Wanna preface this by telling you that it's been posted in another subreddit. BUT… it is my post, originally.
Someone close to me (being vague on purpose) has been passed up for a team lead position two times in the past 6 months. But they're still expected to “fill in” for team leads every week, and nearly every day. After passing them up, management attempted to placate this person by giving them an “award” for performance. This is after signing paperwork the prior week that essentially said, “If no existing team lead applies for this position, it's yours.” Sure enough, a team lead from another store wanted to transfer, and I suspect it's at the behest of the store manager, because the person that transferred used to work for this store manager at their original store. That's fine, I guess. But being expected to do the job, AFTER BEING BRUSHED OFF and WITHOUT THE PAY is shady. For the record, there's a $6 per hour difference in pay between cashier and team lead. Also, I'd like to mention that the person the post is about has expressed their intention to no longer perform team lead duties (y'know… because of not being paid for it) but they're being forced to, anyway. Now, I'm no genius but, this seems like taking advantage of an employee's willingness to work. Has anyone else been in this situation before? What should they do? What CAN they do aside from finding a new job? Which is not an option, right now. I want to give advice on how to fight this, but I just don't know how. Any reasonable advice is appreciated.