So I work at a Redwing Shoe store. I'm about to drop my 2 week notice mainly because of upper management. I'm paid (Mo) 15$ hr. The same wage as a Walmart employee and a dollar less than an Aldies employee. If you know about redwing you know they pride themselves on being the best boot brand (you can easly find work boots for 300+ dollars), and yes their boots are second to none! (The American made ones anyways) I started this job almost 7 years ago at 10$ an hr part time. It wasn't until 4 months ago I was promoted to full-time. I'm expected to know everything about most of the boots off of the top of my head (my store has over 200 different boots in it), give every customer a VIP treatment, and push accessories and findings to all customers. Doesn't matter that I routinely am on the top 10 sales associates in the midwest. Or that the average workers around my store only make about 40k a year. The Bosses Boss will always show up asking why sales are down. (He showed up last month in the new Ford Ranger, said he paid in cash to get it) The asked How come we aren't selling accessories as well as store B (average yearly income there is 100-150k a year) doesn't matter that covid gave our store record profits or that my 2 children have been born in the last 2 years. The goal post keeps moving away, even when We reach a goal we don't get a bonus or anything. We get told to do better. We'll good luck to them and their products that they're slowly getting cheaper on I'm putting in my 2 week notice and going to work at a bank with a starring wage at 24 an hr and benefits starting day one!
*edit. I don't really post on reddit, go easy on me.