That's all I'm getting?

When I became a permanent employee, my pay went up by $1 / hour. I was appalled. I really expected more.

This week I was told what my first raise will be. Now, mind you, we didn't get a raise last year. The company used the pandemic as an excuse to not give out raises and bonuses. So, first raise, 37-cents / hour. So I went from $12 to $12.37 / hour.

I probably would be upset but the day before I'd gotten the date for the next start of a coding bootcamp I'm looking at and if all goes well, I'll have only three more weeks at this job.

office gripes

Barb, who likes to stir up trouble at the office, told us Niki expected 6 of us to get all the mail open in 1 1/2 hours. To give context, The six of us worked on it for 4 hours. Then two of us worked on it for 3 hours. It's still not done.

Now Barb's comment opened up a discussion about how our managers are always expecting more than we can get done. Niki, our manager, came to talk to us about our griping. Niki's manager, Tom, was there as well and Niki's eyes were red as if she'd been crying. I don't know exactly what's up with that but she did explain that managers way up the company chain are looking at the mailroom's productivity (and how far behind schedule we are).

But, going back to the first paragraph, if she expected us to get it done in 1 1/2 hours but it wasn't done in 7, well, I don't feel it was unreasonable of us to discuss how off their expectations are.

Niki told us to come to her if we have issues but that does not work. Bill brought up that it's unfair for newer workers to make $14 / hour when we are making $12. He was told that it is fair. After I'd been standing most of the day, I was given another task where I'd be standing. When I told Sarah (manager who left), that I needed a task that let me sit, she literally laughed.

If everything goes well, I will not be there much longer. *fingers crossed*