I started working at a fast casual noodle chain since before the pandemic. Two weeks later I got furloughed because the store shut down due to “and unprecedented loss of business” due to COVID.
I was asked to come back once the store opened in a half capacity and six feet apart state because “we really need people” and I said yes. Things were rough with management and other restaurant service job drama for the past few years but I’ve stuck though it all eventually becoming a manager myself. Not once did I ask for a raise, constantly covered shifts and came in my days off to salvage the walk in due to power outages.
I recognized that despite being working here for almost 4 years I was making less than the newly hired mangers. Mind you a large portion of these managers hardly know how to do “manager stuff” that is relatively simple like dealing with DoorDash portal, truck delivery, safe and cash drawers, spreadsheets etc. I am always asked to come in because there are “no other managers” despite half the crew being managers.
I asked my GM if I could get a raise and they told me that they have no power to do so and the only one that could is an area manager of the district I live in. I kindly asked the Area Manager by text if I could be making close to the amount the other “managers” make but I was ghosted.
The day I came in person my GM pulled me aside and told me that the AM said it’s not happening because
A) I am in an “old” pay range bracket and the maximum I can make is what I am making now.
B) I can and should “find a new place to work” because this is a “cutt throat” industry.(my brother in Christ this is a PASTA RESTAURANT)
No I wasn’t fired but it sounds like I’m a problem now.
I know that A) is NOT true because there is another manager who has been here since 2018 and has NEVER had this issue and has received multiple raises.
I know I can easily work elsewhere but what do y’all recommend ? I’m pretty good at what I do here and don’t WANT to leave yet.