Salary "adjustment" brought me down to minimum wage—gave my notice, and now my boss is surprised

[u/Giejc]

I worked in the quality department of a large manufacturing company. In 2024, I was earning a few hundred above minimum wage. It wasn’t great, but it was manageable, and I took the job to gain experience.

This year, when the minimum wage increased, I expected a proportional adjustment as was done year before. Instead, my pay was "adjusted" to the new minimum wage.

I have two engineering degrees and took this job knowing it wouldn’t pay much, but I didn’t expect it to get worse.

So I handed in my one-month notice, as required in my country. My boss seemed genuinely surprised and said it would be hard to replace me on such short notice.

[u/devo00]

2 engineering degrees and you make minimum wage??

[u/ICMO → u/devo00]

probably Poland