I'm fuming as I type this. I just finished at a job where I put in SO much overtime, paid for things out of my own pocket (a broke NFP and I really believed in the cause), never claimed for my travel expenses like running around doing various errands using my own petrol/car. When out internet went out for a week and it took forever to find a solution I was the one who hooked up my own data so that they would still have an internet connection and could still operate. I didn't get a pay rise in the 2 years I was there despite my performance constantly being praised.
Last June I took 2 weeks leave and I get a text this morning from my ex CEO saying that the accountants found that my leave for 'July 2022' wasn't entered in which means I was overpaid on my final leave payout and we'll have to 'work something out'.
I have responded that I took leave in June, not July (our financial years end at 30 June each year) and I absolutely remember entering in my leave at the time.
I know it was my choice to do all this stuff out of pocket and never chase stuff up but the fact that they would be stingy enough to chase me up for their mistake just makes me furious.
I had a similar thing happen with an employer previous to that where they 'pro-rated' my long service leave when I resigned (I went from 4 days a week to 3 days in the last 2 years working there), losing me about $1000 in long service leave I had built up over 9 years of service and putting my health at risk for an employer who couldn't care less. What they did was perfectly legal because the system is set up to f&*k employees.
Rant over but my point is; employers DO NOT GIVE A TOSS ABOUT YOU. They will act caring and praise you but they will throw your physical and mental health under the bus if it gets them ahead or saves their company a few dollars. This has been my experience of working for every single organisation I have worked for.
I now work for myself, I am no longer answerable to a boss for the first time since I was 17. I don't ever want to be an employee ever again.