Morning, hope all is well in your world. After my last post yesterday I went back and looked at all of my prior pay raises and for the longest time I have averaged a minimum of 4%. That just made me angry. I let it go but surprise it came back to haunt me in the form of a 1am wake up call from a bad dream.
I can’t just let it go because I feel like I have been fucked but not in a good way. It might be career suicide but I opted to call my boss on it and point it out to him in the form of an email. I am well aware that what you put in writing can come back to haunt you. I was respectful but firm in saying hey you fucked up here and you lied to me on top of it. Now I want you to fix it because I won’t stand for it. What will happen? I am guessing they will throw me a bone and increase my pay by another 5% to make it equal to the 4% I am used to but I kind of expect in the back of my mind they will do nothing. Regardless, action speaks volumes and if this is dismissed that will tell me all I need to know and that it’s probably time to move on sooner rather than later.
Honestly, my job is easy and I am paid way too much money for what I do. However, it’s like potato chips and sex, once you get a taste of it you want more. At the end of the day I am working for money not helping people, that is just a by product that helps me feel good about what I do. Money is the motivation and even if they give me additional money it will kind of feel lack luster. It should have been something I was entitled to all along and not have to beg for it, which is essentially what I am doing. I threw in the fact that I am always cleaning up the other guys messes and how he got promoted earlier in the year but I am getting punished and said I think you have the two of us confused. That probably won’t be favorable to my case but you have to get your digs in where and when you can. If anything I think my communication will let him know that I am on the fence about staying even though I never directly said anything about leaving or giving him an ultimatum. I think he is smart enough to read between the lines.
I am thankful for what I have and all of the opportunities that have come my way. I don’t want to loose or leave this job but at the same time I can’t let them fuck me and not say something about it. It’s a ballsy move for me but no one else is going to stick up or advocate for me, that’s kind of my job. I don’t expect there will be any fast movement on this but I wanted to get the ball rolling. I did think to myself do you really want to stir the pot over .5%, is it really worth it. I could just sit back and let it be but that wouldn’t answer the longing question what if I would have said something, what would happen? Sure they could ask me to leave but I don’t think that is going to happen.
I just got a reply that my boss reached out to HR and they will meet tomorrow. He said he respects me and my concern. I kind of figured that is where he would go. HR is the defender of the company and I am positive that he had to forward what I wrote to them, which is why I put it in writing rather than having a phone call about it. Phone calls are easy to dismiss but something in writing, not so much. This may turn out to be an effort for nothing or I may have put a target on my back, I suppose only time will tell.
In other news … moving on to the cats. I passed out a can of grilled turkey this morning and old piggy Rudy couldn’t get enough of it. He didn’t leave enough for his sister so I opened a second can and fed her. She was polite and left some for him. He went over and started eating what she left for him and he stuffed himself so much he wound up throwing up. That combined with my early AM wake up call told me what kind of a day this would be. I cleaned up the mess and then the chemical I use to get up the odor and stain, started leaking. That has never happened. It’s like it went from bad to worse.
I jumped on Amazon and ordered a replacement bottle of the chemical, I have had this bottle for several years and as the cat population dwindled I haven’t had to use it until late last year and then I have started using it ever since Morea & Rudy came to live with me. I placed a large Amazon order yesterday. Realized I forgot something and ordered it last night. Now this, the poor Amazon driver is going to have a lot of packages to drop off for me tomorrow. There are toys for the cats and the rest of it in large part is stuff to clean & detail my vehicle. I’ve let that task slip away since the Pandemic and I am tired of looking at dust. I did think for a moment since I have the time I could take it and get something new but I am still riding my loan out and keeping what I have, despite that not being fully what I want to do.
Hopefully it’s smooth sailing from here and we can ride into the weekend without any bumps or lumps. I am so looking forward to 4 days off. Here’s hoping that my work situation turns out in my favor, I think if the respect is truly there it will. Here’s hoping I haven't done something stupid. Talk with you all again soon.
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