This employee shared how they started working at a tech startup at the end of last year, working 55+ weeks from the outset in a salaried position that offered no overtime. Early on in their time in the role, the company rolled back remote working policies too, which was the main reason they had taken the job in the first place.
At companies like this, turnover is a given, and having staff work long hours and longer weeks for as long as possible before they burn out and quit is simply a way of securing the most labor at the lowest possible cost.
When they had finally had enough, they secured 3 days of PTO and handed in their two weeks’ notice… before being repaid with immediate dismissal and withholding of their already earned commission from the last several months.
