Author: Olivia

I work in a job that I mostly really like and from the beginning my only issue was salary; it has continued to be my biggest problem with the company (as I am highly educated and qualified and successful in working on the two largest clients' accounts). I found out that the person working with me on one of those who is one position above me gets paid about twice as much as me (and the person one step above her gets another $100k more than that). These seem like unusually large jumps up the salary scale for just going one position up at a time and reinforce how low my salary is here at the bottom despite my value added. I finally did say something to a high up boss and was told the performance review will be in Q4…meanwhile someone else from my role just got a promotion…

Can we start a better employers bureau and start with listing wages for positions as an entry requirement?

My first job out of college (this job) was a laboratory work type of position that paid $18/hour in a city where studio apartments cost $1800. Of course none of my coworkers had their own apartment, everyone in this town rents bedrooms (for no less than $1200 I might add). Other than the low pay, my workplace was the antithesis of of anti-work. No one barked at me for taking a 16 min break instead of a 10. Management was extremely hands off, never micromanaged. HR was very responsive t any concerns. If I called my boss and said I was feeling depressed, he’d give me as much time off as needed. I could come to work late as long as I called first to notify. HOWEVER the wage just doesn’t pay my rent and there was no room for discussion on that topic even though I tried To supplement…

Not being rude just an honest question because I just stumbled across this thread. Or is it a thread to bitch about employers? I’m confused lol Thanks guys..

It's time to admit it. The country is in the early to mid stages of economic collapse. Why? Because we have an identified, but deliberately tolerated (and in fact encouraged) market failure a small % up top wants to keep exploiting. Capitalism relies on competition to keep things “fair”. It only keeps things fair when there is competition. For too long, companies have not truly been competing for workers. Even now, are they really? Your chain burger joint didn't close because they couldn't find workers. They closed because they made the choice to shut down rather than pay a livable wage. Showing a willingness to close a location puts pressure on their workers in other locations. Your local burger joint might have collapsed because they can't find workers at a rate they can afford. If so? Other places are still in business, their business model stunk. Maybe the loans they…

Got my yearly evaluation yesterday, my performance is apparently good enough for a 2% raise. That's about 10 cents. It wasn't even a bad review this is the second best yearly raise they offer. I also completed training for my job this past year, a month long class, 31 days without a full day off, for a whopping 25 cent raise. I make just over $5.00/hr before my raises go into effect, most of my pay comes from tips, which honestly I'm very lucky because I make good money, better than most of my bosses, but it's ridiculous just how little my company cares to pay its employees. We're the biggest department in this company and yet we cost them pennies to keep around.