u/Super_Dot_8436

Okay so my history of working at in-n-out is pretty quick so before we jump into it let me tell yoy where I am rn. I got hired back in May of 2025! So i've been working there a year and some time, and i got my level 3 before I had even worked there a year, so its been a minute. I've gotten flawless at pretty much all of those positions, weather its DHO, Backpay, front line, wtv it is, i'm very good at it, and able to move around where and when it helps the store. I'm pretty social but also not really, I put work before talking, so I can be a pretty boring person to work with, but agian i put my job before anything (as I think all things should).

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So getting into whats happening with me, i've been working on my level 4 for a while now, like almost 6 months, and I pretty much work frys every day if not every other day. I'm not perfect at it I'll admit, bit I never, and I Mean never make the fry table snowed, so I think thats pretty good. And as one would do at this point, for the past 1 or 2 months i've been trying to get my promotion, I asked daily when I work with the store manager if he could watch me, but every time I do, he either doesn't put me there or when he does says I'm not good enough.

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We are gonna explore the "doesn't put me there" part of this firs because honestly its ridiculous. I do all the right things to get my promotion, I ask at thr beginning of the day, and remind him throughout, but it feels like he just brushes me off and forgets about it. Yes I know he has a store to run but come on, like this has happened a few dozen times now, and is by far the most frequent, but every other manager has no problem putting me on fries and all say I'm ready. So like huh, what do I do here? Does he hate me. Agian i'm doing all the same things if not more then the people who are getting their level 4 promotion, and most of them arn't even over due. So why do I have to try so much harder then they do?

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The second part is the part that makes me the most mad so i'm sorry if its kinda a ramble.

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The "feedpack" he gives when he does finally watch me is crazy, this has happen on 2 separate occasions, in which he had obviously denied me for my level 4. He literally nit picks every little thing i do, but when he's watching someone else for their level 4, that thing is completely fine. The lower level managers all say i'm ready for my level 4, I drop baskets on time, pull correctly, separate correctly, my salting is good, portions perfect, and speed is good, but apparently not enough for him. I was literally talking to someone who got their level 4 the other day and they had said to my face they don't deserve their level 4, THEN WHY ARE WE GIVING IT TO THEM. it makes no sense to me, I have to try like 10x harder then the person before me does, and its honestly infuriating, I tried talking to him about this and he judt blows it off as "oh just keep trying and you'll get their eventually". It's so annoying, and honestly makes me not wanna keep trying for my level 4, but I can't mentally take guest facing positions anymore, so i'm stuck, I have to keep pushing forward with no end in site.

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What are my next steps here, is there something i'm doing wrong, I mean when he gives me feedback I apply almost instantly to become better, so why do I have to be perfect but everyone else can be flawed. Because i'm gonna be completely honest, I had to take over for a level 4 the other day to clear to the table, AND I'M A LEVEL 3, I'm a level 4 thats they don't want to pay as a level 4. Do what str my next steps?

So i'm gonna try to make this short and sweet as its kind of a lot. Edits will be put in if things do not make sense

Me and my girlfriend have been dating for 3 years now and are trying to find a way to move out. We have basically everything generalized talked out and we want to start creating a life/family of our own. We both live in Southern California, and well to put it nicely, things are not affordable. We both make about 23/hr, working full timr hours on 6 hr shifts max. Seems like a lot of money, but when you put it into perspective of thr housing market, it is not. We are both also full time students trying to balance work and school which makes this so much harder.

Both of our parents are also trying to push us to get our own place, and move out, which has also added a sense of urgency to this whole situation. We've been saving up for months but only have about 2 months of rent if even that. We look into moving in with friends but a lot of places have a "per person" rent policy which means for 3-4 people its like $5000/month. This whole situation seems kind of ridiculous.

As where we are searching, every where, on every site you csn think of. We have even gotten to the desperate times of Facebook marketplace (and found out that most of them are scams). The lowest priced appartments are typically the ones that are never even displayed online, but rather just hsve a phone number to call, but still are much higher then we'd like it to be. If anyone has any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

As for what we should do, honestly i'm not sure, we want to live together, and are ready, but today's inflated economy says no, any pointers or anything?