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Tuesday, November 25, 2025

Employee gets 'bad attitude' warning after asking why their paycheck was a week late - good.is

The modern concept of work is fairly simple. At a job, you do the duties listed and are paid for those duties within an agreed upon time frame. That’s the exchange. If something is off within that agreement, it’s fair for either party to ask the other questions why there is an issue. However, a viral Reddit thread featuring a worker getting reprimanded by their manager over a late paycheck has people wondering where the disconnect is.

In the thread, the original poster discussed about how his paycheck was late by almost a full week. Thinking that there was just a delay, they calmly asked their manager, “Hey, I haven’t been paid yet, do you know when it’ll go through?” The manager apparently gave them a look and said, “You don’t have to come at me with that kind of tone.” Hours later, the worker was called into the office and given a formal warning due to “unprofessional attitude toward management” for politely yet directly asking when to expect their payment. The paycheck appeared two days after the supposed “incident” with no apology or acknowledgment that it was late.

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While this situation cannot be verified as actually happening, that didn’t stop commenters from sharing their feelings about the scenario:

“Think about lending someone money who's a delinquent. Every time you ask about it, they get offended. In fact, if they ever do respond to you, or...



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