Am I getting screwed at my job?

[lcarus]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

You've averaged a 5.2% per year raise, so they're not screwing you. You're just in a low-wage job. Maybe you could make more money at another company with the same job, which would be great, but even a big boost would put you at maybe $20. If you want to make significantly more you probably should consider switching careers.

You are right, but I feel like I'm entitled to at least a couple dollars per hour more. I do a lot for the company. I often work on weekends, work late, deliver product to customers, fix our laser engravers. The problem is, the company is run so poorly and inefficiently, we aren't making a ton of profit. For instance, we pay a woman 30k a year almost to sit around and play Farmville.

That said, there are some perks to this job. If I'm engraving a big order, I can watch Netflix or play an NES emulator at my desk. I would get a lot of flexibility as far as hours and days off, IF I wasn't needed. So it isn't an entirely grim picture, but as a whole, I really am tired of the way things are going here, plus I'm having a tough time as I'm single and living on my own with a car payment and all that stuff.