I asked for a raise. I was level headed and I brought evidence that people in my field get paid $24 per hour…. I get paid $18. I said I would take $21 an hour. Just to bridge the gap.
My general manager said she would bring it to the owner but said I already got a raise of $.50 about 3 months ago. I said that was not adequate. I said I took this job because I needed to and I didn’t have a good position at bargaining because my former boss was sexually harassing his employees and I wanted to get out. I wanted to work with their company. She told me, “if that was the case I wouldn’t have hired you in the first place.”
So, later in the day the owner brings me in to his office. Here are the highlights:
• I’m a Transman, he misgenders me in the middle of the meeting. He apologized, won’t let it go, and then goes off on a weird tangent about he has a friend that has a daughter that’s transitioning. He says he doesn’t understand it but he said he always wanted his company to be diverse.
• takes a phone call in the middle of the meeting.
• when I asked about a position I was suited for(that would have been a promotion), that they hired externally instead. He admitted that I was too good at my current position. And didn’t want the disruption in workflow.
I feel so disrespected. Taken advantage of and honestly disgusted. I don’t want to go back and really fuck them over, but I don’t have another job lined up. My wife tells me to just work there and keep my head down, but how can I possibly swallow my pride after that?