We Must Value Each Other
The boss wanted my team to work extra shifts over the weekend to finish the next project milestone, so we can show the client that we are capable of finishing before the due date. We worked 14 hours daily for four weeks with no weekends, and the last two days we worked for 36 hours straight with no breaks since the due date was a day away.
Everyone was exhausted and on edge; no smiles, no small talk, nothing. And we don’t get paid overtime. After finishing the milestone, he thanked us and called us for a meeting saying we have to continue working like this for an unknown period until they hire new staff members. I refused, as did another few of my colleagues.
We said that we will work for what we get paid for, which is 9 hours per day, five days a week. He didn’t take us seriously, but we were absolutely beyond caring at that moment. We worked the next two weeks accordingly; he called us and said that he was extremely disappointed and that we don’t value the company. I walked out, collected my stuff, gave my resignation letter to HR, and said, “See yah!”