/biz/ - Business & Finance

>>29097917
Patron Saint of /reg/

Alright /biz/, I'm in a bind, and I need some advice from anonymous crazy people on the internet to help me out.

I work for a CEO-owned small-time company that is...uh...shady. To say the least. Their practices compared to the rest of the industry are slimy at worst, unethical/legally-problematic at-best. They stick around because they sell a niche product to a captive audience, and they keep salaries low because they pay way below industry standard using obfuscating job-titles that don't actually cover the responsibilities employees undertake. People like me (in their 20's, fresh out of college) are doing work at this company for 25-30k that is equivalent to the work done by ten-year industry veterans, making 40-50k a year at other companies. Also the CEO is batshit crazy, and prone to firing people at the drop of a hat.

Now.

I started at this company about five months ago, at 25k, and I'm scheduled to go up to 27 in June. Except I've busted my ass, very quickly distinguished myself above most of my peers, put in extra work on my own time, spearheaded major overhauls -- essentially, all the shit you're supposed to do, to suck your employer's dick.

Now: The company is kind of undergoing a major destructive spiral right now. They just laid off half of an adjacent department (and the other half quit in protest) and now, in my department, my immediate supervisor (the second in command) just put in notice. AND another high-volume worker at my level did the same. And because this is very skilled work that takes at least a BA and several months of training before you're really any good at it -- and because this business lives or dies by its knife-edge high-volume workflow -- that puts me in an interesting position.

post too long; finishing in the next one

So I had to fire someone again today. It gets old quick. Is it worth it /biz/?

Pic related. I finished it Trump style.