by Ryan
(Miami, FL, USA)
I recently took a job with an aircraft company as an engineer. Their policy is to hire through a Staffing company and work hourly for 3 months after which time I was told that I would receive a raise. The initial pay was quite low, but I was willing to get into the job for the experience and the promise of the raise after 3 months. Well 3 months passed and the company informed me that they would like to keep me but without the a raise. The amount of money that they are offering is 29,000 a year, less than half the amount the average entry level Mechanical Engineer makes and less than 30% of what I was making at my first job in an area that has a high cost of living. I commuted an hour each day each way to this job to work from 7-6 and I feel betrayed. Anybody else in my position with a degree in engineering would quit. I do not have the promise in writing, but I believe that Staffng Agent will back my claim.
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