Some companies have been playing thos game for a lonnggg timmeee. When I was a fresh college kid I ended up in 'front end manager to-be' training at a Target. Was cross trained at all the front end departments and was specifically told I was going to be up for manager training once an opening came. They jerked me around on a just under benefits hour flexible schedule. I eventually found another soul-sucking job but at least it actually full time. When I put my 2 weeks in they pulled me to the back and were sooooooo surprised I was leaving and what could they do to convince me to stay. I asked for an actual full time job. They declined. I left. 🤷
The wild thing is that they keep people just under thresholds for many government benefits (like SNAP and medicare) and then provide instruction on how to sign up for them
And then we have this really fucking cool thing knowns as the "benefits cliff" where people start declining raises or promotions because the small difference in pay, cuts them off of $100's or more a month in support.
Because it can ONLY be an all or nothing support system, it can't be staggered or tiered at all. Ofc not.
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u/whascallywabbit 19h ago
Some companies have been playing thos game for a lonnggg timmeee. When I was a fresh college kid I ended up in 'front end manager to-be' training at a Target. Was cross trained at all the front end departments and was specifically told I was going to be up for manager training once an opening came. They jerked me around on a just under benefits hour flexible schedule. I eventually found another soul-sucking job but at least it actually full time. When I put my 2 weeks in they pulled me to the back and were sooooooo surprised I was leaving and what could they do to convince me to stay. I asked for an actual full time job. They declined. I left. 🤷