Antiwork

I’m just trying to figure out if this is normal behavior. I work for a insurance agent representing one of those big insurance companies. Probably just venting here, but I really feel like this immoral and just plain unfair. To give some background, I was hired with the expectation that I sell faaaar more than the agency sells on a regular basis. I struggled for a month or two and they threatened to make me work in the office after I was hired remote-only (I live 60 miles away). I refused and said I took this job as a remote job — not a remote only if I do this or that. So, the next 2 months, I proceed to sell more than anyone at the agency has sold in its 35 year history. The closest producer sold some 30-40% less than I did a couple of times. I had…

I've worked full-time for the same institution for seven years and i've never had a raise/promotion. after taxes and whatever other deductions from my pay, my salary is around 32k/year. i said after taxes because that is really what matters to me. that's about $15-16/hour. i was married when i first got this job, but i've since divorced. i have two young children with my ex wife. i am single and live alone, in an apartment that i rent. i do not make enough money to sustain even the most basic lifestyle. for the last 3 years, i've been working a second job, part-time, at a grocery store. between both jobs, i'm working about 62 hours a week. i am still very much struggling to make ends meet, and i live paycheck to paycheck, and sometimes things get so tight that i need to borrow money from my parents. i…

I had been a high-performing employee in this company and during my performance review, I negotiated a raise. During the call they sounded like they want to give me the raise but their hands are tied and they just praised me on my work for a good hour. A day later, they send me a TWO PAGE LETTER saying why I don’t deserve the raise and they’re unreasonable things like, low activity on my mouse activity tracking app which is hella dodgy on its own. I, of course, fought for myself and said a respectful but firm email about my value and why I was concerned about their metrics. LITERALLY DAYS LATER they logged me off ALLL my accounts and sent me an immediate termination notice because they HACKED into my slack and read messages from co-workers. They cited many different reasons why I got fired, one of them was…