My employer moved my department from hourly to salary, in theory, a good thing, but they didn't account for shift differential in their equations, so I end up down about $100 per paycheck. Not a huge deal, but a slap in the face after months of being told to wait because they're going to do something to help with inflation/rising COL/etc.
I approached my boss with this concern via slack to ask for a meeting; he asked for an email and then responded on slack. He initially dismissed the concern so I informed him that I intend to resign if I end up losing money over it. I was then told it's a luxury to be making enough that jumping paygrades like this causes me to lose money other teammates don't get, that I should be grateful for the opportunity to get more raises later (higher cap on paygrade), had my yearly performance review threatened (I don't know how he intended for me to take a message regarding the possibility of me not getting a raise with “haha” in the message, but I took it as a threat), and then told it wasn't a productive conversation. The issue of me not getting a raise last year came up.. I'm capped in my grade but had previously gotten a large percentage COL increase with a relocation to a different state. The whole thing felt like he was mad at me for making what I make like I had any choice in any of it… he ended up saying something along the lines of “you got more than the rest of us…”. I don't really think that my COL from last year has any bearing on them taking money from me now. I don't really know. The whole conversation was weird and unprofessional.
I didn't really know how to handle it so I emailed him with the director BCC'd after indicating that I didn't feel like I was treated with respect in the conversation. and that he didn't even try to hear me out or understand to be able to advocate on my behalf with the powers that be and that I would be taking the week off to reflect and decide how to move forward (don't really want to work for someone who clearly doesn't value or respect me). He responded with a really half-assed “sorry you feel that way” apology and deleted his unprofessional/condescending messages on slack (I didn't take any screenshots, didn't expect I would need them). I responded to this by calling him out for deleting the messages and basically just saying “your apology lacks any genuine empathy. The way you talked to me was disrespectful, condescending, and contemptuous. I had hoped for more, but I'm open to a personal meeting to discuss the issues of my pay and subsequently my employment, but I wanted a third party to be present for both of our benefit”.
I checked and there was no response to my email but he did set up a meeting for Thursday. No one else was included on the meeting maker. I go back Sunday, so unlikely to be a termination meeting.. but I also don't know why wait until Thursday? I also don't know what tone I should be taking in the meeting or what his agenda/plan is.
Has anyone been in a similar situation? What do I do from here?