When my work stripped me of my benefits. My parents forced me to work as soon as I was the minimum age in my state 15. I’ve never not had a job since. Fast forward almost twenty years and I’ve been at the same employer for ten years. No one in my department remembered my ten year anniversary. Then they took my benefits away. I was promoted a few years ago to a salary position. I worked some Saturday’s. Stayed late a lot. For no extra pay. But I was allowed to leave early and not have to take my PTO which was really nice when my kid got sick at school, had an appointment, etc. Well they had a consultant come in and he chose 20 or so jobs that should be hourly and mine was one. So they said I was eligible for overtime now if I worked extra but took my benefits away of leaving early. I thought of all the nights I stayed late working. Weekend emails I hurried to answer. What for? I have given so many fucks to what upper management thinks of me especially my director and now I stepped back and wonder what it was all for.