I told my boss Monday, I'd like $25 an hour to continue working. I was a vital part of the process of a larger than normal “mom and pop” sign shop. I ran their large format printers and cnc machines, managed time tables for production with the front and shipping. I gave him a week to figure out If he wanted to keep me, as I had been informed by a co worker that he had hired someone while I was absent with covid. This kind of was my last straw. It's been an awful year. My hours were cut down so I lost my health insurance, my pay rate wasn't increased to compensate as promised, I've had to learn two new machines at the same time while also fulfilling and managing a team for a rush order of 50k worth of signs in a restricted time limit. My “bonus” which was promised to be over 1200 was $500. I was told to teach an artist how to run the new machines and I had been for 3 months of constant battling his ego, trying to be kinder, lighter, giving him advice instead of demands only to be cussed out, called not a team player, and a dumb bitch, all while running a 100+ fever cause I caught covid, but production must still run.
So I walked in this morning, asked if he had made a choice, he said “have a seat”. Asked after my health and then said I couldn't be reviewed till April. I told him I hadn't been asking for a review and if this was his answer. He just repeated the statement. So I said okay, took my key off and put it on his desk. Said goodbye to everyone and grabbed the few things I had left and left. I quit. I'm feeling alittle anxious atm but also extremely relieved. I'm going to look for a different type of work entirely, as he is buddies with most of the other shop owners in the area. This is the second time I've quit a job. The first time not really on a whim but being fed up with the toxic environment, and shady business practices.