saywhat, i know what you are going through, because ive went through it. I worked at a carwash for 2 years. I've done the same thing you have-clean out the pit. But evernight that i had to close, I had to wait untill after we had actually closed to cleanup. We would close at 9, and i would often be there untill at least 9:30. I also started at $6.00. But we had this program called gainsharing. It was based on sales, labor, and hours. If we had more sales then labor in a given month, then we got to split up the money. The more you made hourly, and the more hours you got, the more money you got from them. With this "gainsharing" program, i averaged at about 8.00 an hour for the month. Our busy time was in the winter, so during then i often averaged about 10.00. While i was there i had received 2 raises. The first raise was the biggest raise that any high school student had recieved at $.40. My next raise was a whopping $.10. The first year i busted my *** at work, came in for other people, was always 10-15 minutes early for my shift, rarely missed work, and I had become my managers first choice to call if somebody had come in sick. If i were you, i would ask for something like a $.25 raise. But dont just go up to your manager and be like: Damit! I want a raise. You need to have a clear mind, get him at a slow point of the day, and tell him the reasons why you deserve a raise. If that doesnt work, then tell him your going to find a better job. If he doesnt give you a raise after you give him factual reasons and such then its not worth working there.
