got grinched in the face

[adjetta 10+ year member]

So I have been getting myself pumped up since early october to finally get my build underway.

My last system was taken down by insufficent voltage on one fateful december morning in 2012. It was at that point that I promised myself that my next system would be proper, no short cuts or expenses spared... Everything was going pretty well too, I sold alot of old car parts, fried amps, and misc junk on ebay. Seeing that I really don't make that much money; every cent helps you avoid cutting corners.

Firstly in october I purchased a Mechman 270 amp alt, that was a cool $550 nearly everything I made on ebay. At that point I hit the inevitable wall of a woman telling me how to spend my money...well how not to. So I had to start saving slowly but surely... well that plan flopped. So with my fiances birthday and Christmas on the horizon, I felt guilty and spent my savings on gifts. The way I tricked myself into doing so was promising that my Christmas bonus was going towards my stereo, fair enough I figured...**** my unselfish nature

So its bonus time...2nd best sales year in history for my company. My counterpart and I run the entire shipping and receiving operation, we are quite literally the heart of the company, the hardest working, and the lowest salary...So at this company in which I have been dedicated too and at which I have feverishly working to make my presence known for the past 2.5 years...Due to a bunch of new employees in the development and sale department, and other various expenses throughout the year it appears that my counterpart and i are just no longer worth the annual Christmas bonus in which we foolishly have grown to depend on...

Sure its not the CEO's fault, but its at his discretion who receives a bonus and who does not. its not like the rest of the company which for the most part makes above 45k a year is struggling too hard to make ends meat.... but yea the warehouse clerk.... the one who only makes 23k...he couldn't benefit from a bonus, hes only the guy who works at least 10 hours over a week without compensation, performs any maintenance throughout the facility, shovels the snow, runs the errands, sweeps the floors, really anything he gets asked/forced to do...

The warehouse clerk is starting to realize this christmas that he cant really afford a hobby, he can barely afford the mortage, I got my hopes up pretty dang high, but this has thrown a major wrench in my plans, I don't want to lose my motivation, but I can't see a way I can finish my build now...

i'm sure allot of you on here struggle, and I think I am just getting impatient, but I feel pretty low, i was hoping people who have been or who are as equally broke as me could help motivate me into not giving up this tiny dream

I'm ready to make this S&&T happen, but I Just dont see how

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[adjetta 10+ year member]

can I steal his christmas, all of his **** gets delivered via the warehouse, I debated grinching him but idk, his kid has ****** taste, no one even likes play mobil, legos are way better...but the play mobil was still fun to play with tbh

 

[pickup1 5,000+ posts]

thats ***** dude....but theres a lot of other people who got no bonus this year either..

 

[adjetta 10+ year member]

i'm sure there are a crap load of peons like me who worked thier tails off this year, people who deserve the bonuses that the managers and sales team are privy too, its bollocks, its funny a grand means nothing to them, but a grand to me is **** near life changing...it makes me sick, but hey we all agree to work for what we are paid, instead of bitching i should go out and find a more fruitful gig

 

[av83 10+ year member]

Burn that motherfucking place to the ground. Get hurt trying to save the day. File a lawsuit.

That's a Xmas bonus, bruh.

 

[dragnix 5,000+ posts]

***** for you, I don't get a Christmas bonus either, but I make more than you. Cost of living balances everything out though. Best of luck this Christmas and I hope you find a better job next year

 

[Slo_Ride 5,000+ posts]

op said "meat"

 

[Beatin' 10+ year member]

...a woman telling me how to spend my money...

....is a woman walking home.

 

[Slo_Ride 5,000+ posts]

....is a woman walking home.

damn right.

 

[Knowmadic 10+ year member]

Search for a new job man, or at least talk to your boss. You're not getting compensated for overtime though? That's illegal and against the FLSA. If you have evidence that you worked over 40 hours (different for some States but generally 40) and were not compensated for it then you have yourself a fine lawsuit. Start by notifying the company's human resources department and if they fail to comply, followup with a report with the Federal EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission). If that still does not help you should consult a civil rights lawyer as you have some pay to collect.

 

[brian84corvette 10+ year member]

organize yourselves. you and the other quality employees at that company. band together and go at managment with your grivences.

explain your job to them and how you go over and above to make it happen for the company, and how you and the other quality employees there are worth giving extra $ to.

if they fail to see your value - than that company will keep craping on you - but squeaky wheel gets the grease fyi

i work my *** off at my current job. literly i give them 100% avalability and they take advantage of that. 50 to 90 hours weekly and they see my hard work vs the other workers there who dont nearly give a crap - and im compensated properly by them. if i wasnt it would be time to find a new job

 

[Slo_Ride 5,000+ posts]

more times than not its not worth it. it is what it is.

 

[adjetta 10+ year member]

They have me screwed with overtime exemption, because my job title is technically of an administrative nature even though it is primarily manual labor....i'm right at the minimum salary for ot exemption, I'm a good/hard worker, me think me talents will be better appreciated elsewhere, preferably a unionized gig

 

[winkychevelle 10+ year member]

Well that truely does stink I would be looking for another job if talking up the food chain doesnt help. I wish I was a lil better off but I cant complain seeing as I make alot more I would just be one off those upper managment guys that are screwing u over.

but really they have job all over the country that pay 20+ an hr if you truely are willing to work.

In the past 3 years for me ive made

hazardous waste technician 25k

laborer in valero refinery 32k

and this year as a journeyman rigger/iron worker I should break 60k with 6months at laborer pay

I went from 13.88hr to 28hr in 3 years but I truely bust balls 6-7 days a week. And while not everyone can do this you can better yourself and do similar.

just getting my rigger certification bumped me up 12hr