Today, I got a raise. A 10 cent raise. I have worked at my job for over 3 years. I now make 20 cents more an hour than people that have only worked there 3 minutes. FML
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Today, I got raise at work. It's $3 per month. FML
Today, I got a raise at work. It will bring my hourly wage to about a cent more per hour. Our CEO just reported record-breaking profits for the year. FML
Today, the person recently hired to work in my spot during my days off started at a higher hourly rate than me, after I have been here for nearly three years. I asked for a raise and got a dollar more; meanwhile, my regional counterparts make 4 dollars more per hour. FML
Today, I got a 25-cent raise at work. That would be wonderful, had they not cut 6 hours off my schedule as well. I'm now making $200 less a month than I was pre-raise. FML
Today, I was promoted. After going to school for 10 months to get certified for the new position, training extensively, and taking on a ton more responsibility, I was hoping for a decent raise. How much do my bosses think all of that time and effort is worth? One dollar more per hour than I made before. FML
Today, after 3 years at my job I received a 14% raise. I was informed I will be transitioned from hourly to salary. I will now be making $1500 LESS than I made last year. FML
Today, I found out that one of my coworkers, who has been with the company for less than a week, is getting a $7k pay rise. I've been with the company for 8 months and still on minimum wage. FML
Today, I found out I make less money than the temps at my job by over 2 dollars an hour. I've been working there the longest and do 75% of the job myself. I was told, "We'll think about it" when talking to upper management about getting equal pay or close to. FML
Today, I finally got a raise after years of hard work! Excited, I went on a shopping spree, but as I checked the latest prices, it turns out that my extra income barely covers the increase in my grocery bill. Thanks, inflation. FML
Today, at the job I've had for eight years, I finally got the raise I was supposed to get a year ago. One hour later I found out the store was closing and we were all out of a job in two weeks. FML
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saa994 0
you can buy gum.
heywood 0
Your job sucks. Get a new one.
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Jake221 0
And stop saying were in a recession. Were in a Depression. It has not been this bad sense the great depression. The its not as bad is because the banks are insured and people wont lose there money in the bank.
rightsaidred 3
It's not, actually. During the Great Depression, the unemployment rate got as bad as 25%. And this was in a time where not nearly as many women worked. So we're talking men, here, for the most part. Women who never had jobs to begin with don't figure into the statistics. People were burying money in the back yard and growing their own food to keep from starving. It's not nearly that bad right now--my grandmother-in-law lived through the Depression, and she thinks you're an idiot.
alewiina 0
Jeez, Jake221, learn how to spell. #55 is right, its not a depression. If it was, we'd all be screwed.
zarc 0
I agree that #53 is an idiot, but keep in mind that the current unemployment rate in the US is at 15%-17%. If companies keep being idiots and laying people off, it wouldn't be far fetched to consider that unemployment levels could reach 1930's levels within a year or so.
purplegiraffes 0
hahaha that's not so bad, i've worked at my job for a year and a half and my boss gave me a ten cent raise the day before minimum wage went up 10 cents, cooool.
zarc 0
I've always found raises like that stupid as hell. With the cost of living so high, $.10 means virtually nothing as it takes so long to build up into something. Better than nothing, yes, but raises should be at least $.50 IMO. Particularly if you've been with the company for years.
mechatron2300 0
I've worked at my job for 3 years, I've never gotten a raise, and new employees get paid way more than I do. But that does still suck
guitardedman 0
****** blow me. ive been at the same job for one month shy of 3 years and im still at minimum wage. granted, minimum wage has gone up 3 times since I started, but its still the minimum. maybe you have a shitty work ethic or the bosses don't like you...deal with it. at least you are making money, ive been getting 3 hours a week at minimum wage, which barely covers the gas i use in a week. at least you dont have to resort to selling drugs to make money.
slashers_fml 0
Hey, 20 cents an hour adds up. B) Be grateful that you even have a job, and be happy with your life.
Lautaro 0
In this economy, you should stop complaining and just be glad you have a job at all.
themachinist 0
wah wah wah! Get the **** over yourself you asshat. At least you're working. Right on #64. Hell, quit...I'll move there to take your job.
sportygal85 0
what a bunch of sexist pigs, I know women who do a better job then men and get paid jack shit...thank God Obama signed that thing for fair equal pay earlier this year. where do you work, CVS? i worked there for 3 1/2 years, and got a total of 50 cent raise since working there. what pissed me off more is when they hired new people and I was TRAINING them to be managers, instead of having me be a manager. that was bullshit. but then i starting working at Stop and Shop and I made more an hour in 3 months and 2 raises later than I did the 3 1/2 years at CVS. so you probably work at a company that doesn't take care of its employees. I have a degree and still work at Stop and Shop, can't find work either. Pretty soon Stop and Shop won't pay for my car loan, insurance, credit cards, huge medical bills and coming in November the first payments of my $60,000 in student loan debt so I wouldn't be stuck at Stop and Shop and get a good paying job. **** that. At least people who lost their jobs in their field have experience, and I can't even find a job to gain experience to get up in life. I've been finding lots of jobs all over the country, however they're looking for people who have 5 years or more experience. Even more sad, I'm pretty sure if I got laid off (which they can't, we're union, thank God, which is saving my ass in this time of crisis) I would make more from unemployment than from actually working, since I've been working retail 9 years, and worked more than one job a year. advice for you missy, call corporate, better yet, find a male who's been working there as long as you and find out if he's getting paid more, then threaten them about the bill Obama signed. that's what I would do. Or find a union job. ASAP.
fudrick 0
@#68 You stupid ******* bitch. I hate when people automatically assume sexism when something happens to a woman. And guess what, if she finds a man who makes more money than him, MAYBE HE'S DOING A BETTER JOB! OP seems like someone who would do a shitty job and then expect to get paid as much as someone who works their ass off.
mushrooms_fml 0
Actually, fudrick, in most cases it IS SEXISM, so shut the **** up, you stupid dumb ******* idiot. Go to hell.
fudrick 0
Did you search through every FML just to find the ones I've posted on? I find this slightly creepy at this point. Anyway, yeah, a lot of times it's sexism. But this FML in no way insinuates that it could be sexism, at all. Just because the OP is listed as a woman, people assume that it is sexism.
zombiecull 0
serves you right for working at walmart