I worked nights, weekends, and holidays after being put on a performance improvement plan. I saved my job, but it wasn't worth it.

• When I got a new department head at work, I was forced onto a performance plan.
• Even though I was already doing a great job, I worked extra hard on nights and weekends.
• I was taken off the performance plan and given more work with no raise, so I left the company.

I had been at my job in the legal industry for a few years and was comfortable in my role after successive positive annual reviews and regular praise for my work. Then we got a new department head; we did not get along. Nobody seemed to gel with her authoritarian management style.