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Maybe this makes me the devil's advocate here, but why would you suddenly only work 4 days a week? I assume you have a valid contract that says you work X hour
by tcmb 9y ago
Maybe this makes me the devil's advocate here, but why would you suddenly only work 4 days a week?
I assume you have a valid contract that says you work X hours for Y amount, what makes you think you're not bound to that just because you don't get to talk about a possible (!) raise?
It's up to you if you interpret the company's behaviour as a red flag and leave, but reducing your working hours because you don't get your regular fix of more money seems like a sense of entitlement to me.
As a side note, your post would have worked just as well without publicly shaming your employer.
(I am not affiliated with SoundCloud, except for the coincidence that one of my previous companies used to share an office with them.)
- gus_massa 9y agoI think he is not considering working only 4 days a week unliterary. He is considering negotiating working only 4 days a week instead of a pay rise. He can try to negotiate whatever he wants, for example working only 4 hours per day, or 3 days a week, or ... but the employer is not forced to agree.
- Someone 9y agoI think they are thinking of getting the pay rise, then work a four day week (and getting paid 80% of his increased salary) until the company can afford to pay them five days a week at the increased salary again.
- romanovcode 9y agoI'm not sure how it works in Soundcloud but usually you are not entitled to get a payraise just because