<prompt> Human: I work at a supermarket chain based in NC. About 5 months ago I got my promotion after asking my department manager for it. However, when it came to talks about my raise, she told me I had to talk with the accountantstore manager. On the same day, I had a conversation about my raise and how much I should be getting with the store manager. He congratulated me on my promotion and went on to talk about how he got to where he was by working hard and said that I should do the same. He also said that before he could give me a raise, two things needed to happen first: 1.He had to talk about it with his superior to see where I stood when compared to the people at my then position and the position that I was being promoted to. 2.Also, he said that I needed to prove that I was capable of doing my new job all by myself before he could give me a raise. He ended our conversation by telling me to please remind him every time I saw him, about talking with his superior about my raise since he was supposed to be in the store for the following days. This is something that I did since he had told me he was bad at remembering stuff. For the next 5 days following our conversation, I made sure to remind him whenever I saw him. However, every time I came up to him and asked him if he had talk to his superior yet, he would have a smirk on his face and act like he didnt remember what he was supposed to ask. I grew tired of this and eventually stopped asking him. I stopped asking him about my raise because of his attitude when it came to it. But that wasnt the only reason. At the time of my promotion, corporate drastically reduced our weekly hours since our new store label had officially been removed and the numbers werent pleasing enough for corporate. This meant two things: 1. I wasnt being trained for my new position because there wasnt anyone to cover my then position. 2. I couldnt prove to the store manager that I was capable of handling the new position because I wasnt even allowed to work it in the first place. Fast forward to about 2 months ago, I finally started getting scheduled for my new position and was able to put in practice what had been taught to me during my 3 days of training that the company offers. More trust was put on me as time went on until I finally worked a shift by myself with no help. After that, I felt like I had proven that I was capable, but I didnt want to be impatient and ask the store manager about the raise. So I waited a few more shifts until I felt like I had proven my capability. I talked to the store manager once again about the raise, and he basically told me the same thing. I need to talk to my superior. Ive made sure to ask repeatedly but I dont see this going anywhere. Im scared of putting my 2 weeks notice to try and get him to finally give me a raise because I actually like working there and I already know the stuff so I dont want to go to another place with different people and at a different work environment. After all, Im only 18 going on to 19 and I know companies rather replace people than keep the old ones. Right now Im making 8.75 an hour. It starts at 8.50 but you get a .25 raise every year. 8.75 is also what most people at my old position are making. The store manager had verbally sadly said that he thought he could give me a 1 raise, but I dont know if thatll happen. I dont know what my coworkers at my new position are making per hour, so Im also scared the manager is going to take advantage of my young age and not be fair with my raise. Also, Ive only seen his superior once in the time that Ive worked there and I felt that it would be disrespectful to ask him about my raise. I dont know what to do... please help.  <response>: I dont know what to do... please help.This is a lesson learned. Never take the promotion without a raise.Find another job. 