Employee requests $10k raise in line with colleagues, gets reprimanded by HR for finishing work early instead: 'I'm working Sunday at 10 PM'

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• In this story, a woman in a competitive field was left frustrated when her repeated requests to receive a raise were ignored by her company. She felt like she was a high performer, and she deserved to earn as much money as her higher-paid colleagues—not least because she had to provide for her family.

  She was surprised to find the HR department respond by asking her to attend a meeting about leaving work early for the past two months. She believed that this was untrue and declined their meeting request. She had her suspicions that she was going to be put on a performance improvement plan, and she wanted advice on how to proceed.

• Pulled into a HR meeting due to performance issues after asking for a pay rise.

  

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