I have been working for a university for over five years, hourly and the pay is shit. It was okay for a while then the last year or so got brutal.
I asked for a promotion after all this time saying that I simply can’t afford to live on the pay anymore. They said good luck so I job searched and even got a few interviews.
Then in October my supervisor told me that I was being transferred to a another department and I was getting a promotion. Just wait a few months and I will be all set.
Well, they kept on delaying it and then my dad got COVID and was hospitalized for a month. My mom was in hysterics and the family were fighting, I was forced to take a week and a half off to deal with the crisis. They encouraged it even and kept on telling me to keep taking more time off. Even when I told them I would come back if needed.
When I returned they told me three days later they were delaying my promotion for six to eight months due to my dad. And the work from home I was still doing was over and they expected me in starting March. I just broke down.
When I came back, they moved my office (I knew about this), but also changed where my mail went without telling me, stripped me of all the tasks that I was doing for their department without letting me know months ago and never even ordered the office equipment I need for my office. My desk chair is a broken leftover, and the mouse and keyboard they gave me aggravates my carpal tunnel, which I already told them. I carry all my own office supplies in my backpack back and forth.
Then, well… My cat got sick and I had to adjust my schedule to rush him to the vet and missed a day in the office to work from home. My supervisor was furious and sent several emails asking me why I couldn’t find someone to care for him and focus on being at the office. Even when he nearly died, she was telling me that.
I just want to find a job where I am not panicking every time I run out of vacation/sick time. I had a surgery this week with complications and can barely breathe and I am sitting here wondering if I can afford to miss time and still have health insurance.
I am trying to find a job with no reply after applying to every job I am able to do that pays more. I just want to give up.