Fuck Buffalo , I can ' t wait to see you again in 2018 . <| sep |> Start putting out resumes . If you aren ' t appreciated under these circumstances you never will be . You deserve to be treated better and you know it . In your heart of hearts you know you are severely underpaid and overworked . You don ' t have to make the best of the situation you are in . You can change it . Things will only get worse . Your boss will never treat you better than you are being treated right now . If they are making you big promises about a raise at an unspecified time in the future , you should be running even faster . It will either never come , it will be insultingly low , or they will fire you and replace you with someone cheaper the first chance they get . I took a big , big pay cut because the stress of my job was literally killing me . Like I developed an arrhythmia and stopped sleeping . I have been super , super broke for the past 6 months and you know what ? My worst days now are better than my best days at the job I hated but tolerated for the money . Find a job where you have the opportunity to do what you do best every day . Monetize your hobbies and passions . I highly recommend Strengthsfinder 2 . 0 if you aren ' t sure what makes you special . It will tell you .