Pretty gutted, and completely blindsided – I'm in was in a salaried position doing 40-50 hours a week for the last couple years. During this time, I reduced operational expenses of an extra million dollars a year, and was in the process of increasing that 6 or 7 fold. I exceeded every performance metric that was ever given, received overwhelmingly positive performance reviews, and have overall been a more than model employee.
On Saturday I got the news that I was now expected to work 82 hours a week, six days a week, for the next four months (or potentially longer.) When I asked for clarification as that would mean I don't get to see my family for that duration… they doubled down. (For reference, the other salaried employees were bumped up to 60hr/week which is rough but not unheard of in this industry.) I offered to do that short term while training up additional staff – nope, this is what it is. I refused, and was told to leave and not return.