I’ve worked remotely for a company for a year to be exact. Ironically this week is the annual performance reviews for everyone. Throughout my review, I was graded as “Exceeds expectations” just falling short of the maximum rating by .3 percent. Since the beginning to the year, we’ve received email after email saying that the compensation change structure would be getting a revamp and we would all be getting raises based on performance rather than the 3% normal raise. I figured this is a fair change and probably will help accommodate inflation. I kid you not when I say we had at least 3-4 meetings about this, multiple emails and endless attempts from leadership to gaslight any questions or give any real transparency to the questions we have. They even were so pathetic to bring someone onto the meeting the other day who we’ve never interacted with. They came onto the meeting and tried to justify “inflation” and said “Theyre not an economic expert” but from their findings “inflation is really only around 3% and is temporary”. They then interjected politics and said the government is working on fixing it. Like the hell they are.
I don’t know what to say. I’m a top performer in my company and in my role. My quality scores are literally 100s week after week and month after month. They can’t even pay for my internet or give us a stipend. Our sick time is restricted to where if you actually use it, you get out on a performance plan (Basically punished). I went 3 months this winter with no heating oil in the north east because I couldn’t afford it. I look outside at night to see my car is repossessed. My internet bill is always 2 months behind and just gets paid before it gets shut off so I can work. My student loans start up in May. What the hell am I putting so much effort in for if they can’t even do a market assessment? The market says shit costs more. It’s not rocket science. I’m sorry for the rant, I’m just frustrated beyond belief. Meanwhile leadership and HQ gets grocery budgets, gym memberships, massage budgets, technology budgets, furniture budgets, etc etc. We have parents working 2nd jobs to even get by! I’m thankful I have no kids but I can’t even afford myself. When will this end?!