I Was Fired for Asking for a Raise |
I thought I was in that safe-zone of my job, that sweet spot where you're not in danger of being "let go." It's like when you're in a relationship and you know that a fight, big or small, is not going to be the end of it - you work on it, talk it over, forgive, forget and move on. So, naturally, when I gave my boss a summarized letter of my responsibilities and loyalty to the company - I was the Office Manager of a small real estate firm - I figured it would be just like anything else: I would ask for a well-deserved raise, my boss would consider it and get back to me with an offer. We would go about business as usual. Everything was supposed to be fine. Everything was not fine...
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