Received a promotion in February with no raise, was told they would give me a raise after my year end review, reached out to past employee to find she was making $3 more than I am, started applying else where and got offered $5 more an hour. Current job matched, so I stayed.

And I couldn’t be happier, the big factors I had to consider was the new job has more opportunity for growth in the future, but it would have added 1 - 1.5 hours to my commute each day. I had a huge fear that my current employer would treat me differently because of this situation but they haven’t at all, and I’m working 4-7 hours of over time now (which I wouldn’t have been able to at the other job because of child care limitations and the extra commute.

Advice from this sub urged me to push for more money and because of it I’m taking home $200+ a week, and that’s huge for my family. Thanks guys.

Submitted July 21, 2018 at 11:33AM by Dre6485 https://ift.tt/2uGNyv8