*SQUEEEEEEEE!*

[dawn_felagund]

So today Mike (the guy I was doing the stats for) came to the office because we figured out what was wrong with that one problem we couldn't solve, and he gave me my envelope of money. But while he was here and I was putting the finishing touches on the stats stuff, Johnny the Boss forwarded me an email:

Ms. Felagund's job duties were reviewed and it has been determined that the position is appropriate to the classification of Research Analyst, grade 13.

Great news! Also it has been approved to have retroactive pay for the employee to receive retroactive pay at the grade 13 effective July 1, 2005.

Please provide by processing a new contract for Ms. Felagund reflecting the effective date of July 1, 2005 through June 30, 2006.
The contract maximum should be $xx,xxx. The hourly rate should be $xx.xx. HRMO will process the Special Payment Authoriaation
( 311t). The employee's new classification is: Research Analyst

Be advised that the employee will see the change in pay and retroactive payment when the change is reflected in the system. The rate change may be processed first, then the retroactive payment. Finance will make the adjustments.

If you have any concerns, please feel free to contact me.

SQUEEEEEEEEEEE!!!

So I not only got the raise but will also be getting retroactive pay, which they had originally told Johnny I would be ineligible for, seeing as I am "only" a contractual employee.

But this relieves so much stress. I now make well above the poverty line, which is an improvement over my old rate. This means that Bobby has more freedom in looking for a job. He can take a pay cut, and it won't hurt us. The retroactive pay eliminates the need to worry about saving for our taxes and saving for our tenth anniversary trip to Niagra/Toronto/Montreal in May. This means that I can stay at a place I like to work, with a boss I love. I won't have to look elsewhere and take an inferior working environment to pay the bills or make a long commute. And I can keep writing and modding SWG right from my desk at work.

I am ecstatic and so relieved at the same time.

Comments

[dawn_felagund]

Thanks! :) I did a happy dance too and nearly sprained my ankle! :^D

I remember the days when I literally did make about $25 per day...before taxes. I showed some friends of mine my first pay stub, and they said, "Isn't it illegal to pay someone that little?" o.O

So take heart; it'll happen. And then I'll get to happy dance for you!

[callirhoe.livejournal.com]

It was very disheartening, actually, when I was filling out the forms for scholarships and they asked how much I would be making over the summer. I figured out that in a two-week pay period I would typically make about $275. I was on the phone with my dad and told him that, and he just started laughing... turns out that he makes about that much in one DAY.

*feels small and badly paid*

I work as a counselor at a YMCA summer camp, by the way. And it's a lovely job -- I love my boss and my coworkers and the camp itself -- and I'm so not complaining about it. But university and living expenses and everything are adding up, so I'll have to get a real job next school year. Then, I guess, we'll see. :-)

I showed some friends of mine my first pay stub, and they said, "Isn't it illegal to pay someone that little?"

LOL! I like that. Actually, if you do the calculations, that's wayyyy below minimum wage, considering that a counselor is basically on call around the clock... if I got $5.15 an hour, I would be making $123.60 a day. *shockawe* (As is... it's less than a dollar an hour. Quatsch.)

I guess the upside is that I have no tax liability! ;-P

[dawn_felagund]

Ouch...I remember those days when a $200 paycheck meant, "Hey, Bobby, we can go to Red Brick Station and order a sandwich and a cup of soup!" :)

My first job was as an ice cream slinger at a restaurant. I made $5.15 an hour, then the minimum. (Maryland just raised the minimum wage to $6.15 per hour.) But like you, it was a job I liked and it was flexible for my school schedule...but it was hard to afford things when I could work a full day and not even break fifty bucks.

I eventually moved on to become a cook because they wouldn't pay me more, no matter how good a little ice cream bitch I was. ;)

A first "real" paycheck, then, is all the sweeter. My first check over $500, I was like, "Whoa! Where do I spend it first??" :)

(Iirc, it mostly went in the bank. Felak is nothing if not a cheapskate! :^D)

[callirhoe.livejournal.com]

I remember those days when a $200 paycheck meant, "Hey, Bobby, we can go to Red Brick Station and order a sandwich and a cup of soup!"

Now that's living in the lap of luxury. ;-P