#MinimumWage #UnfairTreatment #WorkplaceRights #RaiseDenied #Discrimination #PhysicalExhaustion
I’m a supply chain worker for Walmart (it’s not as glamorous as it sounds, trust me) which is supposedly the #1 company on the Fortune 500 list. For being such a ‘successful’ company, they treat their workers like dirt.
## The Problem: Denied Raise and Unfair Treatment
I’m getting paid minimum wage even though the job is very physically taxing, and is causing me chronic back pain. I went to talk to my boss today, and asked him about a raise and he had the nerve to legitimately CHUCKLE at me. He then proceeded to tell me that I’m not even close to being eligible for a raise and that this is an entry-level job (which I find funny because we’re the same age).
I’m seriously debating quitting right now but I have no other job lined up. Is there a way I can put pressure on the company or CEO to give me a raise? He said that I’m not eligible because of how long I’ve been working there for but that doesn’t make sense because it’s just as physically taxing for someone who’s been there 10 years, as opposed to someone who is newer than them.
## Feeling Discriminated Against
P.S. I am a minority and this Walmart is located in Alberta (known to be a very racist province). Is there any way my blackness is holding me back from moving up in the company? How can I prove it and file a claim or lawsuit?
## Seeking Help and Solutions
Pictures above depict how brutal the working conditions are. Imagine having to do that practically all day long, 4-5 times a week. My job is almost the equivalent to being one of the slaves building the pyramids, hauling brick after brick with no end in sight. Obviously, it’s not AS bad but it’s the modern American version of slavery.
Solutions:
1. **Document Everything**: Keep a record of all interactions with your boss, including the denial of a raise.
2. **Seek Legal Advice**: Consult with an employment lawyer to understand your rights and options for filing a discrimination claim.
3. **Report to HR**: If Walmart has a Human Resources department, consider filing a complaint about your treatment and lack of raise eligibility.
4. **Network and Apply to Other Jobs**: Start looking for alternative job opportunities where your skills and hard work will be recognized and rewarded.
In conclusion,
It’s unacceptable for any employer to treat their employees unfairly based on race or physical capabilities. You deserve to be valued and compensated fairly for your labor. Don’t hesitate to seek support and take action to improve your situation. Your well-being and dignity are worth fighting for. #KnowYourWorth #EqualPay #StandUpForYourself
You work for Walmart and make minimum wage? That doesn’t add up.
1. Find higher paying job.
2. Quit
Tell them they aren’t eligible to be your boss and get a new job. Get a job before saying this though.
And so you chose the most dickish, spoiled child way to respond?
2 wrongs don’t make a right wtf – one of your coworkers is gonna have to clean up your little temper tantrum. YTA
The number of people apparently making it to adulthood, and are shocked at how that little retailer who could, Walmart, is a toxic, stingy, borderline criminal retailer. How did you graduate and still not go in without knowing or believing as much. 🙄
Gradually slow down while you look for a new job. Do a little less every day. Ask for help with anything heavy.
>(which I find funny because we’re the same age).
Unforced self-own. This just makes you look worse.
>which is supposedly the #1 company on the Fortune 500 list. For being such a ‘successful’ company, they treat their workers like dirt.
Are you for real? How can someone be this clueless about Walmart in 2024? No shit they’re a terrible place to work.
>**Is there a way I can put pressure on the company or CEO to give me a raise?**
Hahahahahaha. Do you not realize you work for Walmart?
>Is there any way my blackness is holding me back from moving up in the company? How can I prove it and file a claim or lawsuit?
You can’t because it’s not, and you’re doing a disservice to people with actual provable claims of discrimination.
Work on your skills and education and get a better job instead of acting surprised a bottom of the barrel, lowest common denominator job at a notoriously shitty company is a…bottom of the barrel, lowest common denominator job at a notoriously shitty company.
You sound like you’ve been on the job a week.
Lifting stuff is a minimum skill, maximum labor job that gets you minimum pay.
I have to lift heavy stuff at work, but I get paid well. I am an industrial refrigeration technician. Everything I deal with is heavy and can kill me. But I trust myself to be safe and use proper safety equipment.
I’ve been in the field for 7 years for 3 different companies and never went to school for this stuff. I am the least paid technician in the company, but I’m fine with that in a few years. I’ll be looking at $45-50/hr and a bunch of OT.
Get into the trades. Plumbing, electrical, HVAC. I thought I was going to be a graphic/web designer. I even wasted a ton of money and time at a university only to realize it would take forever to pay back the loans I needed to get. I showed up my first day with a ryobi drill a hammer a screwdriver, and channel locks. I didn’t know shit but I hot paid to learn
How long have you worked there for? Normally a raise request is fair after a year
I had friends who did your job part time when they were in highschool.. you’re absolutely exaggerating how challenging your job is, learn how to lift properly and take care of your body outside of work hours
Manual labour is one of the hardest jobs yet there’s always another person who doesn’t understand it and ruins their health.
supply chain worker for walmart doesnt sound glamorous in any way whatsoever
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edit: bro you’ve worked there for less than a month and ur asking for a raise.
warehouses accommodate you and tell you before you get hired the amount of weight you’d be picking up.
you literally don’t even throw your own trash away based on ur past post history
yea ofc this job is too much for u bro, any amount of effort seems to be too much
funny you complain about entitlement but want other people to pick up your own trash because its “too much work”
These boxes and palettes aren’t eligible to be raised neither
To answer your bolder question: no, there is nothing you can do to make them pay you more. As someone who worked a physical job for years, let me say this: if you are experiencing pain outside of muscle fatigue and you haven’t been working there long, you need to find a new job. Manual labor is hard, but it shouldn’t be literally painful. If it’s hurting you, it will only get worse over time. Get out before you do irreparable harm to yourself.
Minimum wage means minimum effort. If they complain just say “I’m sorry. You’re not eligible for higher effort at the current rate.”
It’s not about race. It’s about corporate greed hidden by policies. Your age simply means maybe the job isn’t meant for you if your body can’t handle it.
Unfortunately you knew the pay when you were hired, you knew the job details and what you would be doing. They didn’t spring anything on you or expect anything out of your job description.
Raises are never guaranteed. Never take a lower pay job thinking “it will be better if you just get a raise”.
Go to UPS. If you are going to hump heavy boxes all day, the union job is a better bet. Cue angry anti union comments. Top of the industry wages, great Benefits, and the backing of a major labor union.
You do realize that we can see your post history, including you flushing a baggy 19 days ago when you got a job.
I had a similar experience. Only option is to quit and rely on your wife while you ski every day.
What you’re looking for is a union…
Dude you’re 33, blowing all of your money gambling and dating a 19 year old. Get your shit together and grow up
I have to question your integrity if you paint all of Alberta with the same brush as being “a very racist province” it seams like you are looking to play the victim card here. I award you no points and May god have mercy on your soul.
“I agreed to minimum wage and cannot make anymore because I am black. My peers aren’t black and make the same…but I’m black….”
Minimum wage at Walmart? I worked for one of the distribution centers and made 18 to start.
You’ve worked there for 2 weeks of course you’re not eligible for a raise 🙄
I have never seen a Walmart truck look like that. Everything was stacked with plastic wrap and plastic bands. It looks like someone just busted the pack and let it fall rather than using the moveable conveyer you probably have, as I’ve seen in the back of every store. Is it like that coming in?
Time for a new job that respects your hard work. No notice needed.
You are eligible to quit.
Victim mentality is strong with this one
Your boss is elligible to your letter of resignation.
Walmart has the idea that they can hire the lowest wage worker – work them to until they get fed up and then get some new workers to replace those workers. Sadly this tends to work and is not limited to just Walmarts or even the retail industry.
“if I’m not eligible for a raise, then you aren’t eligible for my labor, good bye”
So, what you are telling us is that you have no skills other than physical, you haven’t built up any seniority yet, and you knew the job was min wage when you started but because it’s “hard”, you feel entitled to a raise? And when they don’t give it to you, you are quick to pull the race card because of it?
Look, man, this sub is full of people who have legitimate bitches about the way they are treated and compensated, but you just come off as an entitled brat who wants special treatment. Is your job worth more than min wage because of the physical strain? Most likely, but you knew what the pay was when you took the job. Good luck.
A whole lot of pro-business shilling in here. I’m sorry, OP. Try to get out, find a trade maybe, at least that way you can build yourself up to better pay. Or try for a unionization push. You can’t beat them alone, but together? Maybe. Solidarity, friend.
You just started a job at a set rate and now you want a raise? Of course he laughed at you and despite what you may want to think I doubt your blackness is what’s holding you back. You picked a job that requires minimal skills, no one is going to lift you out of this role unless you have skills beyond moving a box from spot A to spot B. Learn a trade/ high demand skill or find a union to join. A job that anyone can do will always pay the minimum that someone else is willing to take.
If this is real, OP is going to have a hard life.
You’ve worked there for 18 days and you’ve asked for a raise?
Did you not understand the job when you applied? Feels like it’s a pretty obvious description.
Did you not know the pay?
Definitely write a letter to the CEO
If your boss doesn’t care to give you a raise what makes you think corporate will? Walmart strives on underpaying workers. Walmart is not a place to work if you want a decent wage. Go out in a blaze of glory and organize a union.
Alberta is very racist? Against black people? Since when?
The rise in racism is heavily related to the massive influx of “un-needed” immigrants being force-fed into this country.
Racism is everywhere. Alberta is no better or worse than anywhere else. Just now we have lots of cultures just shoved together and our government expects us to all get along for minimum wage scraps.
You’re not eligible for a raise because you work for a shitty boss. The economy is circling the drain, housing/homeless is a major issue, and there isn’t enough to go around anymore.
Don’t add more racism to the pile. Sure, it’s a reason in some cases – but it’s less common from “born” Canadians than “new” ones (people born here are taught acceptance and socializing of other cultures in school. Off-the-boat are left to the wolves and exploited social systems).