My last employer is a smallish company that makes knock-off orthopedic implants. I was a quality manager for them, supervising a handful of engineers and a technician. The company culture was toxic as hell and I spent a majority of my time working to reinforce my team's morale and defending them to the rest of the company.
When I say toxic, I mean stuff like the VP of operations would cuss out my quality engineer for insisting that we follow procedure.
I worked hard to support and defend my team. They all worked hard and delivered results. As a team, we cut the average time to resolve nonconformances down from >100 days to less than 15. Results that matter. Results that help keep the business moving.
At review time, I got praised. I got a 10k+ raise and an increase in my bonus rate. We signed the forms on the first of July last year.
On the 8th of July my boss called me and told me “we are going separate ways.” They offered me a ridiculous severance package, stuffed my things in boxes for me (breaking some of them) and basically told me to fuck off.
This company is one of those companies that lists “family” as a value. It's fucking lies.
Corporations will talk nice and take everything you can give them, all the time, loyalty, blood, sweat and tears. What do you get in return? The smallest paycheck they can get away with, grudging time off, limited benefits and the door with no recourse the moment they decide you're not useful.
Fuck that noise, in the ass with a broken chair leg.
Sorry for the language.