Hi guys, I’ll try to make this as short as possible because I don’t know if I need to walk out on my job.
The owner/CEO of my restaurant had my Manager (who I’ve worked closely with for two years) offer me Assistant Store Manager with a wage of $25. I am in school studying a certificate, but this was an opportunity I couldn’t pass up so I opened up my availability to accommodate. My Manager told everyone about my promotion.
The owner/CEO retracts the position (not only for me, but same for another employee at our sister restaurant) and offered Senior Shift Lead for $22 in the contract to sign. He is trying to build stepping stones for the company.
I am honestly so upset. The owner won’t budge even though I countered that at least to meet at $24 since that’s closer to what I was budgeting when opening my availability. He said I am “making things complicated” to my manager. My Manager is sincerely apologetic and encouraged me to “sign the paperwork anyways then do as I wish” because I’ve been doing this job for over four weeks without the compensation. I would rather just walk out and tell the owner that he can let my Manager know they need to cover my shifts.
My partner supports me in whatever I do and I can live with them until I figure it out, but if I leave this job then I can no longer afford to live alone in my HCOL city.