Hello Reddit,
I've been in my current position for almost a year now and just got a new manager (different from the one who hired me). This new manager is new to being a manager I think and essentially wants me to work for free in staying late or work a shift different from the one I signed up for and explicitly stated in my interviewing process. I'm salaried, so any extra time is just working for free in mind. I understand deadlines need to be met…blah…blah…blah, but this is a tech support role where we have shifts of people. I'm a senior role as I've been doing this for somewhere near 20 years, and I've only recently switched my mode of thinking to be that of me first, company second. What I'm really looking for is a professional but firm way to say no thanks, I'll stick to the agreed upon shift when I got hired. This isn't something I'm really willing to bend on, and the whole working more to get ahead is what burnt me out at my last job of 15 years, and the benefits did not outweigh the negatives. I was promised things and let down, so I found a new job.
I appreciate any and all help you all can provide. Likewise, I don't dislike this manager, but they have a tendency to be a micromanager and come down on you when it's not done the way they would have done it. I'm willing to look for new work if this doesn't play out in my favor but figured I'd give professionalism a try here before having to look elsewhere. Thanks!