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Act your wage.
Brush up your CV. List your accomplishments you have made a good start here.
Yep. That’s a story that so many people, including myself, have in common.
Companies will absolutely take advantage of hard chargers, people who will do anything to make money and not lose their jobs.
What ends up happening is those people become so good at what they do, they end up sabotaging any future chances with the same company, you literally work yourself stuck into the same role. That’s what companies want. This is a general summery of the issue and there’s more to it but it’s difficult for me to explain the nuances.
This is why it’s a good idea to continue keeping and updating resumes and practice interview skills, there’s always another and better job out there. Just gotta find it and go after it.
I’m curious. What do you honestly honestly believe would happen it you just said, “oh I’m sorry I’m not available to work that weekend.”
Companies are super blind to the fact that it would cost them LESS to pay their workers a GOOD/FAIR salary and give them the raises and promotions, than it would be if they had to replace the person. The cost to the company of waiting 2 months for someone to be hired, the full training process to teach them everything you know (if that’s even possible). Freshen up your resume and apply elsewhere. You’re too good for your current company.
I used to put in 100+ hours a week and almost sacrificed my education for my job. They still had no problem laying me off when the company profits went down a few million. They aren’t your friends.
They’re never going to give it to you now because there’s no reason they have to. You keep doing everything for cheaper for them. You need to find a new job.
Looks like you have built more than enough credibility to be more aggressive in your asks, and also seems to me that your company is going to have a major problem if you quit.
Maybe start exploring opportunities outside and (subtly) threaten your existing company.
Why feed the reliable workhorse when the shiny new race horse is where the eyes are all looking.
Hard work just equals more hard work.
Walk
Good worker = good slave
Do the bare minimum and go home
Good post! It is a similar dynamic when you put effort in your studies and graduate College. After graduation, you realize that you could get almost all of the same jobs with a High School Degree.
It’s time to get out of there. It’s not going to change. They know you’re “Good for it” and they’re going to keep expecting it for pennies forever. Find somewhere else that values you.
Get out while you’re just down money, and not down money with a mental breakdown
You screwed yourself bro
Why did you continue to be a doormat? Your hard work not rewarded so you worked harder?
Doing the same thing repeatedly without reward is insane. Find a job. Leave with no notice. The end
I worked my hardest for 3 years, did extra work, even took extra leadership training off the clock from my boss, just for her to post a leadership position with a certification I didn’t have. We had talked about me getting that position. I left less than a month later.
Now, I still work hard, but not so hard that I make myself sick.
My dad gave everything to the company, just like you. Got in early. Stayed late. Volunteered when they needed anything. He never complained, always had high performance, and never even thought about leaving for another job. Made them a lot of money over the years.
They fired his ass 3 years before he was supposed to retire. Replaced him with a younger (and cheaper) recent college grad. He couldn’t find another position for those last few years because nobody wanted to hire an old guy who would just be retiring in a few years. Ended up having enough in his 401k to get by but got screwed by Social Security for retiring early.
The company isn’t your friend. You may think you’re loyal to them, but *they aren’t loyal to you*. Never give them more than you’re getting in return.
I had this exact situation happen to me some months ago. I said fuck it and have not cooperated nor have I done any overtime ever since and I’m making moves to report them on a lot of shitty practices before I move on from that job.
2 Things.
1) If your training people, you never want to train them so well that you train your own replacement. The goal is to make yourself irreplaceable.
2) You might need to ask them how much is company loyalty worth to them? You should have put out some feelers so you could have bluffed/not bluffed that you’ve been getting offers at a higher wages. So how much is loyalty to their company worth? You’ve worked hard, you’ve showed them loyalty… It’s time that they showed you some loyalty.
Find a new job?