What is the best way to deal with this shitty work situation?
There’s a lot to unpack here so I’ll bullet point to try to make it easier.
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Been at job (small business) 6 months. I am currently the longest serving employee after everyone else was either fired or quit after being bullied by the boss, slowly taking on more and more responsibilities with no pay rise.
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Frequently covering the shifts of lost staff members and working 15+ hours overtime per week, at my normal (low) wage
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I have been training the three new staff members who have been hired to cover the people who were fired/quit
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We are coming up to the busiest time of year – literally every business in town is looking for staff, you could wander into any business and walk out with a job – and suddenly the boss is scrambling for staff
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One of the new staff members who I have just personally trained up has decided to quit because the environment is so stressful. In a desperate bid to keep them, the boss has offered them $3/hr more than me, plus a $800 bonus if they stay over the busiest period.
Obviously, I should quit, right? Well, I have a surgery in 3 weeks, and I need to be employed to get paid leave (from insurance, not the company). The boss doesn’t know I have this yet, or that I’ll be out at one of the busiest times of year for three weeks.
So what do I do?
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Quit without notice (I have no notice period) at the busiest time of year, just to screw them over?
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Tell the boss I’m quitting and will stay for an enormous pay rise, lock it in, and then let them know I’m off for surgery?
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Any other creative solutions?
Honestly I don’t particularly need this job. The guy who runs it is a colossal bully so I don’t mind screwing him over. I just know I have the upper hand here and would like to get the most out of it as I possibly can.
Any help welcome!