One of my friends has been working at the same retail store for the past 10 years, and he just had his year-end review. Guess what his raise was? Only 70 cents an hour. How disappointing! He was pretty upset and even told his manager they could just keep the raise.

Do you think it’s fair for companies to treat their employees like this?

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Raises like that are insulting, but unfortunately they're not uncommon. Retail workers are often exploited by employers. There's a saying now that we're living in a K-shaped economy, there's a leg pointing up and a leg pointing down. If you're positioned on the upward leg you're doing well, but as retail workers we tend to be on the downward leg.

Exactly! But how sad is this. Retail workers do most of the hard work but their pay is never justified.

My employer does this. If you score the highest possible on our yearly reviews we can earn at most a $0.25 an hour raise. But even that’s rare. Usually we get bet $0.05 and $0.10 an hour raise. It’s pretty gross.

How pathetic is this. I mean you give your 100% and get 0.05 cents raise. How is this justified?

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