Antiwork

So a guy I work with went to the branch manager and basically said this in hopes of getting a raise, knowing he was full of shit and had no other offer. They pretty much told him “see ya then” and went on about their day lol. The look on his face after them calling his bluff was priceless. At that point, I personally would have to leave after that. I almost felt bad, but it was pretty funny. We laughed about it together. In doing something like that you'd better be prepared to leave if they call your bluff. Least I would/have when doing something similar. I couldn't stay somewhere I wasn't valued at least enough to even consider trying to keep me.

Background: I work from home. Being on a small team, each of us is on our own projects. Last year I made a giant excel doc to input data for a customer we have and am the only one that has the password for the protected sheets so those collecting the data don't accidently delete the formulas. There are only a handful of columns and rows unlocked for the data entry. Therefore, no one but me knows how all the data is calculated, they just see the end reports. This beast is well over 100 pages when printed off as a pdf. Truly a pain in the ass to create originally and probably took 8 or 9 weeks of dedicated effort. Task: Well last month the customer decided they wanted some tweaks in the reports that are automatically created from my excel doc. I explained how that small change would…

I'm a shift lead for a local restaurant, the works alright and the staff is good but we aren't paid well enough at all for our work, especially the people who've been here longer. My wage has only really ever gone up with the minimum, though i make only .50 more now, after being here for years. Anyways I applied to a new restaurant and they immediately offered me a position and to match my wage with it actually being able to go up. And the equivalent of my current position would get me $20/hr there instead of $15.50/hr. I start my training next weekend, and as the title says I'm afraid to leave. I've gotten comfortable here and I know it'll cause issues if I leave. It feels like I'm trying to break up with someone, but I just can't seem to do it. Any advice on how to…