Manager corners employee into accepting a 3% raise by inviting senior director into their meeting without disclosing it to employee: ‘I was caught off guard’ – FAIL Blog

Whether or not this employee got the promotion they were after feels irrelevant by this point. They simply feel cheated by their manager, which is never a good thing to experience in the workplace. They wanted to have an honest conversation with their manager about their future, and instead, they found themselves pleading their case to the director, without any preparation or a heads-up.