Hi everyone. First off, I don't want to sound ungrateful, entitled, etc. but I have a very firm grasp of what I want. I understand that most people here work their hardest which includes a lot of OT hours to get the bigger raises and biggest bucks, etc. so that they can achieve FI quicker. I get that, but I just don't feel like I'm in a place, position, company where IF I were to work my ass off and put in the OT that the amount of compensation would be worthwhile to me, and "improve my overall quality of life". Does this make sense? Maybe I am jumping the gun and over analyzing.
I understand many people here are highly educated, maybe some older (so more experience), etc. so for them to work more and get these more than 3% raises it is worthwhile... but honestly for me I do not. I currently make $47k and 3% is $1,410. I know anything is better than nothing but for those of you that don't know I work for a so-called "dynamic" family owned company where the people in supervisor positions actually do less than those below them and just work dump. IMO just not worth the extra time, expectation and stress for the price tag. I value my time and can cut back in other ways if I HAD to. The below is just additional blah blah ranting.
I have never worked for a company where the supervisor was not expected to do his/her work, help others and therefore often times this meant being the first to arrive and the last to leave. That's what I feel it should be which was also why I personally never sought that opportunity. Well, mind F*CKED is me that my company is backwards and my nutcase boss wants me to stay as long as I need to do stupid shit like print, hole punch and tediously label a binder that she'll never read... she gets paid (nearly) twice my salary and quite frankly she should do it because I'm not enabling her.
Anyways, it's just the work culture and the department but really, if she had 1/2 or 1 additional employee (it's just us) it would alleviate (though not solve) some of these issues... I actually work during my entire 7.5 hour shift. I don't small talk, take breaks, etc. so that I can do my work (and I can) in the 7.5 hours allotted to me. She's just really pushing it and trying to take advantage as if I'm her savior. No, you are a supervisor, please lie in your position and stop expecting me to print out every document you receive by email when you sit next to a working printer. At this rate I will continue to push back until... the unforeseeable... who knows.