Current Events > The min wage job I work offered me a tiny promotion. Having trouble accepting.

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ApherosyLove
08/02/20 9:34:30 PM
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From regular sales associate to shift leader. 50 pay increase plus a few more guaranteed hours.

I didn't expect to work retail for this long, and last time I was offered the promotion I declined for a few reasons:
1. I'm supposed to be a teacher. And this was supposed to be a job to hold me over until I got on the supply list.
2. I'm very bad at counting money and didn't want to screw it up for my manager (who I like and respect).

But now it's been half a year and I'm still working there. No closer to being on the supply list, plus the store doesn't handle cash anymore because of the pandemic, so the job after promotion would be a lot easier. I'm just so scared that if I take this promotion, I'll get too comfy and won't ever quit to get a real job.

This is like the epitome of blogfaqs and first world problems, and I've more or less decided on taking the promotion. But I just needed to vent my frustrations, I guess, and I feel bad for the people in my life that I constantly bitch and moan to. >_>

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Johnny_Nutcase
08/02/20 9:35:59 PM
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If it's not not a dollars increase, they're fuckin ya.

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NOM
08/02/20 9:37:54 PM
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Dis sounds like a win-win for you pal. Sounds like it's an extra 50/hr for not much more work and you know how to do it and comfortable doing it. Just keep it in your brain that it's temporary until you get to do what you really want to do.

You're doing great just keep winning.

EDIT - I do agree with Johnny that it should be a dolla extra minimum. But if you're okay with it who tf am I to say?

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Balrog0
08/02/20 9:39:04 PM
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When I was in that situation the additional responsibility never seemed worth the pay increase

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Prismsblade
08/02/20 9:39:36 PM
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Not sure what you mean by a 'real' job.

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Teh_Dr_Phil
08/02/20 9:40:07 PM
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Worth it at this point for the supervisory experience you can put in your resume.

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ApherosyLove
08/02/20 9:41:01 PM
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Prismsblade posted...
Not sure what you mean by a 'real' job.
Oh! Not to imply that it's not real! Sorry!
I just meant one with a salary, health benefits, and one I could support my SO with.

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REMercsChamp
08/02/20 9:41:08 PM
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50 cents wtf

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MabusIncarnate
08/02/20 9:41:29 PM
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I'd take it for the sake of putting promoted within on your resume, but expect to dislike your job more, with more pressure, stress, and BS for an extra $15 a week on your paycheck.

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Looked gf
08/02/20 9:41:53 PM
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REMercsChamp posted...
50 cents wtf


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Veggeta X
08/02/20 9:42:05 PM
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I hope you find true peace TC

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jon1012
08/02/20 9:43:18 PM
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I wouldn't take it for the pay increase. Its not that much more money.

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synth_real
08/02/20 9:48:24 PM
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Teh_Dr_Phil posted...
Worth it at this point for the supervisory experience you can put in your resume.
Maybe if it wasn't retail. Having that on your resume is worth less than a factory job.

You've only worked there for 6 months and they already want to put you in a leadership position, for a pathetic raise. This is a giant red flag, and you will regret taking this "promotion." Why aren't they picking someone who's been there longer than you? Is it because nobody else is willing?

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Darkrobotisback
08/02/20 9:48:51 PM
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jon1012 posted...
I wouldn't take it for the pay increase. Its not that much more money.
As someone else said though, "supervisory experience". That alone is good for the educational field.

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Romulox28
08/02/20 9:50:14 PM
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take the promotion, it will look a little nicer on a resume and its slightly more money. and in the meantime job hunt for something you actually want to do

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Axiom
08/02/20 9:51:10 PM
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ApherosyLove posted...
From regular sales associate to shift leader. 50 pay increase plus a few more guaranteed hours.
Not worth it in the least. 50 cents lol wtf. I thought the $2 raise for the same position years ago was bad enough. They're basically insulting you
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L0Z
08/02/20 9:51:41 PM
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Not sure why that gif isnt working so I have to spell it out
50 cent (Curtis Jackson) shakes head and turns away .gif

Basically 50 cents just to take the fall for shit isnt worth it.
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Balrog0
08/02/20 9:51:53 PM
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I don't think team leader or whatever will be a meaningful thing to most people looking at resumes in a different field. It's not that supervisory experience doesn't matter, but it's not that. It shows you are good enough to get promoted in retail, which is a low bar ideally your resume should already clear

Just my two cents. I worked at McDonald's with a bachelor's degree and ended up going back for a master's

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ApherosyLove
08/02/20 9:54:08 PM
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synth_real posted...
You've only worked there for 6 months and they already want to put you in a leadership position, for a pathetic raise.
Oh, I've worked here for years...its just been 6 months since they offered me the promotion last.
I know, I know, if I cared enough about a teaching job I would have gotten one by now, etc.

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REMercsChamp
08/02/20 9:54:20 PM
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Balrog0 posted...
I worked at McDonald's with a bachelor's degree
rofl

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jon1012
08/02/20 9:54:44 PM
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Darkrobotisback posted...
As someone else said though, "supervisory experience". That alone is good for the educational field.

OK, well, do what you want. I'm just saying in my opinion, I would feel like I was being used. I'm worth more than a 50 cent increase to be a shift leader.

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Balrog0
08/02/20 9:55:43 PM
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REMercsChamp posted...
rofl

Nothing wrong with honest work

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Romulox28
08/02/20 9:55:49 PM
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Balrog0 posted...
I don't think team leader or whatever will be a meaningful thing to most people looking at resumes in a different field.
looks better than just having the lowest retail position on a resume, at least it looks like you're doing something with your underemployment by becoming a team leader or w/e

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thronedfire2
08/02/20 9:56:01 PM
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I wouldnt take less than a $2-3 increase

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REMercsChamp
08/02/20 9:56:33 PM
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Balrog0 posted...
Nothing wrong with honest work
You spent 4 years in college and ended up working at McDonalds.

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Darkrobotisback
08/02/20 9:58:11 PM
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jon1012 posted...
OK, well, do what you want. I'm just saying in my opinion, I would feel like I was being used. I'm worth more than a 50 cent increase to be a shift leader.
Not every job is about how much money you make. If you're getting promoted, it's for a reason and that alone should say that you're an asset to the job you're working for. Plus op said that more hours are offered for the promotion... 50 raise + more hours = more money than what Op is currently earning

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zado19
08/02/20 9:58:37 PM
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50 cents...

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Balrog0
08/02/20 9:59:10 PM
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REMercsChamp posted...
You spent 4 years in college and ended up working at McDonalds.

5 years

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jon1012
08/02/20 9:59:49 PM
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Darkrobotisback posted...
Not every job is about how much money you make. If you're getting promoted, it's for a reason and that alone should say that you're an asset to the job you're working for. Plus op said that more hours are offered for the promotion... 50 raise + more hours = more money than what Op is currently earning

No shit, but I'm worth more than that. They're playing with me trying to offer a 50 cent raise for that.

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Balrog0
08/02/20 10:00:49 PM
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Romulox28 posted...
looks better than just having the lowest retail position on a resume, at least it looks like you're doing something with your underemployment by becoming a team leader or w/e

I honestly don't think that it does in practice. What other candidate will it put you over? I've been chosen people to hire and eh. I would just evaluate the job on its own merits

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REMercsChamp
08/02/20 10:00:55 PM
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Balrog0 posted...
5 years
So this entails

>Spending the formative years of your life getting ready for college
>Time spent in college for 5 years
>Energy/effort spent in college for 5 years
>5 years of tuition, textbook, other fees

And you end up at fucking McDonalds flipping burgers.

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Unsugarized_Foo
08/02/20 10:02:08 PM
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A bird in hand is better than two in the bush

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Balrog0
08/02/20 10:02:20 PM
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REMercsChamp posted...
So this entails

>Spending the formative years of your life getting ready for college
>Time spent in college for 5 years
>Energy/effort spent in college for 5 years
>5 years of tuition, textbook, other fees

And you end up at fucking McDonalds flipping burgers.

It's actually a pressing type action. You just hit a button


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Romulox28
08/02/20 10:04:38 PM
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Balrog0 posted...
I honestly don't think that it does in practice. What other candidate will it put you over? I've been chosen people to hire and eh. I would just evaluate the job on its own merits
it just helps with your narrative, beggars cant be choosers at the entry level tbh

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So_Hajile
08/02/20 10:05:55 PM
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Whether or not you think more money (slight raise but additional hours) and the ability to pad out a resume with supervisor experience is worth whatever extra hassle you'll take on is something you have to determine...
ApherosyLove posted...
I'm just so scared that if I take this promotion, I'll get too comfy and won't ever quit to get a real job.
...but this isn't something you need to be afraid of unless your ambition drive is gone. If you already feel like it's just a job and you need cash because we're in a pandemic, the slight money increase isn't going to be enough to change your stance. Not if you really have an interest in pursuing something else.

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CanuckCowboy
08/02/20 10:18:06 PM
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zado19 posted...
50 cents...

I dont know what its like now (im assuming more or less the exact same or even worse) but i worked at walmart in my late teens and if i had gotten the max raise each year from my starting salary of .35 cents an hour above local minimum wage id be up to a whole 17.70 an hour! In just two decades!

corporations are great.

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xue1
08/02/20 10:47:48 PM
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If your coworkers are easy to work with, take it.
If your coworkers are jerks and bitches, then don't. For example, if they make fun of you, call you mean names, spread negative gossip about you, sexually harass you, ask you questions about your sex life, try to convert you to their religion, try to persuade you to vote for Donald Trump
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sondast
08/03/20 1:52:25 PM
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REMercsChamp posted...
50 cents wtf
Welcome to retail.

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Parasite_Eve
08/03/20 2:43:53 PM
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No, more duties plus babysitting other employees and only a .50 cent raise. I would ask for at least a $2.00 raise.

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