I'm a pilot. Specifically a charter pilot for a company doing a whole heap of medical evacuations all over my country. I havent had a full day off in months and I life in fear of checking my phone for calls from boss because I know I'm being stretched to my limit.
Now I'm absolutely ok with all of this. These are trying times, I'm happy to he working…
If I was being paid the correct amount.
I started at this company 3 years ago, very junior but eager. Over those 3 years I've increased my qualifications and experience ten fold, to a point where I have become an integral part of the company, and alot of flights would not be able to go ahead without me.
Naturally I assumed my qualifications would come with a pay rise, and according to the law, it should raise my pay by about 10 dollars an hour.
Woohoo right?
well Humble reader, not woohoo, very far from it.
you see, after asking the HR manager about my now legally required minimum pay rate (that I've been entitled to for 5 months now), he told me to talk to finance, who then passed me back to HR who then told me to email the companies CEO.
I sent an email to him, asking him when I could expect the raise, he told me to set up a meeting with him
Fantastic!
emailed back quickly asking when worked for him
and I've yet to get a response.
that was 2 months ago, I have since sent an email every Friday, kindly asking to set somthing up.
No response.
so it seems his tactic is to ignore me and hope I just give up.
Well I'm not, at this point I'm livid, I work 11 hour days (legal maximum) every day with barely a day off. I'm literally never seeing my family, I haven't gone to the gym in months and I have no time to enjoy any hobbies.
So I email the HR manager again, asking if she could pretty please help me.
Nope
all pay rises go through the director.
“For fuck sake”, I scream from 15,000ft in the air.
ok fine. I see the HR manager in person, she handles all the directors affairs, can she set up a meeting?
Nope
apparently he's now got covid and is house and bed ridden for days.
ok well who do I see then now that the director is literally bed ridden.
Apparently still the director.
but… he's bedridden and can't so anything
well he still handles it all, but I shouldn't message him because he's very very sick.
so here I sit, again, 15,000ft in the air working for less than I was getting as a bar tender. Just wishing this company would collapse.
sorry for the rant. I'm just so mad