Month: March 2022

Transparency here I live on my own in an expensive city. Make $14 an hr. Been working for this company almost 3 years. For the last 7 months I’ve been told I was going to get a raise. I’ve become a manager at this point and have a new set of responsibilities since the first convo of a raise. Well three days ago by top boss gives me call says cool your getting the raise and it’s impressive. I’m honestly at this point jsut praying I get that one more dollar I’ve been waiting on. Today I got my check. No raise. But my antidepressants went up and my food has been going up so now I’m out of groceries soon my meds and feel like I’ve been running in circles for yet another company that would toss me in the trash without a moments thought. I don’t know where…

Can’t wait to get my raise! Because obviously they’re going to use the extra profit to give back to the people that, ya know, MAKE THE MONEY! Or maybe the price changes are to adjust for inflation… oh then our wages should probably rise with inflation too.. Lolli & Pops is already way overpriced. I quit and came back as a Shift Lead and am making ONE DOLLAR over minimum wage despite being in a leadership role AND not having to be trained since I came back. I never received a performance based raise the 2 years I worked there. The people I know who did stay got PENNIES and I think make 10-50 more CENTS than I do. A YouTuber came in and we comped her $1300 worth of stuff. 2 of my paychecks. But they “can’t afford” to pay us more. I’m so sick of corporate greed

I put in my two weeks notice and have only ever worked remotely. My employer was happy I was staying on to help train my replacement, but are demanding I commute into the office (at least an hour each way) because they “don’t have enough computers” and I’ll need to share with the new hire, thus making us unable to work remotely.

I started a new job as a customer service representative in May of 2020 right after graduation. I was super excited because a friend of mine had been there for a few years and she loved it. She had been promoted a few times and had great leadership. It was the worst job I’ve ever had in my life. It was when the stock market was insanely unpredictable and people were calling in all the time. I was told there would be chances for training and I would be able to meet with my manager to talk about advancement opportunities. That never happened. And the callers were mean. I cried all the time because the callers were blaming us for their investments losing money. They would call me stupid and yell at me for the wait times. Some of the old men would hit on me. The company would never…

One of the qualities I admire about my ex is he didn't put up with shit when he felt like he was being taken advantage of. One day a few years ago he came home and told me about the staff meeting his company had held that day. The managers had passed around a picture of a worker bending over while the management kicked them in the rear. They were trying to make some point, in the most condescending way possible, about how the staff needed to work harder. My ex immediately stood up, crumpled said paper, and tossed it in the trash, making it clear he was disgusted by it. Totally changed the tone of the meeting. At the time I was horrified by his open outrage toward his superiors. Now I'm pretty sure I would do the same thing.

Don’t put in half the effort. Make them realize what they saw in the beginning of the pandemic, that employees are capable of getting work done from home.

Performance: successful contributor

Has anyone ever run across being paid two different hourly rates? The job I’m about to start pays me at the rate I negotiated for while doing direct work with a client, but pays four dollars an hour less for indirect work (travel,prep,training). I’m just having a hard time wrapping my head around my time being worth four less dollars an hour depending on what function I’m preforming.