It took a lot for me to do this and boss man goes “hahahahahaha NO. And I’ll tell you why. How would everyone else that I hired at the starting wage feel about the new hire getting more money than them”
I said
“True. I’m sure most people don’t ask or advocate for themselves like I did”
He goes “yeah so just no. You need anything else?”
During the interview he seemed really nice and he told me how everyone talks to him about their personal issues and whatnot blah blah but honestly it just felt very rude cuz it took a lot for me to do this and I mean a lot and dude laughed at me. Anyways, work sucks I know.