I’m upset and need to rant, might delete later.
I work at a smoothie place. We’re purposely understaffed, so naturally when people call out, it’s near impossible to find a cover. Despite being a full-time student, I literally make myself available as often as possible and I’m scheduled more than most of my coworkers minus the managers. I don’t need the hours, but my manager asked if I could work more and I said sure. I am the go-to person for covers. I took a 2 month leave of absence because I was bedridden in the hospital. When I came back, I covered 6 shifts in 2 weeks. I worked 13 days in a row. One girl who asked me, told me she didn’t want to ask me because I had just came out of the hospital fighting for my life for 2 months, but our manager told her to ask me anyways since everyone else said no. I said something like “That’s ok! Maybe if I keep this up I can get a raise if they even give those here.” She told me that everyone (except the new hires) got a raise while I was gone. My pay didn’t change. So today, I brought it up to my manager and short story, he said I don’t qualify for one at this time. I’ve been here for 9 months now. The oldest employee has been here for 11 months but everyone got a raise. Why is the lowest paid employee expected to cover all the shifts? Everyone lives nearby meanwhile I’m here driving 40 miles round trip now that I got evicted from my old place (couldn’t pay the $2400 rent while I was bedridden) to cover shifts at a job that pays the bare minimum wage because I hope being loyal to my company will pay off