Some background:
I work as a telemarketer for my university during the academic year. I've been doing this for two years and I'm consistently at the top of the pack in terms of performance. I'm also one of the only students who will volunteer to work extra shifts and cover people. In our employee handbook, it says that students receive a raise after three years but students may be given raises earlier based on performance. Additionally, people have been offered raises when they put in their two weeks because the retention rate is garbage. I was waiting for the right time to ask for a raise when the program director left and people are temporarily running the program while a new director is being hired.
So:
I went to one of the people in charge of the program right now and asked for a raise. I pointed out how I had a really great year, how much special recognition I had gotten, and how I always show up for my shifts. The lady acknowledged that it's beneficial to the program to have me stay, but said that they simply do not do raises because of how university payroll works (this isn't true; there are plenty of jobs on campus where students get annual raises.) She said that the best they could do is wait and hope that minimum wage gets raised, and in that scenario everyone would get raises. I didn't point out the inconsistencies, and I'm giving her the benefit of the doubt because managing me isn't technically her job.
Should I wait until there's an actual director and ask again? Should I try asking one of the other people temporarily in charge of the program? Ideally, I'd like to stick around for at least another semester to witness the show that is this program slowly falling apart. I'd like to stick around longer, so I can have something that I did all four years of college, but I'm not sure if that's the right move for me.
Submitted May 24, 2017 at 08:04AM by themapoe http://ift.tt/2rzRbD4
