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Originally Posted by duncan_idaho
Personal example:
In the early 10s, I was working for a huge company (top 10 Fortune company, and the division I worked for would have been in the Fortune 100 if it was its own entity). I worked from home, and worked a LOT. Like 55-60 hours a week a lot. I was the star performer on my team, received the top available review rating 5 years in a row... and my efforts were rewarded with "top of raise band" raises of 2.5-3%, and one year, a Christmas Bonus of... an Origami Christmas Ornament made from company cardstock.
I have shifted over time... some of those production hours now go to my family. Some more of them go into volunteering on the board of a local professional association I belong to.
I don't think that's uncommon or unhealthy.
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I had similar bullshit at a job and only lasted a couple years. Traveled all the time and made bank on per diem, but they started nickel and diming it and taking away other perks of travel. Worked ~50-60 hours/week.... we were contracted out for of course far more than we made which is here nor there, but then they'd do these company presentations bragging about how they were raising their rates by like $100/hr, while we got 2-3% raises per year (and in my second year, my manager had to do me a favor by changing my title because those were the only people getting raises that year).
Completely tone deaf company, all about their stock price while flaunting that fact to their employees and continuously giving them less and less incentive to work hard.