Boss tells employee to kiss their weekend goodbye to work overtime and the internet is losing it

When companies often don't keep up their promises, the employees' morale breaks down and they feel discouraged to continue work with the same zest. That was the case with a Reddit user who was promised that they wouldn't have to work overtime during the weekends that often. But things started getting worse when their boss ignored their well-being and took up more and more projects while insisting that the employees work overtime. Sharing their work woes on a Reddit post (now deleted), the employee mentioned that their boss asked them to "kiss their weekend hiking trips goodbye," and people find it unfair. 

In the post, the employee pointed out that they chose this particular job over their previous job because of the free time it offers during the weekends. "I specifically told my supervisor this three years ago when I was in my hiring interview. I was assured that we only worked weekends once a month at the most and that was due to emergencies." However, this assurance didn't sustain for long and the employee found that the employers took on more projects without hiring enough staff. When the concern about being understaffed was raised, they simply brushed it off and said, "We will figure it out." 

Leading a team of 40 people, the employee was "mentally exhausted." So, their only way of relaxing was going on weekend hiking trips to let out all the stress of being overloaded with work. But, the boss was so inconsiderate that despite knowing that the hiking trip was important to the employee, they specifically asked them to bid goodbye to it. The employee was also asked to make their team work for 6 days a week, which concerned them because they feared mass resignation. However, the upper management was only focusing on profits and overloading the workers. "We are merely here to increase their profits regardless of how it affects our life outside work," the employee said.

Being a reasonable individual, the employee was often flexible with the workers they had been overseeing. In fact, many workers wanted to be on their team because of how amicably they treated them. Bu now, the employee was worried that they had to break the news to their team that everyone had to work Saturdays. Feeling bad about how they couldn't change the management's decision, the employee narrated the ordeal on the social media platform. The since-deleted post gained over 1000 comments from people calling the boss's act unreasonable and insensitive. Some even suggested ways to deal with the employer. 

"First, you lead a group of 40. Say 'No,' and make sure your team is behind you. You may not have a union, but you can still act collectively. Second, if it is too much, those Saturdays you work, use them to collectively update resumes, mock interviews, and job hunt. No work on work!" suggested u/WiWook. "Maybe instead of kissing your weekends goodbye, you should kiss that awful job goodbye. He sounds like he was delighted to tell you this and that’s disgusting. Maybe the whole team should quit," added u/Ok-Hovercraft621. "You have to have a candid conversation with your boss's boss. This policy goes into play, people will quit. The extra money that will be spent on overtime and the loss of staff will negatively impact the bottom line a lot more than hiring a few more people. So you can all balance the workload. Come with numbers," said u/InVerum.