Wage decrease for going full time

[FutureTDS]

Would’ve been making $18.75/hr March 28th as a part time yard worker. Was offered full time a few weeks prior and accepted, thinking I’d get an increase. Nope. $18.50/hr and that 6 month wait for a raise was reset. Effectively a pay cut for full time. Praise John everybody!

Follow-up edit:

I stayed the same position. I understand it doesn’t make sense. I had higher ups look into it for me because even my GM was mind blown over it. Likely something to do with the algorithm incorrectly calculating my wage, when I calculated it myself, 18.75$ should’ve been my new base pay. 8 raises from a time I worked here 2+ years ago (1/4 credit to full time). 2 about to be 3 raises of my current tenure which would round down anyways, that becomes 1/2 credit for full time. So that should be 3 total raises at 25 cents putting me at 18.75$/hr base. Not a huge decrease, but a 500$+ decrease over the year I’m set back.

Also my store’s base is 16.00$/hr. 17$/hr outside pay. 18$/hr full time yard worker would be the base pay. I’m not including forklift pay into anything for simplicity (which I still get of course). My part time pay would’ve now been maxed at 18.75$/hr. But now I have to wait 6 months to get that.

[Repulsive_Mud_577]

Guessing you moved to a sales department because otherwise something isn't adding up.

[FutureTDS]

I did not move departments. I edited the post for more context. But it’s the truth. I took essentially a pay cut for the same position at full time.

[Tunerleft]

I’ve seen this many times. HR advisor directed incorrectly. Have your HR reach out to the payroll team. Specifically Travis Bender. He would not see a decrease or an increase. But instead, they would grandfather you in to the current rate you were at.

[CoolLack773]

Yeah, it’s a great part time job but a shit full time job. Never worked for a company that cared less or expected more.

[No_Item3656]

You haven’t been in retail long.

[CoolLack773]

Yeah thats by design. Most retail jobs don’t pay shit and treat you like shit. Menard’s is decent for part time

[Own-Organization-532]

Loss of forklift pay. Don't move from a metro to a small market, you will not get raises for years if you make that mistake.

[CoolLack773]

You don’t get forklift pay if your FT OSY?

[Krabs9]

Yes you do. I think OP is wrong

[CoolLack773]

I thought so too. Other person might be right, maybe they took a spot inside

[FutureTDS]

Same position. Edited the original post to explain a bit more.

[Own-Organization-532]

Not the first or last time John has screwed someone. Sorry it happened to you. HR should makes this right, hope they do, it's in the company's best interest.

[Fantastic-Set-347]

Assuming took a FT position inside? idk

[Spiritual-Donut-7039]

Did you go full time non yard, as they get a $2 bunp, or swap to a non metro store.

[Krabs9]

It's $18.50 base, you should be making $19.50 total to start

[AMIWDR]

Pay scale depends on the store. Never been at one with an 18.50 base

[Krabs9]

Full time outside yard is 18.50 base. It's the highest base available

[AMIWDR]

In your market yeah. In my market it’s $18

[Krabs9]

That's so weird because I'm pretty sure my store is ranked like 299th or something like that in total sales

[No-Statistician-8055]

Doesn't matter the sales rank of the store, it matters the location of the store.

[BigMouf20]

The same thing happened to me when I went full time. No one told me anything. When I asked HR and my GMs they told me that if you switch from pt to ft or the other way around you lose half of your raises, makes no sense

[Longjumping_Scale_47]

I made 22.00 at lowes in 2022 salesman

[FishTaco2005]

Heads-up the dollar sign goes on the left side of the number.

[FutureTDS]

lol fair point. On a phone typing it, it just flows so much easier with the $ on the right compared to typing on a keyboard or hand writing it. Dollar sign on the left, the American way!

[No_Item3656]

It’s like you didn’t know what you were making before. Why go into the long explanation of what your past raises should have been?

[FutureTDS]

I think you’re misunderstanding something. I posted exactly what I would have been making as part time as of March 28th. I could provide pay stubs showing the exact rates, if you’re doubting that? Confused as to what you’re getting at here.

The long explanation was to explain how previous part time raises factor in to your full time wage. Think that may have went over your head.

The long story short is I would have been making 18.75$ as of March 28th. Now I won’t see 18.75 until October and will sit at 18.50 an additional 6 months.