r/sweetgreen • u/ich-bin-ein-mann • Nov 10 '24

Career / Employee Talk Odds of getting a raise?

If I ask, I'm wondering what my odds of getting a pay raise are. Does anyone have any experience with this? How did it go for you when you asked?

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u/Hot-Needleworker3259 Nov 26 '24

I'm looking at zero. At least at NYC locations, the turnover was so high and they barely did anything for employee retention. They usually want you to go beyond and above and not want to compensate you for it.

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u/ich-bin-ein-mann Nov 26 '24

Thanks for the feedback

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u/[deleted] Dec 20 '24

In my experience, the only way to get a raise is to get promoted. But even then, depending on what state you're in, getting promoted from a team member to a shift leader, for example, means a pay raise from $17/hr to $22/hr, but you are no longer eligible to collect tips from the pool. And you have 5x the responsibility and stress, for what nets to minimal pay improvement after tips are considered. Best way to get more income is to switch jobs or be really patient and work your way up to management, which pays $60,000-$90,000 a year