Year End reviews were given yesterday. These fools gave me a 2.5% raise, roughly an extra $48 per check. No bonus structure whatsoever. Been with company 5 years, this is my 3rd raise. I'm pissed because company grew, made acquisitions, hired more people... and I had a stellar review according to my bosslady. I expected at least a 5% raise given everything I do here. As valuable as I am... I expected a promotion. Should I start looking elsewhere or start applying aggressively within the company; company is promising and I really don't want to leave because we may get bought out and that's going to be $$$$$$, but still no guarantee of that happening. For now, I'm seriously just pissed off.

or should they just take your word for it?

if you got a solid case by the bottom line numbers, i'd say hold on, boss...look at this. yall can & should do better by me.

cant hurt to ask...if you got a case.


does it really matter?

for all my fans who keep my name in their mouth: http://i.imgur.com/v2xNOpS.jpg

what is dat!!?

It's average and yes you should be irrate that it's the average

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does it really matter?

for all my fans who keep my name in their mouth: http://i.imgur.com/v2xNOpS.jpg

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When you are born, you cry, and the world rejoices. Live so that when you die, you rejoice, and the world cries.
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You cannot hate people for their own good.

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When you are born, you cry, and the world rejoices. Live so that when you die, you rejoice, and the world cries.
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You cannot hate people for their own good.

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for the company.

I am currently seeking other employment.

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"America, stop turning our Court Houses of Justice into Dens for Justified Murderers."

you been there 5 years already. they're not likely to give you big money. it'll be worse if someone comes in after you and is making more money off the rip.

the best way to get a good raise is to get hired by someone else.

100% agree with this..

This. Loyalty only benefits the employer. I didn't realize this until 14 years of being loyal as shit. The best way to get paid is to get a new gig.

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what the market is like.

companies been milking the recession and all that, and using the overall fear and dread of layoffs and everything. quiet as kept, they've bounced back, but they haven't rehired all the ppl that were fired when shit was at its worst, and until folks start bouncing for greener pastures it is what it is.


peace & blessings,

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have you ASKED explicitly for one?

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I've always received 3% for COLA and extra 1%-2% for performance.

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but you know what I aint complaining.

Past few years for employees, frozen at 0 for 3 years then 1 last year, and my job follows whatever they do

So at least you're ahead of that, think of gov workers who got 1% in 4 years

Still my min raise has been 4% and more like 5-7 on average over the ten years I've been working there

I'm a high performer though, and we get evaluated every year and I expect raises and the employer knows that

Been living with that bullshit for years, despite the profitability of the company. The problem is the number of other corporations that are all doing the same thing while handing out extra cash to executives, all of them waiting for the other person to blink and start paying out real raises again and hiding behind the "ongoing recession" and "new normal" nonsense. Last time I got a raise over 3% without a promotion was a 4.5% bump....the same year they increased our insurance cost by 6%.

HI HO!

then tax the hell out of it.