Life Am I getting screwed at my job? - Page 10

lcarus · 02-17-2012, 02:28 PM

I have worked at an awards shop since 2002. My father is the GM who runs the place, but the owners are a couple of old investors that are hands-off. My job is to design every award that comes through the door, and we do everything from trophies, plaques, glass and acrylic awards, medals, ribbons, t-shirts, hats, custom engravings, you name it. I use two laser engravers and a sublimation printer. I use CorelDraw and Photoshop for everything. A lot of times I have to design artwork for lazy customers who can't get us something usable. I have a very very good record of not screwing things up, which is easy to do.

I started at 8.50 an hour and I now make 13.50. I haven't had a raise in 2 and a half years, and it was a dollar raise. We probably do between 3,000-6,000 dollars per day in business. We only have about 7 employees currently. I was told this past Christmas that the owners weren't giving Christmas bonuses. I usually have gotten like 150 bucks or so every Christmas. We had a pretty good year...

Every time I rarely, politely ask for a raise I'm told by the owners or my father that I should be happy with what I make, and if I want more money I should help the company make more money...should I get the hell outta here?

oldman · 07-02-2012, 03:59 PM

There's a lot of good advice here, including to look inward and see if there is some reason you didn't get that job.
But back to you. There was money to hire another person, so why wasn't some of it passed on to you? If your dad is taking advantage of you because you are his son, that doesn't pay the bills. Keep your professional and personal life separate and move along. I don't know what kind of demand there is for your skills, but $13.50 isn't much for any job. If you can't find anything local that you can apply your talent to, then maybe it's time to move to a bigger city.

**Buehler445** · 07-02-2012, 04:04 PM

Seriously, if you want to roll around in cash, do what Radar said and go to North Dakota. You will get flat paid. A buddy of mine went up there to work at Walmart and got better than $20 an hour and his housing paid for.

And if you don't want to work for an oil company go work for a farmer. All their help left for the oil field.

**Bwana** · 07-02-2012, 04:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Buehler445

Seriously, if you want to roll around in cash, do what Radar said and go to North Dakota. You will get flat paid. A buddy of mine went up there to work at Walmart and got better than $20 an hour and his housing paid for.

And if you don't want to work for an oil company go work for a farmer. All their help left for the oil field.

Yeah, there is a lot of money to be made, if you can stand living in shitweed ND.

02-17-2012, 02:28 PM
lcarus Everybody Lies. Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: 22 Acacia Avenue Casino cash: $-1719887	Am I getting screwed at my job? I have worked at an awards shop since 2002. My father is the GM who runs the place, but the owners are a couple of old investors that are hands-off. My job is to design every award that comes through the door, and we do everything from trophies, plaques, glass and acrylic awards, medals, ribbons, t-shirts, hats, custom engravings, you name it. I use two laser engravers and a sublimation printer. I use CorelDraw and Photoshop for everything. A lot of times I have to design artwork for lazy customers who can't get us something usable. I have a very very good record of not screwing things up, which is easy to do. I started at 8.50 an hour and I now make 13.50. I haven't had a raise in 2 and a half years, and it was a dollar raise. We probably do between 3,000-6,000 dollars per day in business. We only have about 7 employees currently. I was told this past Christmas that the owners weren't giving Christmas bonuses. I usually have gotten like 150 bucks or so every Christmas. We had a pretty good year... Every time I rarely, politely ask for a raise I'm told by the owners or my father that I should be happy with what I make, and if I want more money I should help the company make more money...should I get the hell outta here?
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07-02-2012, 03:59 PM	#136
oldman Curmudgeon Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: North by Northwest Casino cash: $5836784	There's a lot of good advice here, including to look inward and see if there is some reason you didn't get that job. But back to you. There was money to hire another person, so why wasn't some of it passed on to you? If your dad is taking advantage of you because you are his son, that doesn't pay the bills. Keep your professional and personal life separate and move along. I don't know what kind of demand there is for your skills, but $13.50 isn't much for any job. If you can't find anything local that you can apply your talent to, then maybe it's time to move to a bigger city.
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07-02-2012, 04:04 PM	#137
Buehler445 Supporter Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Scott City KS Casino cash: $-1365266	Seriously, if you want to roll around in cash, do what Radar said and go to North Dakota. You will get flat paid. A buddy of mine went up there to work at Walmart and got better than $20 an hour and his housing paid for. And if you don't want to work for an oil company go work for a farmer. All their help left for the oil field.
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