So, I’ve been working for a wholesale distributor of HVAC Equipment & supplies since 2019, making $16 at hire while having to travel an hr out of my way at times since the branch I was hired to be at wasn’t making enough revenue. (I got a raise to $17.50 / hr once a warehouse guy got hired) Meanwhile I had learned to do nearly everything from handling customers, doing night deposits, LTL shipping/ receiving & the like. So the time finally came for an opportunity to become manager since my last boss took a position at a larger branch. I applied for the job back in June / July of last year and had to essentially do my job as the counter guy, the manager and do half of the warehouse guy’s job (since he has an attitude) up until today when I found out that they decided to hire a guy from another state to take the job I’ve been doing this whole time. I got told that despite the similarities between me and the new manager that my offer for the job got rejected (I was asking for $1k more than the going rate for branch manager in my area) and he was gonna use this job as a “stepping stone” to get to a larger branch plus I didn’t jump at the opportunity to take the job when I was explicitly offered it (this was in January when I asked for what the compensation would be and was only told of the benefits of the job but not the base pay). I did get a $1.50/ hr pay raise but it’s more of a slap in the face. Atp, I just need a new job bc this is messed up
TL;DR… if they’re trying to give you more work as the manager w/o you being the manager go look for another job