Being told that you should "know your place" by the person who has been benefiting from you not knowing your place is disheartening—and hypocritical at best. But that's what this worker experienced when they sought to provide critical feedback to their management's new direction.
This worker started in their first job working at a startup as a web developer, they immersed themselves fully in the company's vision, working well beyond their contracted hours and required responsibilities. Their work, of course, was appreciated until the day that the company sought to implement a new feature that they had concerns about. Often times management doesn't really want to hear dissension—or sensible feedback which they perceive as dissension… preferring instead to remain blissfully unaware of the problems with their half-baked ideas. So, rather than considering the feedback of this worker who had done so much for them, they instead were told to "act their wage" by the CEO, who brushed aside their concerns.
They followed the CEO's advice and afterward stuck firmly to their contracted hours, soon afterward resigning, which pulled a thread that caused the entire company to unravel, ultimately having to lay off almost 30% of its workforce, leaving it operating with only 35% of its employees.
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