Employee tells coworkers how much his raise was, despite manager asking them to keep it private: ‘[Colleague] is making $14000 less than I am’ – FAIL Blog

The manager decides to unleash their own demons on the employee and falsely accuses them of creating a toxic workplace because they know they can’t request employee confidentiality like this, at least without a written agreement. But, even then, the likelihood of any state or country backing up crooked practices like this is low.

In this situation, what’s the right way to proceed? The cat’s out of the bag, the manager has it out for the employee, and the employee has a lot more money with a lot less peace. Is this the cost of being honest and true?