aibu to advise dd to stick up for herself or will it get her fired? dd is in her early 20s and has her second job, working in a small section of a large American new media marketing company. she is a high flyer and has been recently promoted 2 grades and now has a junior under her. dd is sparky and forthright. she feels bad as an awful workload is affecting her and this junior too.
The issue is she is has to work really long hours, 7am-9pm is normal. her hair has started to fall out and she is really stressed and tired. the work keeps coming and she says there's a culture of competence and coping. her manager is avoiding her requests for a chat, telling her instead things like that they were going to give her another campaign, but didn't as they knew she had enough. business is growing. they advertised for a new assistant but then offered her 10k less the her current salary so obviously she said no. the issue is that dd doesn't know who to turn to and whether to rock the boat, she feels the expectation is to be grateful to work in media at all.
just wondering if any managers have any insights of what to do? her section doesn't have a proper her dept. thanks in advance