I recently started a new job(6 months ago) outside of the food industry. I spent the last 12 years of my life in a kitchen or serving, I've literally done everything from dishwasher to head chef to management. I wanted a change and went into a different field(customer service) I knew my skills would translate well to the new job plus the hours where wayyyyy better(off at 5pm) and I excelled. I followed the system and worked My ass off and became a vaulable memeber of the team. Long story short my wife can't work for at least a year because of a new baby. I asked for a raise and didn't get it because “we don't have the budget for it” though they're a multi million dollar company and the owner just bought a brand new vacation house. I told them 15 an hour can't raise a family and any company making a substantial profit should be able to pay employees a livable rate….well about the same time I get a call from a restaurant owner wanting a full time sushi chef paying 70k a year 5 days a week full benefits. I took the job with two weeks notice to the former company and everything broke down… they made me feel like I betrayed them and I was somehow hurting the company and me quitting would ruin them. I simply stated “if an under payed employee quitting could ruin the company than why wouldn't you pay me more?” They still said it's not in the budget… they're trying to make me feel bad and I don't but I want everyone to know a year ago I would have never thought of leaving a job suddenly for a new, better paying one. Full disclosure I'm more conservative than most of the people on this sub and I only subbed because I thought yall where stupid but seeing all the stories have changed alot of my opinions on our current work relationships and I thank you all for giving me the courage to stand up for myself so thank you for helping me grow and if it wasn't for this sub idk what I would've done.
TLDR; thank you for helping someone who didn't think like yall for changing my opinions and being soo much better off for it.