I Work to Live Not Live to Work
You must love workplaces. I don't know if corporate America understands Canadian philosophy
I know some might disagree with me here, but it's a personal decision of course. I work in a printing press in Canada that years ago was swallowed up and bought by an American printing press. (No names, of course) That happened before I started working there
So I was offered a position at my work in promotion just over a month ago. In the original offer, they even included the wording of keeping with company past practices we are pleased ..... (relating to wage rates I'm not disclosing this way)
I noted in my original response that very day in offer, how they had my current rate not reflecting what my rate is now. That matters when it affects what your new rate will be. This was my mistake, I didn't make a copy of the original offer (when you work in a printing press you'd think you would think of that as after all you working for the people that produce the documents of legal jargon. My mind apparently wasn't thinking (they have me constantly tired - hours of work) and when the offer included they were following past practice, my pay scale had recently changed, one could feel it was only a clerical error. So no cause of being paranoid, seems like they are acting in good faith.
Was a matter of 70 cents an hour. That adds up to approximately $1500 a year. When you do that math, of course you will say something. When in accepting the position you are to get three years of raises, based off time in position, that adds upto $4500 in 3 years.
Yep, I didn't keep the document wording the original offer. If I had, when they altered the offer to reflect my current rate but took out the wording of keeping with past practices, it would be a different game.
Alas, I love being a labourer. I did have to make the decision to decline out of principle. Second, where I am right now in my position at work I can get more overtime which translates I may have to work slightly longer but can make more.
I know some might disagree with me here, but it's a personal decision of course. I work in a printing press in Canada that years ago was swallowed up and bought by an American printing press. (No names, of course) That happened before I started working there
So I was offered a position at my work in promotion just over a month ago. In the original offer, they even included the wording of keeping with company past practices we are pleased ..... (relating to wage rates I'm not disclosing this way)
I noted in my original response that very day in offer, how they had my current rate not reflecting what my rate is now. That matters when it affects what your new rate will be. This was my mistake, I didn't make a copy of the original offer (when you work in a printing press you'd think you would think of that as after all you working for the people that produce the documents of legal jargon. My mind apparently wasn't thinking (they have me constantly tired - hours of work) and when the offer included they were following past practice, my pay scale had recently changed, one could feel it was only a clerical error. So no cause of being paranoid, seems like they are acting in good faith.
Was a matter of 70 cents an hour. That adds up to approximately $1500 a year. When you do that math, of course you will say something. When in accepting the position you are to get three years of raises, based off time in position, that adds upto $4500 in 3 years.
Yep, I didn't keep the document wording the original offer. If I had, when they altered the offer to reflect my current rate but took out the wording of keeping with past practices, it would be a different game.
Alas, I love being a labourer. I did have to make the decision to decline out of principle. Second, where I am right now in my position at work I can get more overtime which translates I may have to work slightly longer but can make more.
46-50, M