Antiwork

I’ve been talking with my manager about a raise. On top of being given great feedback during my annual review, I found out the new hires are making $5k more than me but we have identical roles. During our last meeting, he agreed that the reason he got from his boss as to why I couldn’t receive a raise (“the expected future role had changed”) was bs as he agreed the roles are identical and encouraged me to email his boss and hr. I literally would have never even thought to do this without his encouragement, regardless of how frustrated I am. So I emailed his boss and hr and bcc’d him, as he requested. Today, he told my team leads I was “hellbent” on talking to his boss and nothing he said could dissuade me. I was really worried he would do this. Now I look like an insubordinate…

Looking at some of these mortgage places that hire entry level (like rocket) and they seem good at a glance? Decent pay and benefits. The thing is though they seem to hire anyone with a pulse and have high turnover. Is it a scam? What’s the deal?

Recently at work I was written up because a newer coworker complained about me to the new boss. The coworker and I just don’t mix well, and they had a bad day and lashed out. The meeting to deliver the write up didn’t go very well and I learned that after the meeting the boss asked several of my supervisors if they could think of any incidents with me from the past so that my boss could retroactively create a file on me. My supervisors refused, but I have no way to know if my boss is going to try anything else. Is it legal for my boss to even ask that of my supervisors? Sorry for being vague, I’ve hit all the important details but if there is more info needed I can supply it.

So obviously for service workers who work weekends during school or can pick up time after class, thats what hourly pay is made for. I feel like if somebody averages at least 40 hours per week worked, even in service, they should be given a salary. I think so because it would allow us service workers to plan our financials in a very smart way and not feel like we are losing money when we are sent home early or allowed to take time off.