Overworked employee refuses to keep spending Saturdays doing unpaid fake “volunteer” projects that secretly aim at benefiting her boss’s friends and family, causing tension at work: 'These Saturdays are “optional” but everyone knows they really aren't'

When your boss classifies an event as 'optional,' we all know what that really means…if you don't attend, it will most probably be held against you for your whole career…but again, it's completely up to you…Most of our coworkers, including us, would likely attend to obtain that 'reliable' and 'cooperative' reputation. Undoubtedly hoping our boss remembers seeing our faces at the beach clean-up, or sandwich packing event when considering our raises!

But what if every single one of those unpaid 'volunteering' events occurs on a Saturday…and if instead of genuine charities, all the "team building projects" involve tasks that specifically benefit your boss's immediate circle of family and friends? Well, now we understand how this version of 'giving back' might not appeal to every employee! Especially this employee. There are only so many times she can clean her boss's friend's cafe, or paint her boss's sister's daycare, without eventually feeling like she's completely being taken advantage of by her boss! We're just not quite sure her other coworkers are ready to stand their ground and fight for their weekends! 

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