Don't worry, they'll have that conversation on speaker phone so you can enjoy the entire thing. ;)

I work at the local youth shelter. I get paid more because I've been here the longest, but my coworkers are hired at $14-15 an hour. We are in contact with social workers, dhhs, probation, and parents while our youth wait to be transported to treatment or have come to us from treatment and are transitioning back home.

They aren't supposed to be here for more than 3-4 weeks. They are often here for months because the folks I mentioned above are overloaded on cases. Most of them make a little bit more an hour than the rest of us. I get a whopping 25-cents more for having my bachelor's degree. I've been here 3.5 years and I'm the longest serving employee. I've only been able to stay so long because 1) I work the night shift, 2) I get a $3 differential in pay because I work nights, and 3) my husband is a teacher with two masters degrees and his pay makes it so I can afford to stay.

My coworkers have been here 1.5 years and the rest have less than six months. We just got a new boss, who has never worked in such an environment before. I suspect she'll burn out soon enough on her $45k salary.