Won't post a lot of info but I've been here (restaurant managers, I basically kept the doors.open for the last year) a year and have been anxiously awaiting news of a salary increase.
Today my boss came in just to sit down with me and tell me that due to being hired in the latter half of the year I didn't qualify for the “2022 increase” happening now but would qualify for the increase next year.
He effectively put me on a 2 month clock because in September I will no longer be able to pay my rent without moving or finding another job and there is nothing cheaper to rent.
My rent went up by $200 right after I got this job and is going up at least another $200 in september, my car broke down in March so I had to get a new one, that plus the price of literally everything going up leaves me with $200 each month for food, gas, clothes for my child, etc and I've been overdrafting my account every week, maxed my credit and I literally spent most of the day in the office crying because I kept having a panic attack and having to run to the office because I just don't know how I'm going to live.
No salary increase means I effectively received a $5000 pay cut. I'm looking at a maximum increase of 10k from job hopping if I'm lucky and have already been applying for months and have heard nothing back.
I feel like.i should have had stronger words for my boss but I was in shock I guess, reality didn't settle.in until about an hour later and I've been alternatingly crying and super pissed off all day.
Any advise beyond the obvious never ending job search? This is the first time I have gone a year without an increase and a just can't believe anyone could be living in a reality so different from mine where that seems ok.
Sorry for the rant, I'm sure it sucks.