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I'd like to preface this story by saying that I'm autistic, and I shy away from confrontation like it's the plague. It's something I'm trying to work on and I know it's not healthy for me, but it's going to be a very hard and lengthy process.
When I was hired at this dispensary, it was at $12/hr ($2 lower than the rest of the staff) due to me not having any cannabis experience. Before I was hired, my boss promised me I would be getting a $2 raise at the 3 month mark.
Fast forward to the 5 month mark, I'm great and very precise with my job and I'm the only person working in production, and he's moved me to a completely separate building much farther from my house, without asking me, where I am completely alone all day.
Now, there's a lot of scary and crazy shit my boss does to his employees and to our suppliers, but we all ignore it bc 'that's just how he is', and I'm just generally uncomfortable being in the same vicinity as him because of this.
One day he's at my location for whatever reason and I finally work up the courage to ask him about the raise. He says “it's been 3 months already?” I say “it's been 4, actually” (not yet realizing it had been 5 months) and he says “Well, I guess I could bump you up a dollar. But ya gotta work even harder!” in a happy excited voice, as if I somehow wouldn't notice what he's trying to do if he were positive about it.
I was in shock. I felt entirely unappreciated and unaccomplished. Defeated. Hurt. I froze up, and just went back to my work. I didn't know what to do. I should've told him no, that it needs to be 14. I should've quit, I should've defended myself, I should've done something, but I did nothing. I sat there in silence doing absolutely nothing about it.
I didn't talk to him much after that and he left the building. It's been 3 months since then, and I'm still at the same rate, trying to find another job that won't be too overstimulating for the tism. Still defeated. Still angry.
TLDR: Was hired at $12, told I'd be getting a $2 raise at the 3 month mark, at the 5 month mark boss says I need to work harder, giving me a $1 raise despite me being the only production worker in a secluded location.