Dude.

I work in a Canadian Costco.

You get a dollar an hour raise every 1040 hours worked. Which at full time works out to every 6 months. So $2/hr in raises a year.

Next month I top out on the pay scale, after 4.5 years of employment. My wage will be $34.40/hr.

At that point my raises do go down to $1/hr per year.

In 2 years I start getting the long term employee payouts, which is $3,000 every 6 months.

What the fuck are you talking about? Oh, and if need be I can back this all up with photos