@jingle1852
Unfortunately they sometimes dont understand how much they need you until they lose you.
@pastelrave7432
Remember kids: you are 100% replacable in the workplace, but not in your own home Also, no job is worth your physical/mental health or freedom, so set boundaries early and often.
@karenflores4987
In my experience those who work harder are often given more work with no incentive. I learned the hard way when I worked my ass off and when I realized I was being taken advantage off and placed boundaries I was laid off. So i guess one thing to look for is to observe whether high achieving employees are rewarded and promoted. If they do then by all means if you see other average producing employees getting those positions then don't bother and look elsewhere.
@michelesprocare
No one is indispensable! No matter what you think, they can always find someone else. It’s best to start your own thing.
@StefCR
This only works if your company cares about their employees. Most don’t, and if you work hard to try and earn more pay or more flexibility they work you harder until you cant anymore. Sadly, this is how common people’s work/ employers are like. Not everyone has the great employer that cares.
@Yggdrasilincarnate
Except that once you become ‘indispensable’ in a role, you will never be able to get promoted or moved to a new position, because the company will not want to move you!
@NeversurrenderMM66
I have been so indispensable in various jobs that I was considered unpromotable. I have seen too many under and non-achieving colleagues get promoted with the acknowledgement from upper management that those individuals were "easier to replace". Then, I was expected to look over and edit all their work before it was released, because those promoted didn't know what they were doing. It is demoralizing and extremely frustrating. Being a conscientious and hard worker has never financially benefitted me. It just resulted in more work.
@roseabellmoviestar
I thought I was indispensable before I was fired for asking about financial compensation for a new role
@heyhihowyoudoin5411
My dad always told me to be bulletproof. I have a lot of growing to do and in my past I wasn’t but moving forward I hope to be bulletproof.
@SimpleandSound
Sadly I was that employee. I couldn't even call off sick when everyone else was sick because they needed me. Even got Covid twice because of their ruthlessness. Some companies do not care and will have no issue replacing you. We had that where my place had lost 4 managers and 3 supervisors in 6 months, the turn over for CSRs was much higher. So yes, GOOD companies will work with you. Toxic companies will use you.
@erinbuxton6787
The harder you work, you up the expectation and they then see it as normal/minimum. They never know how good you are until you are gone. But yes, there is a way to request things for sure.
@jenniferr2057
Under my old boss I worked when and where I wanted, only as many hours as needed to do my job. He shredded my PTO paperwork so I kept my PTO hours as an appreciation gesture. The list goes on. Company sold. Next "boss". Sat in office 45 hours per week (often reading, crocheting), accounted for every minute, used PTO for anything 15 minutes or more. Turn over went from zero to 200%. New boss. I'm awesome. 🙂 I treat me very well.
@The-bi5ry
In almost all of corporate, youre always dispensable, no matter how good or hard working you are, they will find a way to replace you. So unfortunately, if they dont want to give what you want, you're not getting it
@LycanShift
let's be honest.. this may work for small companies, but for large corporations, especially silicon valley tech companies, internet powerhouses, or game studios.. it doesn't matter how indispensable you are, no matter if your team developed the products that made the company untold billions.. they will lay you off just the same as equally as the bottom performers if you don't follow RTO mandates.
@raefaye5757
Can confirm! I work for a nonprofit and just went through a pretty sudden divorce that left me financially unstable. When I went to the CEO about it, they gave me a bigger raise than I was requesting and pushed it through immediately 😊 A good company will do what they can for you to keep you.
@Jambalaya0103
Uhh as someone who had a company do a return to office and got rid of people who wouldn’t, no they don’t always care (or realize their mistake after they left you go). Plus honestly, they don’t want to make exceptions of any employees if everyone is RTO, it sets a bad HR precedent. So yeah, if everyone is RTO, no matter how valuable you are, they cannot open the floodgates and make exceptions…it’s too much of a risk.
@h.a.n.2202
I did it before, it didn't work!!! Instead they spent triple of my salary to train another employee and yet he was not as expert as I was. Furthermore, they paid him double of my salary. That employee was lucky that he worked with them the time they decided to ignore me!
@julienicholson4878
I did that. My position was new and kinda undefined. I took on a bunch of peripheral duties that needed to be done but no one wanted to do or had time for. I've gotten raises and bonuses every year and negotiated working from home full time.
@caidalee1994
On one hand, yes, but on the other, if you’re indispensable, they won’t give you time off ever since you probably do the work of three people to be indispensable.
@AdviceWithErin