[HSuke]

I was offered a promotion at work and I took it because I was promised a 'significant raise' (my managers words) if I was able to handle the position. I've proven that I can (my manager has told me on many occasions that I am doing a fantastic job). Well now that its come time to talk about my 'significant raise' my manager said that I get $2 more hourly... wow a whole $2 *heavy sarcasm*! WTF?! My pay is very very low to begin (so low that I am embarrassed to even say how much I get paid), that's why I agreed to take on the new position because I was promised more money and now I'm not getting it! This new position has almost tripled my work load and its made my stress go through the roof. My manager uses the economy as an excuse to not pay me anymore... I feel like such a sucker.

Well, if you're able to handle all that work, then your workload was too light before.

Otherwise, prove that you're able to take on the challenge, and ask for the raise after you've shown that you can handle it for several months.

[eyeheartyou]

If your pay is low, that's probably why your manager said $2 is a significant raise.

Think of it this way - if you get paid $10 and go to $12, that's a 20% increase - pretty good.

If you get $100 an hour, and go to $102, you probably wouldn't care at all.

Well, if you're able to handle all that work, then your workload was too light before.

Otherwise, prove that you're able to take on the challenge, and ask for the raise after you've shown that you can handle it for several months.

When I was hired I was hired for a part time position and then it became full time (with no pay increase). The second I became full time they started piling on the work and I didn't complain because I figured if I showed was an able worker they would take notice and pay me more. Then I was offered the promotion with promise of more money and I took it, stupidly thinking that I would get what I was promised. The workload I had before wasn't light, it wasn't heavy but it wasn't light... I'd say it was a good amount of work because it kept me constantly busy.

I waited a couple of months before I spoke to him about my raise, and in those months I did prove that I am able to handle the job. My boss practically told me I should do the job (at the pay I am being paid) for at least another two years before I even ask for more money. Two years? That sure seems freakin unreasonable to me, considering the fact that every week he makes me do things that are not within my job description but I still do it hoping that he would see my worth. My co-worker (who has been working with my boss for years) even told me that the boss is taking advantage of me because I am doing a manager's position but with less than half the pay. I took over for a manager who was let go because she has issues with the way the boss was treating her and us.

Don't get me wrong I am not afraid of hard work but I would like to know that I eventually be rewarded for it and now I see that I won't. And before you guys assume I asked for too much money, I didn't. I asked for much less than what the previous manager got paid. I asked for $8 dollars less an hour than what the previous manager was being paid.

[HSuke]

^ Yeah, you have it tough. Your boss sure is taking advantage of the situation. If only this economy were better, you'd be able to threaten to switch jobs for a raise.

[tasty]

okay so i had an interview on thursday...

they said they'd call me on MONDAY which is tomorrow. is that what they say to people who are unsuccessful? because usually people who are successful are offered the job on the spot or the day after, right? i was the second-last interview they were having btw.

man, this is so depressing.

i feel crushed already and really demotivated.

[Pogichinoy]

okay so i had an interview on thursday...

they said they'd call me on MONDAY which is tomorrow. is that what they say to people who are unsuccessful? because usually people who are successful are offered the job on the spot or the day after, right? i was the second-last interview they were having btw.

man, this is so depressing.

i feel crushed already and really demotivated.

Aww hang in there, be optimistic.

Not all people who get the job are offered on the spot after their second or other successive interviews. Perhaps they are still evaluating the other candidates and waiting for authorisations from management.

[gummybummy]

okay so i had an interview on thursday...

they said they'd call me on MONDAY which is tomorrow. is that what they say to people who are unsuccessful? because usually people who are successful are offered the job on the spot or the day after, right? i was the second-last interview they were having btw.

man, this is so depressing.

i feel crushed already and really demotivated.

This is not always the case. I was offered my job almost a week after my interview. There may be a lot of things that you have to take into consideration, maybe they have more people to interview on different days, maybe it is just routine, and that they have to do some background checking. There can be numerous reasons. Hang in there, and good luck

[my.name.is.nine]

it's so hard to get a job now.. sighs..
i had an interview at a staffing agency and when i went there they told me there weren't hiring.. (the two companies they can hire people for)
i thought it'd be more..
i will try another staffing agency..

[Donnerschlag]

Look into University of Phoenix. We are hiring for many positions. www.apollogrp.edu

I have been working here about 2 1/2 years and make just under $40k in tech support.

[clockwatcher]

okay so i had an interview on thursday...

they said they'd call me on MONDAY which is tomorrow. is that what they say to people who are unsuccessful? because usually people who are successful are offered the job on the spot or the day after, right? i was the second-last interview they were having btw.

man, this is so depressing.

i feel crushed already and really demotivated.

I don't know what kind of job you're applying for but for my current job, I didn't hear from them for like 1-2 weeks.


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[Temoin la Nuit]

When I was hired I was hired for a part time position and then it became full time (with no pay increase). The second I became full time they started piling on the work and I didn't complain because I figured if I showed was an able worker they would take notice and pay me more. Then I was offered the promotion with promise of more money and I took it, stupidly thinking that I would get what I was promised. The workload I had before wasn't light, it wasn't heavy but it wasn't light... I'd say it was a good amount of work because it kept me constantly busy.

I waited a couple of months before I spoke to him about my raise, and in those months I did prove that I am able to handle the job. My boss practically told me I should do the job (at the pay I am being paid) for at least another two years before I even ask for more money. Two years? That sure seems freakin unreasonable to me, considering the fact that every week he makes me do things that are not within my job description but I still do it hoping that he would see my worth. My co-worker (who has been working with my boss for years) even told me that the boss is taking advantage of me because I am doing a manager's position but with less than half the pay. I took over for a manager who was let go because she has issues with the way the boss was treating her and us.

Don't get me wrong I am not afraid of hard work but I would like to know that I eventually be rewarded for it and now I see that I won't. And before you guys assume I asked for too much money, I didn't. I asked for much less than what the previous manager got paid. I asked for $8 dollars less an hour than what the previous manager was being paid.

Like HSuke said.. if the economy is good, you would be able to job hop right away.

Salary increase internally is rarely decent.. at least you need position/department change to get a decent increase, if not changing company.

But - with the economy the way it is, nothing anyone can really do right now. So since you have no choices.. might as well suck it up and grind through it.

[Raito!]

He's right. With the economy like this, it's very difficult to find a job; to me it seems like it's getting even more difficult by the day. My pay is pretty crappy to and is wayyyyy below the below average point for someone with a bachelor degree even with a raise I dont think it will be enough prolly somewhere between below average and average. So there's nothing much to do beside suck it up and wait till the economy gets better and job hop or whenever opportunity comes up =]

[flesh_is_weak]

anyone in Toronto? I need a part-time job (or another full-time job)

I'm stuck doing part-time shifts (less than the minimun number of what part-time usually is) in a coffee shop, and i feel like there's just nowhere to go...

dang! if only i could fly to korea and teach english, but apparently some racist rule is preventing me from doing it (i have to be a canadian citizen, blah, blah, blah...which means i have to wait 3 more years, thats when i'll become one...)

[eyeheartyou]

Like HSuke said.. if the economy is good, you would be able to job hop right away.

Salary increase internally is rarely decent.. at least you need position/department change to get a decent increase, if not changing company.

But - with the economy the way it is, nothing anyone can really do right now. So since you have no choices.. might as well suck it up and grind through it.

Yeah that's what I'm doing, but once I find another job I'm gone.

He's right. With the economy like this, it's very difficult to find a job; to me it seems like it's getting even more difficult by the day. My pay is pretty crappy to and is wayyyyy below the below average point for someone with a bachelor degree even with a raise I dont think it will be enough prolly somewhere between below average and average. So there's nothing much to do beside suck it up and wait till the economy gets better and job hop or whenever opportunity comes up =]

Yeah that's what I'm doing, but as soon as I find something else I'm gone. It's just so frustrating though...

[Sorbie]

My dream job was to work in a fashion magazine. So after I graduated, I immediately headed on over there and passed my resume. I was crushed when they didn't even took a second look at it. But after I started with my first small job and updated my resume, the fashion magazine called me for a job interview. This was after around 7 months that I passed my resume.

Things are really just 50% luck. Hang in there. And keep your doors and windows open for other opportunities.

[709394]

is anyone on the other side of the table and wants to quit their job?
ive been at my job almost 2 years now, and about a few months into it, i already knew that i hated my job. why? lack of stimulation in all aspects. i hardly talk to anyone on a day-to-day basis, its very, very lonely...and i hardly have anything to work on. These past few months have been hell...whereas everyone around me is scared of losing their jobs, i daydream of quitting my job every.single.day. The only thing keeping me afloat is the pay...i know that im overpaid for the type of work that i do, so i find it very hard to quit and get te same level of pay.

With the current economy though, quitting is a really bad idea...i have several grand saved up, and i'm thinking of pursuing something completely different now (i was in marketing; and now i want to go into computer graphics design). I'm thinking of applying so some grad schools but taking courses first, but if i were to just quit and take classes, my money will dry up FAST> and who knows how long i'd take for me to find another job.

i know the obvious thing to do is wait it out, take courses while continuing my job...but its been getting worse and worse these days...i literally, i kid you not, can go to work at noon and no one will notice/catch me. I feel exhausted all the time and DREAD going to work. i daydream about waitressing just to have a more stimulating job than what i have...sitting infront of a computer all day, doing maybe 1 hr worth of work and chatting online....you may think that its good to be paid for doing nothing, but trust me, being bored at a job gets miserable really fast. i used to have the motivation to do work ..at work, i mean my own work, like purusing my own interests on company time...its horrible i know, but at least it gives me something to do...but even that, lately, i have lost interest in.

in fact, it seems like ive lost interest in everything...
in short, im lonely, bored to death, and have absolute no interest in my job...
i dont think my case is all too special though....

[Temoin la Nuit]

anyone in Toronto? I need a part-time job (or another full-time job)

I'm stuck doing part-time shifts (less than the minimun number of what part-time usually is) in a coffee shop, and i feel like there's just nowhere to go...

dang! if only i could fly to korea and teach english, but apparently some racist rule is preventing me from doing it (i have to be a canadian citizen, blah, blah, blah...which means i have to wait 3 more years, thats when i'll become one...)

I lived in Toronto most of my life.. fled it because the job market was so bad.

What's your experience/background? Toronto job market is pretty lackluster right now.

[questions987]

is anyone on the other side of the table and wants to quit their job?
ive been at my job almost 2 years now, and about a few months into it, i already knew that i hated my job. why? lack of stimulation in all aspects. i hardly talk to anyone on a day-to-day basis, its very, very lonely...and i hardly have anything to work on. These past few months have been hell...whereas everyone around me is scared of losing their jobs, i daydream of quitting my job every.single.day. The only thing keeping me afloat is the pay...i know that im overpaid for the type of work that i do, so i find it very hard to quit and get te same level of pay.

With the current economy though, quitting is a really bad idea...i have several grand saved up, and i'm thinking of pursuing something completely different now (i was in marketing; and now i want to go into computer graphics design). I'm thinking of applying so some grad schools but taking courses first, but if i were to just quit and take classes, my money will dry up FAST> and who knows how long i'd take for me to find another job.

i know the obvious thing to do is wait it out, take courses while continuing my job...but its been getting worse and worse these days...i literally, i kid you not, can go to work at noon and no one will notice/catch me. I feel exhausted all the time and DREAD going to work. i daydream about waitressing just to have a more stimulating job than what i have...sitting infront of a computer all day, doing maybe 1 hr worth of work and chatting online....you may think that its good to be paid for doing nothing, but trust me, being bored at a job gets miserable really fast. i used to have the motivation to do work ..at work, i mean my own work, like purusing my own interests on company time...its horrible i know, but at least it gives me something to do...but even that, lately, i have lost interest in.

in fact, it seems like ive lost interest in everything...
in short, im lonely, bored to death, and have absolute no interest in my job...
i dont think my case is all too special though....

Kinda the same boat. I loved my job - thought it was great, had a good boss, good job, hard work but that was fine. They changed the chain of command and my new boss is the she devil - she's a bully and it's making my life misrable. I seriously want to quit my job.

[Meenuh]

is anyone on the other side of the table and wants to quit their job?
ive been at my job almost 2 years now, and about a few months into it, i already knew that i hated my job. why? lack of stimulation in all aspects. i hardly talk to anyone on a day-to-day basis, its very, very lonely...and i hardly have anything to work on. These past few months have been hell...whereas everyone around me is scared of losing their jobs, i daydream of quitting my job every.single.day. The only thing keeping me afloat is the pay...i know that im overpaid for the type of work that i do, so i find it very hard to quit and get te same level of pay.

With the current economy though, quitting is a really bad idea...i have several grand saved up, and i'm thinking of pursuing something completely different now (i was in marketing; and now i want to go into computer graphics design). I'm thinking of applying so some grad schools but taking courses first, but if i were to just quit and take classes, my money will dry up FAST> and who knows how long i'd take for me to find another job.

i know the obvious thing to do is wait it out, take courses while continuing my job...but its been getting worse and worse these days...i literally, i kid you not, can go to work at noon and no one will notice/catch me. I feel exhausted all the time and DREAD going to work. i daydream about waitressing just to have a more stimulating job than what i have...sitting infront of a computer all day, doing maybe 1 hr worth of work and chatting online....you may think that its good to be paid for doing nothing, but trust me, being bored at a job gets miserable really fast. i used to have the motivation to do work ..at work, i mean my own work, like purusing my own interests on company time...its horrible i know, but at least it gives me something to do...but even that, lately, i have lost interest in.

in fact, it seems like ive lost interest in everything...
in short, im lonely, bored to death, and have absolute no interest in my job...
i dont think my case is all too special though....

OH WOW. I've been feeling EXACTLY the same way these days!! I'm always late to work because I just don't wanna go. I sit in the office alone for 9 hours a day aside from people coming to pick stuff up. I don't even bother doing majority of the work I should be doing because I just don't feel like it. Don't get me wrong, I do work I just don't put my all into it. It's extremely lonely. I wanna be around people! I wanna talk to people!! Ahhhhh!

I don't even get to leave this damn office for an hr for lunch. I have to get food and bring it back here. I sit here on soompi all day during work hours and i've even started selling stuff. Lol. but my boss knows about that. I just ... feel like I need a change but I can't because i'm afraid that with the current economy, it'll be too hard to find another job. Also, there's the whole thing about how I do EVERYTHING here. I mean, EVERYTHING so I don't know what my boss will do if I quit. Blah.

[tasty]

well i didn't get the job.

but i have another interview next thursday at a place closer to my home. but i kind of screwed up my application (my availability is different, and i actually do have a preference in what section to work in contrary to what i put on the app). oops :s

it's a group interview which totally sucks. i have a feeling everyone will be so much more outgoing than me...

i've had a group interview before and got the job but that's only because they were really desperate. i don't think i said a word in the group interview.

[.moony.]

is anyone on the other side of the table and wants to quit their job?
ive been at my job almost 2 years now, and about a few months into it, i already knew that i hated my job. why? lack of stimulation in all aspects. i hardly talk to anyone on a day-to-day basis, its very, very lonely...and i hardly have anything to work on. These past few months have been hell...whereas everyone around me is scared of losing their jobs, i daydream of quitting my job every.single.day. The only thing keeping me afloat is the pay...i know that im overpaid for the type of work that i do, so i find it very hard to quit and get te same level of pay.

With the current economy though, quitting is a really bad idea...i have several grand saved up, and i'm thinking of pursuing something completely different now (i was in marketing; and now i want to go into computer graphics design). I'm thinking of applying so some grad schools but taking courses first, but if i were to just quit and take classes, my money will dry up FAST> and who knows how long i'd take for me to find another job.

i know the obvious thing to do is wait it out, take courses while continuing my job...but its been getting worse and worse these days...i literally, i kid you not, can go to work at noon and no one will notice/catch me. I feel exhausted all the time and DREAD going to work. i daydream about waitressing just to have a more stimulating job than what i have...sitting infront of a computer all day, doing maybe 1 hr worth of work and chatting online....you may think that its good to be paid for doing nothing, but trust me, being bored at a job gets miserable really fast. i used to have the motivation to do work ..at work, i mean my own work, like purusing my own interests on company time...its horrible i know, but at least it gives me something to do...but even that, lately, i have lost interest in.

in fact, it seems like ive lost interest in everything...
in short, im lonely, bored to death, and have absolute no interest in my job...
i dont think my case is all too special though....

Exactly what I'm feeling. I hate my job. It's so non stimulating yet the pay is very good I doubt I will get another job with the same salary in this current state of the economy. Anyway, at first I sent out my resume to a lot of places hoping I can jop hop...but havn't had much luck. I'm so tired now I don't even have the motivation to apply for another place. It feels like whatever I do I won't get another job. So I'm just literally dying in my seat at work.
See I usually write very long responses but lately I've been so uninterested in everythin I dun even hav anythin to say