Got A New Job!
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Congrats, Sue!
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Sounds like a great move for you....now just make sure you don't leave ODJT, ok?
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:clap: :clap:Sounds like a great move for you....now just make sure you don't leave ODJT, ok?
Congrats, Sue!
:clap: :clap:
Sounds like a great move for you....now just make sure you don't leave ODJT, ok?
Naah....I think I'll stick around a bit longer!!
Sue, first let me offer my congratulations! Also, let me add that alternative lifestyle clubs, in my experience, are some of the best party venues out there.
Now, a bit of the fly in the oinkment: If it were me, and even though you already know the answer, I would give your current venue a chance to match the pay. Yes, I know you would rather work the new club ( more fun), but it kinda seems like the right thing to do. Besides, you already know they won't....
Now, a bit of the fly in the oinkment: If it were me, and even though you already know the answer, I would give your current venue a chance to match the pay. Yes, I know you would rather work the new club ( more fun), but it kinda seems like the right thing to do. Besides, you already know they won't....
Hi Joe, thanks for the input. The club I'm leaving is a Gay Club, I've been there 5 1/2 years. I have been asking for raises every year I've been there, and he wouldn't give me one...always had an excuse. FINIALY, 4 months ago, I told him I really needed a raise of at least $5.00 an hour....he came back with only $2.00 and hour raise and said that's a 10% raise.
He is known for not paying his dj's what they're worth and has gone through dj's left and right.
There is no way he'll match what Hunter's is paying me. Especially since Hunter's opened, we used to pull in about 300 - 400 people on a Friday night....it has been a steady downfall over the past couple of years due to other factors but Hunter's has just about nailed the coffin shut. Tonight we had maybe 30 people in and the most I had on the dance floor was maybe 6.....all night!!!
But I hear what your saying. If he asks, I'll tell him and give him the opportunity to match.
He is known for not paying his dj's what they're worth and has gone through dj's left and right.
There is no way he'll match what Hunter's is paying me. Especially since Hunter's opened, we used to pull in about 300 - 400 people on a Friday night....it has been a steady downfall over the past couple of years due to other factors but Hunter's has just about nailed the coffin shut. Tonight we had maybe 30 people in and the most I had on the dance floor was maybe 6.....all night!!!
But I hear what your saying. If he asks, I'll tell him and give him the opportunity to match.
I wouldn't(but that is just me)! Your mind and heart is ready for the change. What if he agrees to the change? More pay is not going to bring in more people. The life if that club is gone. I say sever the bond now, it sounds like the he had been jerking you around for a while now. You are a wanted commodity - go for it! IMO-of course...thx
Eddie's right. More pay isn't likely to bring in more people. And it sure as heck won't make the job any better than it is.
Let me share a little story: When I started at the laundry a couple years ago I interviewed with the plant manager. He asked my wage requirements and I told him ~ same as I was making at Sunroc before they shut down. He said he couldn't match that... they couldn't afford it. So I took a $2.00 per hour pay cut to work in that sweatshop. Holidays and weekends as well.
Later on they hired a part-time maintenance mech to help out. It was just Terry and myself trying to maintain the plant plus the drycleaning plant in town and all the drop off stores. The part time guy told me he was makin' $50.00 per hour ~ showed me his pay stub, even.
I was livid and started floating my resume again. When the TV shop job landed I grabbed it. It meant yet another pay cut but I figgered it'd do until a manufacturing position opened somewhere.
To make a long story short, when I submitted my notice, the PM offered me a $2.00 per hour hike and no weekends nor holidays. He didn't know I knew about the $50.00 per the part-time guy was rakin' in.
I wasn't even tempted to stay. No amount of money and perks would make that sweatshop job any easier nor bearable.
Sue, you've gotta do what's right for Sue. Don't pay any mind to promises nor hard-luck tales. If that club was gonna do right by you, they'd have done it long ago. They had their chance and muffed it.
Let me share a little story: When I started at the laundry a couple years ago I interviewed with the plant manager. He asked my wage requirements and I told him ~ same as I was making at Sunroc before they shut down. He said he couldn't match that... they couldn't afford it. So I took a $2.00 per hour pay cut to work in that sweatshop. Holidays and weekends as well.
Later on they hired a part-time maintenance mech to help out. It was just Terry and myself trying to maintain the plant plus the drycleaning plant in town and all the drop off stores. The part time guy told me he was makin' $50.00 per hour ~ showed me his pay stub, even.
I was livid and started floating my resume again. When the TV shop job landed I grabbed it. It meant yet another pay cut but I figgered it'd do until a manufacturing position opened somewhere.
To make a long story short, when I submitted my notice, the PM offered me a $2.00 per hour hike and no weekends nor holidays. He didn't know I knew about the $50.00 per the part-time guy was rakin' in.
I wasn't even tempted to stay. No amount of money and perks would make that sweatshop job any easier nor bearable.
Sue, you've gotta do what's right for Sue. Don't pay any mind to promises nor hard-luck tales. If that club was gonna do right by you, they'd have done it long ago. They had their chance and muffed it.
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Hot Damn!!!
Way to go Sue. Do you work the lights when you spin, or is there someone else that does that?
Check my thread on clothing "serious request" when I open the new club.
Way to go Sue. Do you work the lights when you spin, or is there someone else that does that?
Check my thread on clothing "serious request" when I open the new club.
Hi Tyrone,
The lights can be programed and will chase automatically to audio, so I don't have to worry about them.....thank goodness! lol All I want to do is concentrate on the music & videos and keepin the crowd jumpin!!
The lights can be programed and will chase automatically to audio, so I don't have to worry about them.....thank goodness! lol All I want to do is concentrate on the music & videos and keepin the crowd jumpin!!
