This is the first job I’ve ever had so far. It’s been a year today that I’ve been working. It’s an entry level lab tech job at a private bio company. Months before I got the job, I was fresh out of college, so I was surprised to get one so quickly.

But lately my father (and uncle once and a while) are starting to harangue me about getting a raise. I have no idea how to even begin thinking about this because, as I said, this is my first job. So I have no experience handling this sort of thing. I mean, if they added more tasks for me and my pay was still the same, I would bother to ask. But I’ve been doing the same work for the past year. To be honest, the company isn’t quite at its best. I overhear conversations all the time about how they don’t have as much money as they used to and how they don’t do bonuses anymore.
But I keep getting irritated when my father starts saying “Well then you should quit” I mean, in the big scheme of things I pretty much JUST got here. In general, I wouldn’t plan on staying past two years if nothing more happens and move onto grad school. Most of the times I just want to shout, “Can you shut the fuck and go away? It’s OKAY I got this right now.”

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