I wouldn’t want anyone to think I have something against new hires, on the contrary, I wish we were all paid a lot more. However, it is not right that I, after being here for six years and helping new employees every day, receive only a few dollars more than they do.
I am powerless to change anything, but I can change myself. It seems that the only way out is to work as much as new hires and in the meantime look for something else?
Amazon , Walmart , Target all raised wages in the spring . They started to offer more to hires to attract talent. At the same time these same companies also increased the wages of current long term employees to be higher than the new hires. That was the ethical thing to do.
Macy’s on the other hand waited until fall and realized they needed to react to get people to even apply. Macy’s solution let’s pay new hires 15 and 16 dollars but leave the tenured employee at 9 to 13 dollars an hour. They also announced at that time that the tenured employees would have to wait until May 2022 to receive the same pay as new hires. Macy’s as usual took the unethical road.
But hey I am sure all the top lieutenants will receive their multi million dollar bonuses again this year.
Those are the facts so get them straight
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Make up your mind, unless you meant to direct your post to the poster who originally stated "This has nothing to do with any company..."
Yes the states set minimum wage but like I said, most of the states are below $15 minimum wage, so the fact that Macy's is paying $15 an hour to new hires, regardless of which state it is, has nothing to do with the state setting the minimum wage. BUT it has everything to do with the competition, so yes it has to do with certain companies, have you heard of Amazon, Walmart, Target, etc..
To the last poster your an id--t. Macy’s determined they will pay new hires more. The fact is other companies raised wages for all employees and in doing that increased long term employees to a higher rate than new hires. If new hires are making 15 then long term people were increased to 16 and 17 or more.
Stop drinking the Macy’s Kool-Aid or is this JG posting again ?
"This has nothing to do with any Company
Min. Wage is being raised in the US. By your State. COMPANIES are just following rules and the rules don't say anything about a raise for all workers. But if you are making less you will be raised to 15"
Your facts are wrong. Yes minimum wage is being increased in many states BUT not to the level that many big companies are doing, so yes it has to do with certain companies and what they are willing to pay. Only a small number of states are raising or are planning to raise minimum wage to $15 but the majority of states are still far from $15. The reason Macy's is even giving $15 to new hires is mainly because of competition, not because a state says so (other than those states with a $15 minimum wage requirement) otherwise they would not willingly offer $15 an hour. If Macy's really wanted to pay $15 they would already had given $15 to each employee not making that.
This has nothing to do with any Company
Min. Wage is being raised in the US. By your State. COMPANIES are just following rules and the rules don't say anything about a raise for all workers. But if you are making less you will be raised to 15
Other companies increased the pay of the long term employees in accordance with what they were offering new hires.
Macy’s told long term employees too bad you have to wait until May to make the new hires are making.
That is the difference. Macy’s deserves to lose all of their loyal employees. That is basically what is happening. Everyday someone else comes to work and gives notice or they leave without any notice at all. Macy’s deserves what is happening with so many tenured people leaving. Only one word can describe Macy’s and that is UNETHICAL!
I’m confused. You are getting paid less than new hires, correct? Or more? I thought Macys was hiring new people at $15 in some states and then paying their long tenured employees much less? That is extremely unethical. I would be super mad if I as a long term employee was making much less than someone just hired brand new doing the same exact job.
This has been the business model of all major corporations since I've been work in the mid 90's. I've actually trained a person off the street in that started in a higher position than me with another company. That gave me enough reason to leave. Always be on the search for something better! good luck!
I get what you are saying but the same thing happens everywhere, even in other industries. A friend of mine works for company, a few years ago, before the pandemic, they were hiring new workers at about the same salary my friend was making, he had been there almost 10 years. He decided to stick around but other workers who had been there a while, left because they didn't think it was fair. Is it fair? No but it's all about the market and what a company and it's competitors are willing to pay.
I do agree that workers who had been with Macy's for quite a while, should get a bump in their pay, especially now that Macy's is willing to pay more for new hires. I don't think it's fair for new hires to make as much as someone who has been there for 5, 10+ years, but you have to understand that this past year was not the norm, outside forces like the pandemic and other things, played a big part on wages. As you can see, even with higher wages, some people aren't willing to work or not willing to go to work, so companies had to offer more money to get new hires.
For your part, talk to your people leader about it, if they value you, maybe they can give you a bump in pay, if not, then do your job as best as you can while looking for something else, other companies are paying more also, so use your experience and leverage.