Hello everybody. I'd like to describe a situation and would appreciate some advice. I'm only 17 so I don't have much experience with jobs yet
I was hired at my workplace back in November '05. I was promised an evaluation after 6 months and a subsequent raise of up to $0.25 more an hour if I passed.
Fast forward to mid-January. My manager informed me that every worker that was making the hourly wage that I was (6.50, which happened to be the lowest amount that anybody was making in the store at the time), was receiving a $0.25 raise. This was a corporate decision made to decrease the turnover rate and to get people to apply for work. My company was going through a crisis where they had a lack of openers/closers, and therefore, the starting wage for new workers was increased as well.
So, fast forward to mid-May, I give my management team a friendly reminder that it's time for my 6-months. I hadn't heard anything and I waited until the beginning of July to mention it again. The GM told me he was going to send it to corporate immediately. It came back a couple of days ago. My raise was denied. Reason being because of the raise I received in January.
The managers know i'm one of the most reliable workers they have and therefore they're going to speak to the district manager to see if he can override corporate's decision.
I don't know where I stand on this. Half of me says "Well $0.25 is the most I can get out of a raise, and since I was given that raise 4 months prior to when I should have gotten it, I shouldn't complain." The other half says "A corporate decision to increase hourly wages shouldn't screw my chances of a raise after 6 months which was promised to me. The managers know i'm a good little peon and it's in their best interest to keep me around."
I hate to sound conceited. I don't deserve an "Employee of the Year" reward but I am sure as hell a better worker than most that keep their jobs for all of a week or two. I do my work, I've received corporate compliments, I'll answer to callouts on my days off, and I've even spent my own money on food there just so I can learn the price of each item including tax and have it memorized, incase a customer has a price question. I am crazy, but crazy to please my coworkers and customers.
I wouldn't be pursuing this as much as I am had I not known that a few of my other coworkers are making more money an hour than I am, simply because they were hired during the time of the crisis (I would understand if they are openers/closers, but they work the same mid-shifts that I do). My raise, if the decision by corporate is overrided by the DM, would allow my hourly wage to match those in question. These coworkers have only been there for a couple of weeks. I have been there for 8 months now.
Do I have legitimate reason to complain and pursue this, or should I just keep my mouth shut and wait for my next evaluation?
Thanks for any replies!
I was hired at my workplace back in November '05. I was promised an evaluation after 6 months and a subsequent raise of up to $0.25 more an hour if I passed.
Fast forward to mid-January. My manager informed me that every worker that was making the hourly wage that I was (6.50, which happened to be the lowest amount that anybody was making in the store at the time), was receiving a $0.25 raise. This was a corporate decision made to decrease the turnover rate and to get people to apply for work. My company was going through a crisis where they had a lack of openers/closers, and therefore, the starting wage for new workers was increased as well.
So, fast forward to mid-May, I give my management team a friendly reminder that it's time for my 6-months. I hadn't heard anything and I waited until the beginning of July to mention it again. The GM told me he was going to send it to corporate immediately. It came back a couple of days ago. My raise was denied. Reason being because of the raise I received in January.
The managers know i'm one of the most reliable workers they have and therefore they're going to speak to the district manager to see if he can override corporate's decision.
I don't know where I stand on this. Half of me says "Well $0.25 is the most I can get out of a raise, and since I was given that raise 4 months prior to when I should have gotten it, I shouldn't complain." The other half says "A corporate decision to increase hourly wages shouldn't screw my chances of a raise after 6 months which was promised to me. The managers know i'm a good little peon and it's in their best interest to keep me around."
I hate to sound conceited. I don't deserve an "Employee of the Year" reward but I am sure as hell a better worker than most that keep their jobs for all of a week or two. I do my work, I've received corporate compliments, I'll answer to callouts on my days off, and I've even spent my own money on food there just so I can learn the price of each item including tax and have it memorized, incase a customer has a price question. I am crazy, but crazy to please my coworkers and customers.
I wouldn't be pursuing this as much as I am had I not known that a few of my other coworkers are making more money an hour than I am, simply because they were hired during the time of the crisis (I would understand if they are openers/closers, but they work the same mid-shifts that I do). My raise, if the decision by corporate is overrided by the DM, would allow my hourly wage to match those in question. These coworkers have only been there for a couple of weeks. I have been there for 8 months now.
Do I have legitimate reason to complain and pursue this, or should I just keep my mouth shut and wait for my next evaluation?
Thanks for any replies!
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