For the past year and eight months I was working for a manufacturing non-profit. On July 29, 2022 I had my first yearly review which was outstanding. It also promised me the hardware and software I needed to do my job for them as I was/have been using my own MacBook Pro and Adobe Creative Suite. In October I sent an email about the gear because as any photographer /videographer/web designer knows, it's extremely difficult using a laptop for detailed work(at least that's my opinion).
The reply was that it was all dependent on finalizing bills for some of their initiatives. After numerous emails and passed bucks and a trip to Mexico last week I decided to say FUCK IT.
No Hardware? No Heidi.
This whole pack are a bunch of bloated boomers who want people to give and work for them joyously and for almost free for their cause. Pull yourself up by your bootstraps. The joke of the whole matter is that covid hit this region hard and they are not recovering. They're scrambling for ways to attract and retain the future workforce. They're not really willing to pay for it though.
Unless you have a roommate or get married right at 16 up in the hollar, there is no way for a kid to afford an apartment let alone the fabled dream of a house. In addition, they don't speak the language of the future workforce. They don't understand social. Period.
Here is what I wrote to my boss and two other people that were great to work with yesterday after I finished writing an original article along with creating original artwork for posts across their four social channels:
"Hi (Insert Name Here)-
I just posted an article I wrote for social on all four channels. With that, I am saying farewell to (NON PROFIT). My time last week with my cousin who has stage four ovarian cancer made me realize to focus on what is important and HOW people treat you. So much in life boils down to this.
I have enjoyed working with you but I don’t feel valued or “in the loop” and I am tired of using my computer and paying for my software and skills for nothing in return. I’ve asked at least five or more times when it clearly states on my outstanding review that the tools I need to do the job would be provided. That was seven months ago.
I feel that my skills are valuable and that the board does not value them as seen by not purchasing the promised software and hardware for the work that I do. Or understand value of the the growth on social that I have created.I have attached my 2022 review from (NON PROFIT) and the credentials for everything that I use so you have everything you need. This can also be found on the Google Drive.
M S- I want to thank you for your kindness and genuineness and saying THANK YOU for the tiniest things!
D M- Thanks for cheering for me and thank you for all of your expertise and knowledge! THANK YOU! Stay in touch!"
DM Replied almost immediately with kind words mentioning I saved their bacon a few times, a designer I worked with frequently.
I didn't hear from my boss who I actually liked until this morning via a text which said:
"I was very sad to see your email, but I truly get it. I want you to know it was a pleasure working with you over the past year and a half. I wish I could have been there more for you! I have greatly appreciated all your efforts!
I wish you all the happiness in your next adventures! Please stay in touch."
Can I please get a thorough round of BULLSHIT please? I didn't respond and I don't plan to. I removed and deleted my email etc. It feels like a wet, stinky, moldy blanket has been removed. I still don't know what I'm doing though. It feels like I never have. But we all know how we should be treated and should waste no time saying adios amigos to those who treat us otherwise.
Some of us never know and never will.
