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Rising Star
A lot of salaried retail leadership roles quietly rely on unpaid overtime to make the math work. The title sounds good, but when you divide it by actual hours worked, it tells a different story. Prestige without boundaries can get expensive fast. Being paid hourly with overtime can sometimes be the smarter play long term.
Pro
It's sad and exploitative!
Rising Star
I would always work that out before I take the promotion, check to see if it is actually more money. I would also just negotiate a higher salary to be assured that I am asking for a fair wage increase
Rising Star
Problem is nowdays a lot of roles as you move up still don't have much wiggle room unless you're going to bring a lot to the table. Taking a promotion they think they have the upper hand over youm
I turned down a promotion a couple of years ago because it would have doubled my stress for about $1.50 more an hour. Absolutely not.
Yup! I think it's a cultural thing. We have been taught, at least I know I have, that our value as people comes from our work titles. There will always be someone willing to do the extra work just to say they are whatever the job title is.
Chief
Exactly, sometimes a title isn’t worth the extra hours and stress. Staying in a role where you’re fairly compensated and have some balance often beats chasing prestige that comes with burnout. Real work-life balance matters more than a name on a business card.
Rising Star
Work life balance is absolutely a priority and should be for everyone but unfortunately for a lot of people it is not. I used to not have that balance but I set boundaries and wised up.
There is no doubt upward mobility involves more responsibility, more demand in general, and with it more time. Typically, there is a pay increase with it as well, however, this positional move is more of a career choice than receiving minimum wage and taking what your given. Leadership roles always involve investment of time to pay off in the long run. Moreover, there are laws that govern how much someone is compensated when they receive salary and work over 40-hours. This is called salaried overtime. I don't recall if this applies to ALL states, but in Washington the amount of salary a person should make and still receive Salaried Overtime is if they make less than approx. $80k/yr. If you make over this amount, salaried overtime is not available at this level. Below this salary, and the employer pays OT over 40-hrs/week. The issue many hourly employees run into is that they attempt to maximize their income at an entry level job and discover at the extent of that income level they would need to shift into a role that requires more time and responsibility to achieve it. It isn't wrong to expect more from people that want to transition into more of a leadership role, but the employer isn't wrong for compensating them accordingly to their skill and need for development in the role.