- Sep 12, 2001
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(Yet another work thread)
I work at Publix..it'll be two years in October. I was a bagger for ~5 months, switched to cashier..three or four months after that, I was promoted to office cashier. Several weeks ago, I went to office staff (next step up is management, but that's a ways off). I started at $5.75 (bagger) & got a raise to $6.00 after five months. Approximately six months later, I went to $6.25...a while after that, I started cleaning the employee restrooms every ~2 weeks (sometimes 3)..$0.50 raise for that. I just got another $0.25 this past week (after moving to office staff), so I'm at $7.25/hr now.
With that said..there's another employee (female, if that has anything to do with it) who started in December at $6.25 (cashier, but they typically start at $6 flat). She now makes $7.25, and is just starting training for office staff. With more experience (I was working in the front office months before she was even hired), much more time with the company (1yr & ~8mo vs her 6mo), and a nearly perfect record (every eval has been better than the one before), I'm getting paid the same rate as the coworker I mentioned earlier.
We get along quite well..I don't have a problem with her for getting paid what I get (figured I'd clear that up just in case)..but I can't help but wonder why I'm getting paid the same.
Cliff notes: I've worked here 3x as long as this other coworker, I get along with management very well (they have hinted that I should go for management; I had a 20min discussion with the store manager on that), and my evals are consistently better than the ones before (which weren't bad at all)...and we get paid the same. Is that normal?
Just thought I'd ask ATOT..I'm probably going to talk to the assistant store manager next time I have a chance..but what do you all think?
I work at Publix..it'll be two years in October. I was a bagger for ~5 months, switched to cashier..three or four months after that, I was promoted to office cashier. Several weeks ago, I went to office staff (next step up is management, but that's a ways off). I started at $5.75 (bagger) & got a raise to $6.00 after five months. Approximately six months later, I went to $6.25...a while after that, I started cleaning the employee restrooms every ~2 weeks (sometimes 3)..$0.50 raise for that. I just got another $0.25 this past week (after moving to office staff), so I'm at $7.25/hr now.
With that said..there's another employee (female, if that has anything to do with it) who started in December at $6.25 (cashier, but they typically start at $6 flat). She now makes $7.25, and is just starting training for office staff. With more experience (I was working in the front office months before she was even hired), much more time with the company (1yr & ~8mo vs her 6mo), and a nearly perfect record (every eval has been better than the one before), I'm getting paid the same rate as the coworker I mentioned earlier.
We get along quite well..I don't have a problem with her for getting paid what I get (figured I'd clear that up just in case)..but I can't help but wonder why I'm getting paid the same.
Cliff notes: I've worked here 3x as long as this other coworker, I get along with management very well (they have hinted that I should go for management; I had a 20min discussion with the store manager on that), and my evals are consistently better than the ones before (which weren't bad at all)...and we get paid the same. Is that normal?
Just thought I'd ask ATOT..I'm probably going to talk to the assistant store manager next time I have a chance..but what do you all think?