it's just getting worse (little long)

[Binky]

I'm having a bit of a rant...don't mind me

I won't go into detail as I've explained a lot of the problems I have had at work due to me being the daughter of the boss...but I recently went from part time/casual to full time and instead of getting MORE per hour I got less....I'm literally earning a pittance! NOW I understand the whole, holiday pay/sick leave pay thing, and that most of the time full time pay is less than casual because of this, but I was already on a pittance...and now it's critical!

What makes this worse is I KNOW my dad can pay me more, because my boyfriend works at the same place ...and earns twice as much, and came to work AFTER me, and my dad actually asked him what he would like to be paid, (this is when I was on casual)...my dad was a little tactless and actually talked about pay in front of me.

So that peeved me off....my boyfriend isn't even doing anything special, he's doing random shite around the place the "coffee boy" so to speak...or "office biatch"

So finding out I'm now going to be earning less is a MASSIVE blow for me....I know I should just suck it up and go get a new job, but I feel obligated to stay, my dad has done so much for me in the past that I feel I owe him...but it's just really difficult. I'm getting NO work, I'm bored, I actually got demoted back to "trainee" because the person I replaced has returned, the people there (bar a few) treat me like crap, I have to deal with the fact my boyfriend earns more than me in the SAME place I work (he's the same age as me by the way)

I found this all out...and today...I find out I'm not getting ANY holiday pay....the "reason" I was demoted to less pay was because "I'll get paid holiday leave now"....but I'M NOT!!!!!! So WHY did I have my pay deducted? I have done nothing wrong!

to add insult to injury the car I was going to sell in 2 weeks has just been side swiped! In the car parking lot at my place, the A-Hole that did it, didn't leave ANY note or details so I have no idea WHO did it, and even if I found them I have no proof it was them, it would be their word against mine. So now I have to deal with my car! That I can't afford to fix...the excess alone will be $800 or more :(

*sigh*.....I'm just going to suck it up...it just sucks! And I spose my new years resolution will be to GET A NEW JOB! Don't care where....just as long as I'm getting what I deserve to get....I mean...by that time I will have graduated with my degree, and I already have a Diploma! So why am I sticking around where I am anyways? no idea...

thank you for letting me rant....

[Binky]

oh just one more thing to add....this would be ok if I lived at home....but I live out of home, I pay rent and bills and what I had covered it comfortably enough with extra for food...now tho.....hmmmm....and because I'm off 4 weeks (we break up over chrissy) I have to pay for 4 weeks rent, without any money coming in :(....SUCKS!

[Barefootgirl]

What makes this worse is I KNOW my dad can pay me more, because my boyfriend works at the same place ...and earns twice as much, and came to work AFTER me, and my dad actually asked him what he would like to be paid, (this is when I was on casual)...my dad was a little tactless and actually talked about pay in front of me.

Would it be completely oblivious of me to ask why you don't simply go to your dad and put in for a pay rise, based on your experience and the work you are doing?

[Maevis]

I have the same question as Barefootgirl.

Also, no offense, but what the heck are you talking about when you say:


NOW I understand the whole, holiday pay/sick leave pay thing, and that most of the time full time pay is less than casual because of this, in front of me.


Are you saying that your hourly wage has decreased because you were put on full time? holiday pay/sick pay while a benefit, is NOT something you should be getting penalized for.

[Binky]

oh sorry, yeah I have....his responce "prove that you are worth more".....which is why I'm sucking it up and leaving...thats not what I wanted to hear, I've done more than enough to "prove" I'm worth more...

and yeah, I did get pay reduced because I get "holiday and sick leave" and the way I understand it is because you get paid for when your not working you get less...or at least that was what was explained to me...maybe I'm just a fool for believing it...but yeah...I'm going to geta new job in the new year...

Oh and I take no offence, never do :D you guys are always awsome when it comes to advice!

[BlaqueKatt]

oh sorry, yeah I have....his responce "prove that you are worth more"

I realize this is your dad we're talking about but paying a male worker(your boyfriend) more than a female for doing basicly the same work-these's a word for that in the US(if that's where you are)- gender bias or discrimination-and news for ya pops-IT'S NOT LEGAL!!!!!


BlaqueKatt-Who makes more than her male counterparts

[Cia]

I don't know how your vacation/holiday pay works for you but under our Union rules the amount I deduct from the tech's pay is 3% of their gross wages. So yeah they get less now but the Union sends them checks twice a year.

[Binky]

My dad is a great guy don't get me wrong, as a dad he is awesome, I mean, he gave me this job when I really needed it, I was going through a REALLY rough patch and he gave it to me to help out. Thing is, it's been 2 years since then, and as a boss...well...he's good when you have issues, but when it comes to money, he HATES being asked for a raise....(my bro used to work for the company and had done what I did when he first started out)...as for my boyfriend earning more than me, I can only make assumptions as to why, I know my "role" has been demoted to trainee, and they never get good pay, so I can only assume that my boyfriend isn't down as that, and so can get a higher pay, it's annoying, but in the end him getting more money helps me out as well.....ah you know what, it sucks, and I had a rant about it, I feel better to have it all realized, and thanks guys for listening, I just hope that next year my "role" is "re-evaluated" and I get a higher pay....(so I was informed the other day)