I was hired as a part time 8 months ago while studying. During my interview, they said that pretty much always, the part timers are offered a full time position if they would want to do it. (But many part timers leave for other jobs).
Fast forward to today, I've got my bachelors degree and asked if I could go from part time to full time, and they said (not word by word but a TL;DR): “We'd like to learn to know you better before we consider a full time position. Therefore we're inviting you to come work 100% on your hourly contract as you have now. After a few months, and we get to know you better we can consider a full time position”.
Am I wrong in being shocked that they want me to work 100%, but with an hourly pay of just $18? (They also just recently hired a part time who worked LESS than me, for a full time position…) Should I just quit now and look for other jobs? (We have a stupid long 3 months resignation notice). Or is this normal behavior?