Work - and it's NOT bitching! :D
I'm approaching the end of my three month probation* at Subway. Now, usually, fast food joints will start everyone at minimum wage (of course) and then after your probation, or on a certain date each year, will give you a small raise, usually five, ten or fifteen cents depending on your performance. Maybe a quarter if you're really good or lucky, but rarely. When I was interviewed I was told that I would start at minimum ($8/hr) and then maybe get more depending on how I worked. I remember thinking "Sure, they all say that when they want to hire you. Maybe this place just keeps everyone at minimum wage, or maybe I'll get a dime or something later. Wooo..." So I just assumed I'd get little or nothing (it's Subway, after all), but I worked away diligently anyways. The boss is always thankful when I help them out (I even worked a last minute 2 am shift to cover some guy who was supposedly sick) and I've been working every Friday night closing from 5pm until 2am because no one else is available/willing to do it. Yesterday, though, he's going over the bread with me and giving me all these pointers on making better bread and he says "I want your bread to be perfect, 'cause next payroll I'm giving you $9.
A dollar raise~! O_o That doesn't usually happen after three months at a McJob! $9/hr is still not huge, of course, but it's better than $8, and more that I figured I'd get. Hell, it took me two years at the Shoppers in Ottawa - and switching departments - to get to $9.15. Now I'm getting almost that much to make sandwiches, clean, and restock fridges. Oh, and bake bread, of course. XD And here, I'm not dealing with narc addicts trying to threaten me to get a morphine fix. Win!
It feels great to be APPRECIATED. :D
* Under Canadian employment law, most employees can be dismissed by their employer within the first three months of employment without any valid dismissal reason being required, and with no reason given or no notice period. For example, at the three month point - or sooner - an employer can say "It's just not working out" or "I just don't think this job is right for you" or even "I don't like you" and give you the boot. If they keep you past three months, though, that's when they can only get rid of you for certain reasons, such as not doing your job properly, skipping shifts, doing something else wrong, downsizing or bankruptcy or something of the like, or else they could face a lawsuit.
A dollar raise~! O_o That doesn't usually happen after three months at a McJob! $9/hr is still not huge, of course, but it's better than $8, and more that I figured I'd get. Hell, it took me two years at the Shoppers in Ottawa - and switching departments - to get to $9.15. Now I'm getting almost that much to make sandwiches, clean, and restock fridges. Oh, and bake bread, of course. XD And here, I'm not dealing with narc addicts trying to threaten me to get a morphine fix. Win!
It feels great to be APPRECIATED. :D
* Under Canadian employment law, most employees can be dismissed by their employer within the first three months of employment without any valid dismissal reason being required, and with no reason given or no notice period. For example, at the three month point - or sooner - an employer can say "It's just not working out" or "I just don't think this job is right for you" or even "I don't like you" and give you the boot. If they keep you past three months, though, that's when they can only get rid of you for certain reasons, such as not doing your job properly, skipping shifts, doing something else wrong, downsizing or bankruptcy or something of the like, or else they could face a lawsuit.