During COVID-19, my company laid off hundreds of people. Then they attacked my paycheck and cut my pay, with a month's notice, leaving me to scramble in debt [s

During COVID-19, my company laid off hundreds of people. Then they attacked my paycheck and cut my pay, with a month's notice, leaving me to scramble in debt [still ongoing] to pay it off, while almost wanting me to be grateful for letting me keep my job. I moved across the country for my job, only to eventually end up working remotely 5 years later once COVID hit. I will never go back into an office. The issue is that if I ask for more money... I'll be the first to be laid off when they are scrambling around to save every penny possible. I also stopped working overtime and going above and beyond for my company. I do just what my job description says: no more, no less. I do not volunteer for anything anymore. I used to be that gungho employee who really believed that if I tried hard enough.. if I did this or that.. I would get that promotion or raise... it never happened. My wife used to tell me: "If you go that extra mile... they will notice." Nope. Never. Not once. And if they noticed.. it was because I made mistakes. I don't believe a word any of my managers tell me. I don't believe a word the CEO says. Always just there to do my job... and during downtime, I'm working on my own side products. I completely agree you 100%. Only so many lies and bullshit you can go through before you understand how the corporate world works. Why don't I quit my job, you ask? I get to work from home. And "working from home" doesn't always mean I'm home... sometimes I'm in a car driving across Colorado.. or California... or wherever tomorrow brings me. Gotta love the Internet I bring with me.