'Won’t give me a raise, enjoy replacing me and the people I poach': Restaurant employee gets denied a 10% raise, quits and takes all of the best employees with him

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    Font - Posted by u/Agius91 3 days ago Won't give me a raise, enjoy replacing me and the people I poach.
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    Font - I like my job, I like the people I work with and the job itself, but I'm definitely underpaid and slightly undervalued I feel. A new branch of a restaurant is opening near me and they offered me a promotion above my current role and
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    Font - pay rise of around 25% per annum, plus good benefits, paid overtime and shared tips. So I told my boss I was going to take the offer and he said he'd talk to payroll and see if he could get me a raise there, to which I
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    Font - told him I'll accept a 10% raise here to stay as the difference would be ok with me to stay in a job I enjoy.
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    Font - Well payroll got back and said our current wages are too high and I was free to leave as they'd replace me, but if I stay, they'll look at my salary come March 2024.
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    Font - I felt pretty hard done by there as I'm a good team member, work hard, have good skills and knowledge for my roles, plus I'm usually happy to cover sickness if I'm free, even
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    Font - though we don't get overtime and so I took the new place up on their offer and went to meet them to sign off.
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    Font - Well I was pretty blown away, for a company in hospitality, they actually look after their staff well, the people who were there already had good things to say and they added me into the employee group chat, where again,
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    Font - everyone seemed sound, sickness was covered easily, people swapped shifts and shared jokes, it was a nice atmosphere.
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    Font - So as they're a new open and still sorting the staff, I got my mate and current head chef a job interview, which he was offered and accepted, then I got the barista they won't give a full time contract to an interview for full time
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    Font - hours with a pay rise and then I connected my restaurant manager with them for an interview he's waiting to book.
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    Font - So now I get a pay rise, working closer to home, with 2-4 people I already work with, like and know are good at their roles.
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    Font - Feeling like my 10% request was pretty reasonable now they potentially have to hire, train and kit out 5 employee's.
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    Font - TLDR; employer won't pay me a 10% raise I feel I deserve, so I'm leaving and taking at least one section head and potentially 2 more staff members with me that they now have to replace at a higher cost.
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    Gesture - vizslavizsla 3 days ago Sigh. The corporate life... Good for you on getting a better job that pays you what you deserve.
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    Font - GrumpySnarf +1. 2 days ago Especially in public facing jobs. The regulars come because they like the food but also the employees. Having to replace a bunch of people is not a good look.
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    Font - Difficult-Tax-3628 +3. 2 days ago Yep. If I walked into my favorite restaurant and there were a ton of new people, I'd ask where everyone went and then just go there.
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    Font - The comfort of having people who know you is more valuable to me than the place itself.
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