To feel a bit upset I won't be getting the new National Living Wage?

DieSchottin93 · 2016-03-30T20:29:18+00:00

This new [[https://www.livingwage.gov.uk/ National Living Wage]] will come into effect this Friday. However, it only applies to those aged 25 and over, and because I'm only in my early 20s I don't qualify for it. I'll be stuck in my shitty minimum wage retail job for the foreseeable future until my luck changes. Only two people at work will be getting a pay rise as a result of this National Living Wage - the big bosses decided ^not^ to increase the supervisor/manager wages accordingly --because they don't value their staff-- , which means the supervisors at my work will only be getting £1 more than new NLW [shock] . For all the extra responsibilities involved in their role I think that's pretty insulting. I just feel that whichever government people thought this up didn't think it through very well. Personally I think it should apply to those aged 21 and over - think of the age of a very large number of graduates, who've gone to uni at 18 and thus are 21/22 upon graduation. I have more responsibilities than one of my colleagues who will be entitled to this pay rise, yet because of when I was born I'll be paid less for it [sad]. AIBU to think this is just a tad unfair?

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DieSchottin93 · 30/03/2016 21:29

This new National Living Wage will come into effect this Friday. However, it only applies to those aged 25 and over, and because I'm only in my early 20s I don't qualify for it. I'll be stuck in my shitty minimum wage retail job for the foreseeable future until my luck changes. Only two people at work will be getting a pay rise as a result of this National Living Wage - the big bosses decided not to increase the supervisor/manager wages accordingly because they don't value their staff , which means the supervisors at my work will only be getting £1 more than new NLW . For all the extra responsibilities involved in their role I think that's pretty insulting.

I just feel that whichever government people thought this up didn't think it through very well. Personally I think it should apply to those aged 21 and over - think of the age of a very large number of graduates, who've gone to uni at 18 and thus are 21/22 upon graduation. I have more responsibilities than one of my colleagues who will be entitled to this pay rise, yet because of when I was born I'll be paid less for it . AIBU to think this is just a tad unfair?

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DieSchottin93 · 01/04/2016 23:59

Re people employing more staff because they can pay them less - I'm sure these U25s would be delighted to know they're being hired so businesses can keep costs down because they don't have to pay them as much, not because they're deemed the best for the job And to be honest, in a minimum wage role such a retail skill doesn't really come into it much, I mean my 22 year old self can serve customers and work stock just as well as a 40-something colleague...in roles like that age isn't really a factor IMO.

Also I don't know about PPs but the only reason I'm in this job just now is because it's the only job I can find right now. In my part of the country a lot of people in a particular industry have been made redundant so the competition is even tougher and how can someone like me, who graduated less than a year ago, compete with people with X amount of experience in a particular sector and are thus more likely to have more experience/transferable skills etc?

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