Hey Everyone,
Long time lurker, first time poster in this sub, but I have some questions. I have an interview coming up for a remote camp job (when I say remote, it's a four and a half hour flight to the camp from the nearest city).
I know others who work for this company, but they're of a different generation (boomer) than me (millennial), and while they seem to like it, I've noticed that within this industry, their generation is almost always treated better, regardless of work ethic and what they bring to the position.
My main questions I need some advice on, are how to approach wage questions in an interview, while I've never had issues with this in the past, this is the first rotating shift job I would be working, as well as the first where overtime is garnered daily (it's 12 hour days 7 days a week). I've been told one number for what I could expect to in a year, but no matter how I do the math, the number I come out with is 30% lower than what I had been told.
I'm also wondering how I can broach my concerns about the parent company's dealings (from slightly shady to possibly downright illegal) without coming across as if I'm badmouthing the company from the get go.
I readily accepted the offer to apply (someone I know suggested it and got me the interview) but as it stands, it's a minimum wage job for the first eight hours of every day, then time and a half for the remaining four hours, even with this overtime, because of the rotational shifts, it puts me at what looks like less money than I was making at my previous job (won't go into details, but toxic environment, underpaid for what was expected).
I really feel like it might be bad past employers and jobs that are clouding my outlook on this one, but it's hard to not learn from past experience.