Title pretty much says it all. I've been at my current job 2 years (financial software dev), spent the last year stretching myself (learning accounting), taking on big projects, automating a ton of repetitive tasks, and handling difficult client requests. Been getting lots of positive feedback and seen my role and influence in the company expand a lot.
It's budget time, and I make 55k, but have been offered as much as 100k in similar roles (at worse companies). I asked, early in the budget process, that they would consider bumping my wage up closer to what I can make on the market. (Employer is notorious for underpaying employees, but does offer a lot of great advancement opportunities, and pays top people well).
At the same time, I've been working on a high visibility, high impact project for an important new client. The project is behind schedule, but making good progress. There is a lot more work to be done than we first thought.
3 days after asking for a raise, boss calls me in for a performance review, says I will be fired if I don't shape up. Goes on for half an hour listing where I've misstepped (some fair, some not so much). Says to forget about a raise, and if I don't change, I will be fired. While there is stress because of the project, the threat of being fired came out of nowhere.
Wage negotiations are coming up soon. I feel like I'm being manipulated into accepting a bad raise. Good friend of mine (no longer with company), said he had a similar experience after asking for a raise.
How soon do I leave? Do I even bother trying to turn it around so I can cash in on all the hard work I've done?
TL;DR: Do really important, good work beyond my role for over a year. Ask for raise. Suddenly am bad employee that might be fired. Time to go, right?
Submitted November 03, 2017 at 11:18PM by iamthestarlord http://ift.tt/2xYNDtN
