Years ago someone gave me advice along the lines of “your company doesn’t give a fuck about you so you have to look out for yourself”. It has helped me a ton so I wanted to share it with you all

Pretty straightforward. Your company would replace you at the drop of a hat, so you have to look out for yourself. Take days off, don’t work late and the biggest one ASK FOR SOME PAY RAISES. Rock the boat every year for pay raises or you’ll never get them