I had a boss who used to tell me “my job is to get the most out of you for the least amount of money”
I used to tell him “you’re paying me $12 hr, you get $12 hr of work out of me.”
When corporate doubled our workload and refused to let us hire more people he started getting up our asses about working harder, because the workload was piling up. I said “well, if the work doesn’t get done you and the other manager have to answer for it, not me, I’m still leaving at 5, figure it out.” My coworker and I were supposed to be doing the work that 5 people were doing at another location, and my coworker stood in solidarity with my open rebellion.
My boss had to do his job plus help me and my coworker with ours to keep corporate off his back :)
That’s nice. Corporate told us we’d need to do overtime every week to justify them employing another person. Our department leader told us to please do it. I just continue to do my contract hours and silently judge them for working too much, knowing their family isn’t happy about it. Instead of unionising and pushing for raises and shorter work hours, they’re letting the company treat them like slaves. I guess they all enjoy wasting their single life kissing the boot?
I had a boss who used to tell me “my job is to get the most out of you for the least amount of money”
I used to tell him “you’re paying me $12 hr, you get $12 hr of work out of me.”
When corporate doubled our workload and refused to let us hire more people he started getting up our asses about working harder, because the workload was piling up. I said “well, if the work doesn’t get done you and the other manager have to answer for it, not me, I’m still leaving at 5, figure it out.” My coworker and I were supposed to be doing the work that 5 people were doing at another location, and my coworker stood in solidarity with my open rebellion.
My boss had to do his job plus help me and my coworker with ours to keep corporate off his back :)
That’s nice. Corporate told us we’d need to do overtime every week to justify them employing another person. Our department leader told us to please do it. I just continue to do my contract hours and silently judge them for working too much, knowing their family isn’t happy about it. Instead of unionising and pushing for raises and shorter work hours, they’re letting the company treat them like slaves. I guess they all enjoy wasting their single life kissing the boot?
Most people will avoid confrontation no matter what.