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Do I have a right to be upset?

I've been at the same company 6 years and worked through some crappy circumstances. I'm the only one still left after COVID-19 but my manager's manager has it out for me. He's a real weasel, he never tells you to your face, he goes secretive as possible. Yesterday everyone else comes in saying we “got a bonus and your paycheck will be almost double”, mine was the same. My manager got very quiet as if she knew nothing. I finally got it out of her, corporate implemented a “wage adjustment” January 1st and everyone got new hourly pay plus retro pay, except for me. She told me he left me out of the wage adjustment but “during review time in July you'll be eligible for an increase” (a measly 2%). The reason she gave for me not getting it is “I know it bothers John when you do petsonal lunch…


I've been at the same company 6 years and worked through some crappy circumstances. I'm the only one still left after COVID-19 but my manager's manager has it out for me. He's a real weasel, he never tells you to your face, he goes secretive as possible.

Yesterday everyone else comes in saying we “got a bonus and your paycheck will be almost double”, mine was the same. My manager got very quiet as if she knew nothing. I finally got it out of her, corporate implemented a “wage adjustment” January 1st and everyone got new hourly pay plus retro pay, except for me. She told me he left me out of the wage adjustment but “during review time in July you'll be eligible for an increase” (a measly 2%). The reason she gave for me not getting it is “I know it bothers John when you do petsonal lunch break”, which is an unpaid lunch, by the way.

I've asked probably 75% of my coworkers and literally everyone else got the increase. They can't understand why I'm upset or why I'd not perform the same as brand new hires making $2-$3/hour more than me. Would you be upset?

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