I’ve been with this company for 3 years. Just changed from specialist 1 to level 2, and took on multiple new trainees from 2021. I’ve trained over 20-30 people in our standards and procedures just as a standard employee. My boss has constantly been relying on me for help and I’m one of the most established people in the department. There’s even been meetings that I sit in as a substitute for my boss because I know our daily procedures better than they do. My boss has been commending me for my excellent production score and hyping up my pay increase for weeks.
Today, I got the confirmation that it’s an increase of 0.80 an hour. I’m furious and stated writing out the email. I spoke to some coworkers and theirs were anywhere between .30-.50.
What do you even say to these people to have a slim chance in hell that they’ll listen? So far I’ve definitely included “why should I be encouraged to work as hard as I do with no incentive?”