I was being underpaid, and management kept putting more and more work on me. About half the team had previously quit, too. They asked me to take a leadership role in the team with no title change or pay increase. It was an incredibly toxic place. Then, my parent passed away and I needed a few days. My manager brushed it off and asked how I was going to finish a project that wasn’t even my job. I tried to hand it off, then he asked me if I'd come in for just two more days, then I could 'get to my family stuff.' They called me twice the next day (a Sunday, at that). My boss forgot why I was even out and kept asking me to smile my first day back. No condolences, no card, nothing. And it was a COVID-19 death and they kept telling me I was overreacting by asking people to wear masks and maintain distance.
I started applying for jobs two days after I got back and now I make a lot more and my new place is super chill. I didn’t give any notice either. That’s what disrespect will get ya.
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I am not the OP and have a similar experience and know others who have too. Not necessarily with to that extent but tone-death mgmt.
My condolences to your lost.
But what you described in the work place is unheard off. Glad that you left. This once a great company and place to work is destroyed by these type of managers.