Furious: the day after

There’s nobody here at work today. Everyone is out of the city for a special event. I would be going too, but I have to go back to the island this weekend.

I got an e-mail from my boss. He said that there’s a reason why my raise wasn’t what we had discussed, and that we will talk about it on Monday. Maybe the reason was they didn’t feel like I was performing to the best of my ability – or maybe the reason was it was like a 7 step jump from my starting salary – regardless of what his reasoning is, that amount was promised to me, and it was one of the deciding factors of whether to stay at this job, or take the one in my hometown. It was what we had agreed upon, and that was what I was under the impression I would be getting FOR THE LAST TWO MONTHS.

And you know what really gets me going? He must have known weeks ago that I wasn’t going to be given the raise he promised me … so why did it take me to initiate the conversation? I bet if I hadn’t brought it up, he would have never mentioned it again. Any good manager would have come straight to their employee if they weren’t going to be able to give them what was offered.

Again, I do not have the $45k salary offer in writing. When he offered it to me, I asked if I had to sign anything, or if we should document it in writing – and he said it wasn’t necessary because he was going to fill out all the appropriate paperwork ASAP. And I believed him too! What I do have is his acknowledgment in an e-mail that my raise was to be more than I was given, as well as acknowledgment in an e-mail that my raise was to be effective retroactive to my April 21st probation date (WHICH, P.S. it was not – it was retroactive to May 2nd … which is 2 weeks AFTER my probation date).

Regardless of what he says, as soon as I find a suitable job, I am peacing out of this joint. While I love what this organization stands for, and I really like most of my co-workers, there’s no way I can work for someone I don’t respect … and there’s not one thing I respect about my boss. That makes me sound like an awful, petty person. But it’s true.