As title says. I've been at this place for 6 months now. Ive been running my ass off. I make $13/hour doing tires and oil. I've improved a lot. They also wanted me to organize an entire tire storage/warehouse for NO RAISE. They actually thought it's okay to just slap that responsibility on a single person with no compensation. Tires are damn heavy, by the way. A single tire for the average sedan is about 20-30 pounds, not including the rim or anything. SUV tires are probably somewhere around 50. Truck tires are for sure 70-80. After a week of doing that shit alone my back was so fucked up that I could barely walk without pain shooting up my spine. We have A LOT of tires. While I was sweating my ass off, destroying my back, people who're paid higher than me are just outside chilling when we have no work to do. But me? I'm carrying tires all around a warehouse. Hauling them up a ladder. You'd be surprised how difficult it is to swing a tire up with enough momentum with one arm to get it on a shelf.
Wages are extremely confusing right now in my area, but I see grocery stores and hardware stores hiring for $15. McDonalds, Starbucks, and other fast food places are hiring for $12-13. Some teenager starting their first job ever makes the same as me. Or even more.
Another guy who was already here knew how to do A LOT. They kept him at $13.50. Fucking $0.50 more than me, a guy who doesn't know shit. Kept having him do brakes, tie rods, ball joints, alignments, etc., and never gave him a raise. He's also going to school and working on his certification. Then they hired a guy who knows how to do the SAME stuff, but paid the guy $4-5 more. Then they were confused when he just walked out. He told me he got an amazing job offer to make $19. I congratulated him and told him to leave. Go home and enjoy his day. Disrespect them. They deserve it.
Sorry, but this has been pissing me off for a bit and I needed an outlet.