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I worked at a university in Florida that did this to me

I worked at a university in Florida that did this to me. I was being made to work overtime on a few software projects and making a nice little amount of extra money. Then one day I found out that I was being "promoted" to a manager title. No raise or any extra benefits, but I was no longer allowed to get overtime. It was part of a campus-wide initiative to cut costs. And now that I was a manager I was expected to work even more than before. Year later, the day before I gave my two weeks, my boss told me I was becoming known as an 8 to 5 guy... I wasn't working enough extra hours. After I told him that he wasn't paying me enough to waste my life away at the job, he wasn't too surprised when I gave my notice the next day.

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unglaublichHN

An 8 to 5 guy is a 6 to 10 guy at home, and that's already pretty weak on the work-life balance scale!

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WrtCdEvrydyHN

> I worked at a university in Florida that did this to me. Florida academia and pay fuckery, name a more iconic duo. FIU Alumni and Ex-Employee Here.

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ornornorHN

Just curious: are you able to refuse a promotion. Especially this kind of “promotion”? What happens then? Do you get fired because… reasons or do you just keep your current job title etc?

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wonderwonderHN

I had something similar. I was contracting for a company as a solution architect. Got paid OT for any hours I worked over 45. I was working 75-90 hours a week. Not because I wanted to, that was just the workload. They offered to bring me on full time with benefits. Salary was 40k less and no OT. I declined. Then they said ok but they have to cut my OT. I said fine and never worked a minute over 40 hours a week for the next 6 months before quitting.

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maerF0x0HN

I'm old enough to recall the subtle bait and switch we've done. 8 to 5 phrase used to be 9-5. The fact is the majority of the work day is wasted, just like I waste ghz all the time because it's cheap, why wouldn't employers waste your time if it's free?

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