In my 20s I had a boss who strung me along for 4 years.
It was a shitty little services agency building custom software.
He would say things like, "Oh, I know I need to get your pay up... just give me until next quarter, budgets are already set." And every time he had a little somewhat plausible excuse. "Oh, we didn't get all the new clients we had hoped..." (even though we got every client where I had been on the pitch) or, "Oh our revenues aren't up because projects you aren't on have taken a loss, can you cover more projects? I can't afford to have anyone else do them... if you save the day, I'll make sure we get your pay and bonus up to compensate."
And after 4 long years, where the last year was just him avoiding me, and where my Christmas bonus was literally a $25 iTunes gift card, when I was running projects worth like like 90% of the company revenue, I was like, "Y'know... I love my co-workers, I got to hire a lot of them, and that team meant a lot to me... but fuck my boss, he's a real twat." And I got an job that paid nearly 2x what I was making. And I helped the people I cared about find new jobs too.
And never looked back.
Lesson learned... Any time you have a boss who gives you a "slow no" you need to run. Don't walk, run away. That person is just using you.
In my 20s I had a boss who strung me along for 4 years.
It was a shitty little services agency building custom software.
He would say things like, "Oh, I know I need to get your pay up... just give me until next quarter, budgets are already set." And every time he had a little somewhat plausible excuse. "Oh, we didn't get all the new clients we had hoped..." (even though we got every client where I had been on the pitch) or, "Oh our revenues aren't up because projects you aren't on have taken a loss, can you cover more projects? I can't afford to have anyone else do them... if you save the day, I'll make sure we get your pay and bonus up to compensate."
And after 4 long years, where the last year was just him avoiding me, and where my Christmas bonus was literally a $25 iTunes gift card, when I was running projects worth like like 90% of the company revenue, I was like, "Y'know... I love my co-workers, I got to hire a lot of them, and that team meant a lot to me... but fuck my boss, he's a real twat." And I got an job that paid nearly 2x what I was making. And I helped the people I cared about find new jobs too.
And never looked back.
Lesson learned... Any time you have a boss who gives you a "slow no" you need to run. Don't walk, run away. That person is just using you.