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Everyone in my store starts at $10/hour if they're entry level, regardless of department. Over the years, if minimum wage has gone up and an employee was below the new minimum, they'd get a bump to minimum (but as you can see, we pay quite a bit above minimum).
Of course, people discuss their pay or bitch about it sometimes. I was BSing with a coworker about how small my check was due to missing a close to a week because of my medical issues and being out of paid time off, she asked how much my check was. I told her ~$500.
Her eyes got wide and she told me 2 weeks worth only gets her about $650. She's been with the company for 8 years, I've been there for close to 4. She also contributes a little more toward her 401k than I do, but my checks are usually around $750-800. If there's a good bonus on that check, I'll come real close to breaking $1000 (net).
Turns out that after 8 years, she only makes 10.75. I make 12.00. We both get the same monthly bonus (based on hours worked).
On the other hand, there are no automatic raises. You have to request a "job dialog" with your manager. In your first year you can snag raises at 3 months, 6 months, and 1 year. After that it's yearly, unless you transfer to another store or dept, then it starts over again (but you keep your pay). I've had 3 of them, and got the maximum raise allowed in 2 and close to the max allowed in 1 of them (my first one, max raise was 10%, they've dropped it to 5% since then).
The stickler is, you can't be on "final" when you ask for a job dialog, final meaning you have 2 active writeups for the same thing. In fact, if you're on "final", you can't do anything whatsoever... no transfers, no promotions, nothing, you're stuck where you are until the final writeup expires.
She's one of those that's chronically on final, as soon as one writeup expires, she gets back on it. Actually, I'm on final for the second time myself - the catagory both of us are on it for has writeups lasting for 6 months, after which one writeup expires, then the original one goes away 6 months after that. Most writeups last a year unless they're for attendance (which is what we've both been nailed for, difference being I've missed a lot of work due to medical issues and finally got approved for FMLA, she misses a bit because of hangovers).
Of course, people discuss their pay or bitch about it sometimes. I was BSing with a coworker about how small my check was due to missing a close to a week because of my medical issues and being out of paid time off, she asked how much my check was. I told her ~$500.
Her eyes got wide and she told me 2 weeks worth only gets her about $650. She's been with the company for 8 years, I've been there for close to 4. She also contributes a little more toward her 401k than I do, but my checks are usually around $750-800. If there's a good bonus on that check, I'll come real close to breaking $1000 (net).
Turns out that after 8 years, she only makes 10.75. I make 12.00. We both get the same monthly bonus (based on hours worked).
On the other hand, there are no automatic raises. You have to request a "job dialog" with your manager. In your first year you can snag raises at 3 months, 6 months, and 1 year. After that it's yearly, unless you transfer to another store or dept, then it starts over again (but you keep your pay). I've had 3 of them, and got the maximum raise allowed in 2 and close to the max allowed in 1 of them (my first one, max raise was 10%, they've dropped it to 5% since then).
The stickler is, you can't be on "final" when you ask for a job dialog, final meaning you have 2 active writeups for the same thing. In fact, if you're on "final", you can't do anything whatsoever... no transfers, no promotions, nothing, you're stuck where you are until the final writeup expires.
She's one of those that's chronically on final, as soon as one writeup expires, she gets back on it. Actually, I'm on final for the second time myself - the catagory both of us are on it for has writeups lasting for 6 months, after which one writeup expires, then the original one goes away 6 months after that. Most writeups last a year unless they're for attendance (which is what we've both been nailed for, difference being I've missed a lot of work due to medical issues and finally got approved for FMLA, she misses a bit because of hangovers).
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