So my annual review came up this month. I am an over achiever and am paid fairly well (Obviously they could afford to pay me more.) I work for a big name company in HVAC and restaurant ventilation systems. My supervisor gave me a 47/50. 10 questions, each worth 5 points.
The way it works is, your supervisor does your review. Then they turn it into the GM. The GM then changes whatever he wants. The higher score your supervisor gives you; the more the GM over analyzes it into the ground. The GM gave it back with white out all over it and changed it to a 39. I refused to sign the “I have read this and acknowledge it has no regards on whether or not I agree with the above.”
I am in Florida and I know we have -2 workers rights. The points do dictate your raise. 41-50 is $2. A score of 32-40 is $1.50. Honestly it's not even about the money. I answer questions via text and occasionally phone calls in my free time. Because otherwise I will have to fix it and be behind tomorrow. Other supervisors praise me for being helpful and actually caring. Yeah, I know places don't pay enough to care. I get it.
This is why you don't shit on your employees and make them feel replaceable. I run a large complicated CNC machine that has many quirks. The second shift guy is pretty good. But works 2 jobs and he would never go to first shift because of that. Or he'd need a +$5 raise. We're both making about $30 an hour plus bonuses.
If you read this far, thanks for allowing me to scream into the void. If he doesn't budge, I will make this an HR issue. Even though I may regret it. Lack of worker rights and all.