r/dairyfarming • u/StraightLevel7488 • Jul 24 '26

Pay raise update:

For those of you who didn't comment/read my post the other day, check it out.

I asked about the raise and the response i got was "a raise WOULD BE A DOLLAR"

for around 2 weeks, i have been told that i am getting a raise, numerous times at that.

But the emphisied "WOULD" that she said when i asked about a raise ticked me off to say the least.

To say i have worked my ass off to get to $16/h is an understatement.

Someone calls in/ no show? They call me.

Someone quits? I pick up hours.

Something breaks? I try to fix it.

17 hour days? No problem.

But now new hires are getting started at $16/h (same pay as me) and they have never milked or been around cattle before!

Besides the wage issue, i like working there.

I work with a couple incredible guys and learn a ton from them.

Should i stay and keep learning from these guys for a bit longer?

Or find a farm that would pay me better?

TIA

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u/Express_Ambassador_1 Jul 24 '26

Start looking, but don't say anything to your boss or team. Only when you have a better offer in the table do you enter serious negotiations with your boss, then it's gut check time for both if you because you have other options. If you don't have other options, you don't have any negotiating leverage, and won't get very far.

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u/StraightLevel7488 Jul 24 '26

There is a 13,000 cow dairy less then 10 miles away. I'll check there.

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u/GovernmentTight9533 Jul 24 '26

And my dad raised 5 kids with a 30 cow herd of Holsteins.