When I had a job interview for my current job, my manager overly misstated my pay and benefits. She said what sets the company apart was the fact full timers get full benefits on day 1- medical, dental, life insurance, 401k w generous match, an hourly rate of $17 just for doing the FT work with an opportunity to become an assistant manager depending on how my “training” goes.
Quickly, things started devolving. I wasn’t getting the benefits I was promised. I’ve been very vocal about what I was promised and what I need, but I keep getting the runaround. My manager knows she fucked up. She’s the appeasing type, so she tells me what I want to hear then doesn’t follow through, I’ve noticed.
I got my medical insurance a month earlier than what is typical for the company, but only after much complaining about the benefit package I agreed to upon hire versus what the real deal is.
As for the wages, they’ve been holding out. My training wage was $15. For 2.5 of the 3 months I’ve been here, I have a key, open & close the store, fill in for managers vacation days & have to do manager things in her absence. I’m evidently trained enough to be entrusted with store operations but not trained enough to get out of the $15/hr training pay.
After many reminders, I was told I was finally leaving training and getting “between my current wage and $17, but not $17.” They still haven’t told me my new wage despite my asking and it’s not online. They then said once I pass assistant manager training, I’ll get “close to $17”. LIKE RLY NOW? That is not what we agreed to, AT ALL!
Are employers allowed to interview people, promise a set of wages and benefits they’ll never deliver on, and not follow through? If that was legal, wouldn’t all employers just lie about wages and benefits? Do I have an avenue for recourse?