<prompt> Human: Im a student worker about 12 hours a week at a decently sized company. The company has tremendous growth and the leadership is solid. I do look up to the CEO because he seems very good at what he does and hes also a genuine person.That being said, the company refuses to give us raises, even if weve been employed for years. Ive been there for nearly 2 years and a coworker of mine has been there for 4 years and we still havent gotten a raise.Our wage is very low, pretty much minimum.Our job is to make education material for elementary schools. Were all doing either a masters or bachelor and we have to use our skills in our job.One guy asked for a raise, seeing as he was starting to do some more senior work, such as overseeing and organizing and yet when he asks for a raise, hes denied on the base that if you get a raise, everyone else will want one.This denying us a raise is really screwing things up for them because people are visibly tired of it. Its no secret that people are getting tired of working minimum wage with no outlook on a higher pay. It seems really detrimental for the company itself and thats what confuses me, because I would think the CEO really knew what he is doing.Its very hard to get a job in our city, so the company can get away with paying us minimum wage indefinitely, but it seems that it does more harm than good?Any ideas why he would choose to pay minimum wage? Does he simply not know that its being reflected in the work quality?  <response>: Youre a student worker. You say that youre using your skills to help the company. Hell say that the company is providing you valuable work experience while youre in school. Youre both right.Since you are students, youll either mesh with the company and get an offer for full-time employment when you graduate at which point they should be offering you a competitive wage or you wont. Since the time scale is very limited, then they probably arent worried about retaining you which is the incentive for giving you a raise. 