Times are tough, so when this man was offered a promotion with better pay and more work, he was excited to accept. The only problem was that it required him to move 2,000 miles away. They wanted him to start his job just a few weeks from offering it to him, but with a huge move and life change like that, he convinced them to give him a couple of months. They agreed and he started making the arrangements. He cancelled his apartment lease, he sold most of his furniture, he even got a storage space near his new home so he could take his time moving in. He also found a temporary place for the first month he is in the new city so he could take his time finding the apartment for him to fully move into. 

Low and behold, the company he trusted to help him with this big transition in his life, dropped him like a sack of potatoes. They cancelled the job and already eliminated his old one. So what now? He is out thousands of dollars, he doesn't have furniture, he's basically about to be homeless, and now he might not even have a job. And they say they treat their employees "like family." Ha! 

Balancing being a student and a part-time worker is not for the faint of heart.

It takes an incredible amount of drive and follow-through to be able to navigate fulfilling one's responsibilities both professionally and academically. Those who have never found themselves in positions like this should not only be grateful, but they should also extend respect and grace for those who do have pick up shifts in order to afford tuition. 

One aspect of being a student worker that far too many people ignore is the fact that on top of dealing with managing all the tasks and responsibilities, these young employees also often have to deal with managers and supervisors who think they can walk all over them. Sure, when a student signs an employment contract, they are then committing themselves to the terms and conditions of their job. However, the employer is also responsible for respecting the student's schedule and predicament.

This student worked several shifts a week making deliveries for a printing shop. Not only was his manager disrespectful of his schedule, but he also had the audacity to underpay the student repeatedly. Now, the student acknowledges that he didn't stand up for himself at first, but who can blame him? This was one of his first jobs. He might not have known just how much leverage he had. However, when he did finally confront his manager, he made sure that he would be leaving his boss scrambling…

This employee thinks he's come up with the perfect way to get some money from a company: just invoice them with the silliest evidence ever. 

Invoices are based on trust, after all. They're usually used for contract jobs or freelance work, and unlike salaried or hourly gigs, the work is completed before the payment is arranged. For salary and hourly jobs, that paycheck shows up every 2 weeks like clockwork. But invoicing requires the contractor to send over emails and receipts in order to be reimbursed and paid, which can get tricky if there are disagreements. Like, the contractor might've quoted their employer $30k for a job, but then things happen (overtime, delays, you know the deal) and wind up invoicing $45k instead. Naturally, the employer isn't going to be happy about that, but after a few back-and-forth email exchanges, that contractor will get paid. It's a contract, so… what else can the employer do? 

However, this person shared that some guy emailed them that he was owed $37k in the funniest way possible. It looks like bro calculated this arbitrary amount on his computer, took a picture of that with his phone, then emailed that whole thing as "proof." Uh, ok pal, whatever you say…

The story only gets funnier after this person replied though, and you can check out the full tale down below.