Hey Crew,
I work Retail for a Running Specialty Store in a major US city, and after several years without a formal review we finally have pushed management to take the time to schedule an actual evaluation/review with all employees individually as a chance to discuss our employment. I am looking to make the absolute most of this rare opportunity to negotiate better pay and accommodation for myself and my coworkers and am hoping the Reddit hivemind can help me out a little with some advice!
Some things to know:
In my city, the minimum wage is set at 15 dollars an hour. We make 15 dollars an hour with no promotion structure in place or annual pay raise.
The company has been hemorrhaging long-time employees. Many multi year employees have been quitting out of frustration with upper management due to low pay and an increasingly poor quality of live in store (working retail during the pandemic does not help and this experience seems to be completely unappreciated by the owners and management). The company has been unable to replace these losses with quality hires, mostly filling scheduling holes with seasonal college students and asking current employees to absorb responsibilities for no pay increase or promotion.
I, along with all of my current coworkers, have college degrees and several years of run speciality retail experience behind us.
These seem to be the most notable facts but I can elaborate as needed. If you have any suggestion I and my co-workers are all ears and would greatly appreciate the help!