All for $50

I am a little perturbed with my company right now. I am not going to name the company because I don't want to get in anymore trouble than I am already in. But I would urge you NOT to shop at my shoe store (when I say "my store" I mean the corporate entity) if you happen to know which one it is.

We have an employee who has worked for us for a little over a year. She is PT, but she is great at what she does. She happened to find out that the new hires are being started at a higher rate than she is currently making. So she went to our boss and asked what could be done (we have a yearly raise thing that is pretty much set in stone). After some deliberation we were told that there was nothing that could be done.

She wants a .25 cent raise now. With the hours she works per week and the time between now and the time she would get her annual raise. We are talking like $50 dollars more than what she would make anyway. Let me reiterate this: $50 more than her current wages dispersed over 10 weeks, and she was told no.

Shit! She is good at what she does, and I like having a competent person I can rely on. And they are going let her go so she can take everything we have trained her on to another store and make a stupid quarter more! I could to the bank right now and give her a $50 bonus.

I am rather upset over this. Like, I might quit over this myself (not that I need a reason at this point). I mean I had a similar experience not too long ago. I found out that a woman hire cold (luke warm-but it's a long story) two weeks before I was promoted makes more than $3 more an hour than me. I was pissed for a few days. But I know I am not suppose to know this information. So I kind of got over it. I mean I know at this point there is nothing that could be done to close that gap. But "them" saying no to her quarter raise sets a dangerous precedent. It tells me (a manager) that "they" feel there people are disposable and unimportant. and that "we" were suckers for taking the price we did.

*Sigh*
Maybe I need to draft a letter of resignation just to have in case. I mean I am not going to quit today, but I see it coming to an end soon.