bethb's Diaryland Diary

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the cat is out of the bag.

so today i had a big talk with my boss about money. and to his credit, he was fairly understanding. or at least he faked it well. every point i made he would liken it to himself to prove that "i wasn't alone."
which i understand, he gets shit on a lot here, but i can't say he's completely without blame.
when i said that it upset me that it seemed my 7 full years here meant less to the theatre than someone who walked in 5 months ago and he said "i don't think that's necessarily true" and i was able to quote figures at him he had to backpeddle. i'm glad i know. i am. it's shitty, but i'm glad. it gives me a slightly better footing. so i said chester, i'd like to make 15 dollars an hour. and if the theatre doesn't think that i'm worth it, then i'm going to have to go.
so the plan is that he will go to the powers that be this week with that info and we'll see where this goes.
but i do feel good that it's off my chest and i've asked for what i think is fair.
now it's a matter of waiting i guess.

ADDENDUM:when the boss said there was a mediocre pay increase across the board, and how did i feel about that, i did say that i don't think i could tell you without crying. and infact there was some crying. didn't mean to leave that out. i'm not as brave as you think, beck.

1:10 p.m. - 2005-07-25

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