Obligatory safety burner account.
Title pretty much says it all. I really like the job that I’m at. It’s a pretty small company in and the owners have been good to me.
I was fairly inexperienced for the role I was hired for, but had relevant experience, so I was taken on, but with a pay that’s on the low end of average. I was hired with the understanding that after a few months to see if I was a good fit, that I would then get a raise. With the owner always talking about paying their employees what they’re worth, “there’s always opportunities to make more money,” and multiple bonuses every year.
So it’s been a few months and I feel like I’ve been a really big asset. If all the jobs that I’ve worked on goes through, I’ll have had a hand in making the company probably a million dollars in profit over next year.
So I asked for a raise. Owner went on vacation. I asked again, but for even more money because fuck the cost of living. Owner said to give them until the end of the week. Came and went.
In the meantime, I got (and have taken) a job up on their offer for another position, which will be a 25% raise from what I’m currently making. I really don’t want to leave my current job. I like the work, the owners, and that I am basically left alone to do my work as I see fit. But I really don’t like being blown off. I wouldn’t have entertained this other job if my current employer just gave me a raise like I asked.
So I’ll start at this more job in a couple of weeks if my current boss doesn’t give me the raise I asked for, with a fuck you bonus on top of it. They’re totally in the dark, and I know if I leave, they’ll be super fucked over. I also feel kinda bad for this other company too; because if I do get that I raise I asked for, I’ll totally just stay where I’m at.
Maybe instead of a yearly raise, normalizing smaller, quarterly raises would be better to help facilitate people talking about money with their employers more often.
Fuck you, pay me