No one at your job cares about you.
I’m 25 years old. I have been working at this startup company for 2 years. I gave my all to it. I constantly work overtime without OTP, I commit my all to my work because of what I thought was high work ethics, and I always wanted my work to be of value, so I work hard, for two years, until I burn out.
I liked working in a startup because it allowed me to build a company that promotes the right values, instead of turning to greenwashing like their competitors are, which the company eventually turned into.
I have tried raising the opinion that what we are doing isn’t right, but it got ignored. And so I shut up and just do my job. It was fine for a month, i accepted it, I’m not here to build something, I am here because someone needs something from me.
Everyone kept on telling me what we are doing is right, and i am wrong. I was gaslit for a year. But I have eyes and ears, I can see the truth for myself.
But too much was asked of me: to put my ethics aside and say what I don’t believe in. Once I can no longer commit to saying things that isn’t true, I needed to leave. And so I did, i cried the day i handed in my resignation. I never gave so much of myself to something.
I am very close to my colleagues. But the moment you send in your letters of resignation, they don’t care about you anymore. They treat you like you are traitors, like they need to protect themselves and the company from you. Someone I care so much about manipulated me into believing that they care for me. They later pulled strings behind my back to make sure I am not to be contacted again. You leave, having given your all to something you believe so much in, as a villain.
I have been told I am foolish for working so hard: now I know why. I’m now depleted, burnt out at 25, and bitter. My body falls apart because of how hard I worked. I hope you will take those days off, i hope you won’t skip family gatherings for your job, I hope you will take that impromptu trip with your friends and miss a Monday for it because life is too short, and we won’t be here long. Protect your happiness.
Edited: spelling.