 19:38 - United States

Today, after three weeks of my boss telling me how much he appreciates my hard work and has submitted my name up for a promotion, he called me into his office to announce I'm being laid off. FML

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By Underpaid - 08/05/2022 12:00 - Canada

Today, my boss complained about how his performance bonus is too small, as he expected it to be the total amount accrued rather than a percentage. He also made the decision to not give any of the employees profit sharing this year, because the company didn't beat the budgeted increase in profits. FML

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By Anonymous - 12/01/2011 05:09 - United States

Today, at the job I've had for eight years, I finally got the raise I was supposed to get a year ago. One hour later I found out the store was closing and we were all out of a job in two weeks. FML

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quinnteh 0

Tuesday 29 December 2009 23:08

Is the OP implying that his colleagues didn't get a pay cut and he was the only one who did because he performed well?

8trickster8 0

Tuesday 29 December 2009 20:37

Wait... so you're not second?

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Laeif 0

Wednesday 30 December 2009 8:04

Well, congratulations at being better than your coworkers at nearly everything. Take some solace in that. And rest assured that people such as #31 and #26 are either trolls, bad at communicating sarcasm, partially brain dead, or all of the above.

iranoutofnames 6

Wednesday 30 December 2009 8:28

corporate America for ya.

DutchCourage 0

Wednesday 30 December 2009 9:00

But at least you still have a job?

yummcookie 0

Wednesday 30 December 2009 12:30

was it the "which employee stole the most" "most lazy employee" and "employee most deserving of a paycut" charts?

shadow455 2

Wednesday 30 December 2009 15:37

get on the dole mate its the best job do u have that over in america

sexypancake 0

Tuesday 26 January 2010 8:42

The dole?

nerdytacos 3

Tuesday 3 May 2011 2:40

fyl:P sorry OP

SkoomaKi 27

Thursday 31 May 2012 21:59

Win some, lose some. Keep going.

Dpac7 19

Thursday 17 October 2013 17:58

how is that even possible?

loofa 5

Thursday 16 January 2014 3:08

Yep, happened to me today too. Time for a new job.

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