‘The GM did say he didn’t care how I did my job’: Denied A Raise, Hotel Employee Transforms Job Into One-Click Automation

You know you’re underpaid when the dollar menu feels like a splurge. Here’s a delicious r/MaliciousCompliance tale about a guy whose boss still thinks $10 an hour is the jackpot.

While most are clocking in to catch up with inflation, this employee’s boss is stuck in a time capsule—making Scrooge look generous. But hey, every dark cloud has a silver lining.

Instead of a raise, this employee got to level up in video games, binge-watch cinema classics, and say ‘Bonjour’ in a new language—all while on the clock.


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Nate writes for Pleated-Jeans and enjoys finding the internet’s funniest corners so you don’t have to.