I haven’t gotten a pay raise in over a year now
I (f22) work at a menards in ohio. Ive been here for 5 years now, same department (wallcoverings) since i started working in 2021. I havent gotten a pay raise in over a year now. I’ve been at 17.75 since june 2025. I’ve been part time since 2021 because i started the summer before my senior yr of hs and ive kept this job as part time throughout college and i just graduated this may. Right now im doing an internship that requires me monday-thursday 9-5. I work til close right after my internship. I make 40 hrs a week because i work 10+ hr shifts on weekends. I talked to my gm about abt how i havent gotten a raise in over a year and asked if i could get one and he just replied with if i would be willing to be full time, but again i cant because of my internship. Then he said he cant do anything. I think if i remember right, my manager mentioned a couple months ago when i asked why i didnt get a raise in december that i reached a “part time pay cap”. Is this even true that there’s a cap? Like how can i just get a concrete answer when i ask for a raise? Or how should i formally request one? I am basically an ast manager at my dept without the title. I pick up shifts for others and carry the department by myself and now its making me feel guilty and dumb asking for a raise when i really shouldnt be.
Ps. my manager convinced me i would get holiday pay today for 4th when i remembered that wasnt true for part time and i looked over the policy and i wont even be getting holiday pay 😐 so idk why i even believed her