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(Rant sorry) Apparently I’m still mad about my former boss lying…

The Cliffnotes of the situation is I filed for unemployment after being fired from a toxic job I should’ve quit months prior, got the unemployment, boss appealed the decision, the DOL decided second time around that I was rightfully awarded unemployment benefits. During the hearing my boss lied up and down and it was evident, including saying I quit during the hearing despite saying I was terminated in his original interview. Anyway the the thing that is really getting under my skin is that he said during the hearing that I was “demanding raises” when in fact they offered me a promotion to manager that I turned down several times and when I finally did accept it we had a discussion in which we agreed on a raise schedule that was a compromise between what I was asking for and what he felt he could accommodate during the period of…


The Cliffnotes of the situation is I filed for unemployment after being fired from a toxic job I should’ve quit months prior, got the unemployment, boss appealed the decision, the DOL decided second time around that I was rightfully awarded unemployment benefits. During the hearing my boss lied up and down and it was evident, including saying I quit during the hearing despite saying I was terminated in his original interview. Anyway the the thing that is really getting under my skin is that he said during the hearing that I was “demanding raises” when in fact they offered me a promotion to manager that I turned down several times and when I finally did accept it we had a discussion in which we agreed on a raise schedule that was a compromise between what I was asking for and what he felt he could accommodate during the period of growth the business was undergoing. I didn’t bring up raises ever outside of that conversation and I accepted $2/hr less than what I asked for. Idk it’s just bugging me. Good riddance.

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