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Thank you in advance for your responses!
I was hired as a full-time graphic designer, on salary. It's hard-times now financially at the office with less and less sales coming in. They cut my days to 2 per week instead of what used to be 5. But my work load has doubled, even tripled that, not to be dramatic, I can't breathe, I'd go on palpitations and just downright humiliating. My employer calls my status as "Freelance" but I still get salary deductions (tax, etc)....not really sure if that matters. I also filed for Unemployment Benefits and got approved. It's been 3 months now. Under these conditions, can I ask my employer to increase my pay? I get freelancing jobs outside and I get more for significantly less work. I am mentioning this because the company is notorious for low pay for too much work, slave labor, sweatshop type. If they deny without adjusting my current workload back to what's reasonable and normal, can I quit without losing my Unemployment Benefits? Or if I have to stay so I can keep EDD, is my only recourse to do all I can with work, meaning, taking care of my health first and not exactly submit work demands as fast as they want? If they fire me because I couldn't take the new workload/same pay/less time, will I keep EDD? Thank you very much.
Thank you in advance for your responses!
I was hired as a full-time graphic designer, on salary. It's hard-times now financially at the office with less and less sales coming in. They cut my days to 2 per week instead of what used to be 5. But my work load has doubled, even tripled that, not to be dramatic, I can't breathe, I'd go on palpitations and just downright humiliating. My employer calls my status as "Freelance" but I still get salary deductions (tax, etc)....not really sure if that matters. I also filed for Unemployment Benefits and got approved. It's been 3 months now. Under these conditions, can I ask my employer to increase my pay? I get freelancing jobs outside and I get more for significantly less work. I am mentioning this because the company is notorious for low pay for too much work, slave labor, sweatshop type. If they deny without adjusting my current workload back to what's reasonable and normal, can I quit without losing my Unemployment Benefits? Or if I have to stay so I can keep EDD, is my only recourse to do all I can with work, meaning, taking care of my health first and not exactly submit work demands as fast as they want? I did increase my speed and able to deliver in full work integrity but it's just not sustainable. If they fire me because I slowed down and couldn't take the new workload/same pay/less time, will I keep EDD? Thank you very much.
I was hired as a full-time graphic designer, on salary. It's hard-times now financially at the office with less and less sales coming in. They cut my days to 2 per week instead of what used to be 5. But my work load has doubled, even tripled that, not to be dramatic, I can't breathe, I'd go on palpitations and just downright humiliating. My employer calls my status as "Freelance" but I still get salary deductions (tax, etc)....not really sure if that matters. I also filed for Unemployment Benefits and got approved. It's been 3 months now. Under these conditions, can I ask my employer to increase my pay? I get freelancing jobs outside and I get more for significantly less work. I am mentioning this because the company is notorious for low pay for too much work, slave labor, sweatshop type. If they deny without adjusting my current workload back to what's reasonable and normal, can I quit without losing my Unemployment Benefits? Or if I have to stay so I can keep EDD, is my only recourse to do all I can with work, meaning, taking care of my health first and not exactly submit work demands as fast as they want? If they fire me because I couldn't take the new workload/same pay/less time, will I keep EDD? Thank you very much.
Thank you in advance for your responses!
I was hired as a full-time graphic designer, on salary. It's hard-times now financially at the office with less and less sales coming in. They cut my days to 2 per week instead of what used to be 5. But my work load has doubled, even tripled that, not to be dramatic, I can't breathe, I'd go on palpitations and just downright humiliating. My employer calls my status as "Freelance" but I still get salary deductions (tax, etc)....not really sure if that matters. I also filed for Unemployment Benefits and got approved. It's been 3 months now. Under these conditions, can I ask my employer to increase my pay? I get freelancing jobs outside and I get more for significantly less work. I am mentioning this because the company is notorious for low pay for too much work, slave labor, sweatshop type. If they deny without adjusting my current workload back to what's reasonable and normal, can I quit without losing my Unemployment Benefits? Or if I have to stay so I can keep EDD, is my only recourse to do all I can with work, meaning, taking care of my health first and not exactly submit work demands as fast as they want? I did increase my speed and able to deliver in full work integrity but it's just not sustainable. If they fire me because I slowed down and couldn't take the new workload/same pay/less time, will I keep EDD? Thank you very much.
