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Posted: 1/26/2006 9:11:37 AM EDT
[#1]
That's not even a cost of living raise.
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Posted: 1/26/2006 9:12:08 AM EDT
[#2]
you need other people to tell you whether you should be happy or not? 
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Posted: 1/26/2006 9:13:58 AM EDT
[#3]
UMMMMM no.
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Posted: 1/26/2006 9:16:39 AM EDT
[#4]
Are you overpaid to begin with?
Oftentimes, if you are paid more than your co-workers, or at the top of your pay-scale for your position, you get little or no raises. |
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Posted: 1/26/2006 9:16:49 AM EDT
[#5]
Uhh, No, I guess maybe "happy" was not the right word. I'm just wondering if, based on the economy, if this would been deemed: Above Normal Normal Below Normal Just plain shitty |
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Posted: 1/26/2006 9:17:51 AM EDT
[#6]
What should a cost of living raise be? |
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Posted: 1/26/2006 9:20:42 AM EDT
[#7]
damn man I work at a non-profit and most entry level people get atleast 3%.
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Posted: 1/26/2006 9:22:23 AM EDT
[#8]
+1. I'm salaried about as high as is practical (no complaints) for my job. I got a small raise this year, and heck - it could've been 10 bucks. I was happy to get it. |
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Posted: 1/26/2006 9:22:27 AM EDT
[#9]
I would consider 1.5% a slap in the face. But I also bust my ass and created two new positions in addition to myself with the .gov client. That = more $$$ for the company.
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Posted: 1/26/2006 9:23:13 AM EDT
[#10]
The general consensus of Arfcom GD is that everyone (else) is overpaid.  |
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Posted: 1/26/2006 9:27:01 AM EDT
[#11]
I got a 3.5% cost-of-living adjustment this year.
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Posted: 1/26/2006 9:30:19 AM EDT
[#12]
That depends on things people here can't possibly know without a lot more information. What is your job field? What is the demand for your particular skill? Which direction is it heading - up or down? What is the financial situation of the company? What are people in similar fields in your area getting? If you're getting 1.5% in a booming market where everyone else is getting 5%, that's different than getting 1.5% when other people are getting laid off, pay cuts, or find their similar jobs gettign sent overseas. |
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Posted: 1/26/2006 9:31:19 AM EDT
[#13]
It is a insult... unless the company is in trouble and cannot do better. Clearly shows they do not value as a employee. |
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Posted: 1/26/2006 9:31:20 AM EDT
[#14]
Some people would just be happy to not have their job sent overseas.
I'm just waiting for the day when businesses realize they can send management overseas too. That will be interesting... |
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Posted: 1/26/2006 9:33:38 AM EDT
[#15]
Thats 1.5 % more than I, or any other hourly employee in my company has gotten in the last year!!!.......Be happy you got something
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Posted: 1/26/2006 9:38:54 AM EDT
[#16]
It's not a raise, it's a pay cut. Inflation goes faster.
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Posted: 1/26/2006 9:44:01 AM EDT
[#17]
It depends.
Raises are usually accompanied by performance reviews. If you got a good performance review, and you know that the company is in financial hard times, then they may be sending you a megar signal of appreciation (we can't do much, but we do appreciate your work). If you got a poor performance review then you should ask yourself if the criticisms were fair. If the company is not having financial problems and they gave you a goot performance review, but only gave you a 1.5% raise then they don't value you as an employee and it's time to move on. Personally, I have never gotten a raise less than 5%, but I have had years where I didn't get any raise due to payroll freezes. |
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Posted: 1/26/2006 9:45:36 AM EDT
[#18]
A couple of years ago I got a 24% pay raise! Now that is a pay raise! It was a total surprise!
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Posted: 1/26/2006 10:01:18 AM EDT
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Posted: 1/26/2006 10:02:41 AM EDT
[#20]
The rule is that you never get the raise you are worth unless you change jobs.
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Posted: 1/26/2006 10:12:04 AM EDT
[#21]
Well, lets compare with some "raises" I am facing in the Northeast (and around the country)
This is over the last year... Postage +5.4% Gasoline +63% Heating Oil +70% Property Tax Assesment +55% Electric Bill +22% Auto Insurance +12% Grocieries +8% My Raise.......... 0% |
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Posted: 1/26/2006 10:14:13 AM EDT
[#22]
I got 4% after kicking ass and pulling almost all of the weight for critical projects for the group. For 1.5%, I would be gone. For 4%, I am evening out the work load by devious means.
 My guess is that the guy who did the least work got the biggest raise and bonus, because he is sucking ass and balls at every possible moment. Karma, yes, is a fucking bitch and I hear it knocking...... 
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Posted: 1/26/2006 10:20:18 AM EDT
[#23]
Do you work for GM? Then, yes.
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Posted: 1/26/2006 10:22:52 AM EDT
[#24]
You are falling behind.
(most of us are too) |
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Posted: 1/26/2006 10:23:01 AM EDT
[#25]
Here's a little Michigan math...
<guesstimate> $40k/yr wages X 1.5% = $600 $600 divided by 2080 hr/man yr = $.29/hr raise. Just driving to work will cost you more this year than last year by more than the MEAGER/INSULTING/DEMEANING/TIGHTWAD/YOU'READUMBASSFORSTAYINGWITHTHISCOMPANY so called raise. Echap your company has calculated that you will accept this fuckin' & not expect a kiss. |
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Posted: 1/26/2006 10:23:32 AM EDT
[#26]
Try working for yourself.
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Posted: 1/26/2006 10:26:53 AM EDT
[#27]
If it is not higher than the rate of inflation it is not a raise. |
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Posted: 1/26/2006 12:58:08 PM EDT
[#28]
Part of me thinks you should go to your boss and tell him that if they can't do any better than 1.5% they should just keep it because they are in worse shape than you and that you will be leaving in 2 week for greener pastures.
Then there is the part of me that thinks you should just be greatful to have a job.
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Posted: 1/26/2006 1:03:01 PM EDT
[#29]
Good post. |
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Posted: 1/26/2006 1:09:51 PM EDT
[#30]
Shit, that's what my company has been doling out for the past 6 years.
And on my performance reviews I've been averaging 8/10 metrics with exceeds expectations. Doesn't matter if you walk on water or if you're an oxygen thief.Fuckit. I quit. |
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Posted: 1/26/2006 1:12:11 PM EDT
[#31]
you must work the same place i do. 1.5-2% is typically a good raise if one is given at all. that said my bunch is paid pretty well .
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Posted: 1/26/2006 1:19:46 PM EDT
[#32]
I hadn't received a raise at all in 4 years...except when I quit about 7 months ago for a different position and then my old company asked my to come back 2 months later. They're paying me $13,180 a year more than they did before I quit.
 That doesn't happen very often though. |
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Posted: 1/26/2006 1:22:59 PM EDT
[#33]
Sounds like me. Information Technology went from the best career field to one of the worst in about 2 years. My biggest raise in the last 5 years is about 2.5% my lowest was 0%. In the prior 5 years it averaged 10% a year. Got two raises that totaled 15% 9 years ago.
Three years ago everyone whose review date was in the first half of the year got a 1-2% raise (I got 2% and was glad to get it). Everyone whose review date was in the last half of the year got nothing. Earnings were bad so the company decided to cut out raises. We had rumors of a 10-15% pay cut but that never happened. Business has improved so that isn't likely to happen now. |
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Posted: 1/26/2006 1:23:34 PM EDT
[#34]
If you're posting on ARFCOM from work you should be..
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Posted: 1/26/2006 1:24:12 PM EDT
[#35]
1.5%??? Considering how much the prices of just about everything else has been inflated?
DRAW DOWN!!!! |
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Posted: 1/26/2006 1:38:27 PM EDT
[#36]
Unless you're on a good performance bonus plan they don't give out raises much anymore anywhere.
If you want a pay raise start interviewing to get a job elsewhere. Seriously. If you're a valuable employee and they're underpaying you let them recruit and hire someone else (probably at a higher salary) and train them to do your job. |
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Posted: 1/26/2006 1:38:31 PM EDT
[#37]
I consider it a portion of my compensation...
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Posted: 1/26/2006 1:46:27 PM EDT
[#38]
Too open of a question.
Need to know how your reviews are, company financial status and some other things. Right now, I'd be happy to have a job and just try to work it up from there. You can always ask why or for more, the worst they can do is say NO. I always ask why at my reviews when it comes to the raise part, my boss has come to expect it of me. Most of my employees also ask me why when we discuss it as well. |
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Posted: 1/26/2006 1:49:14 PM EDT
[#39]
This doc I know just got fired.
My best friends wife was laid off Monday. Be grateful you have a job and benefits. Times are getting rough out there. No more free lunch. |
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Posted: 1/26/2006 1:55:13 PM EDT
[#40]
Ask the workers at Ford.
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Posted: 1/26/2006 1:59:50 PM EDT
[#41]
 Maybe he'd be better of with nothing more than last year??? You guys crack me up. |
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Posted: 1/26/2006 2:01:23 PM EDT
[#42]
She was a FORD HR person. 8 months severence for 11 years served and a slap on the ass when she left the building. |
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Posted: 1/26/2006 2:01:28 PM EDT
[#43]
+1 |
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Posted: 1/26/2006 2:04:09 PM EDT
[#44]
Ahhhh. Severance. When you get paid by a company you no longer provide a service for. More union bullshit. |
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Posted: 1/26/2006 2:06:15 PM EDT
[#45]
I consider it grounds for termination. Faffing around on the internet while you're supposed to be working for me.  We wonder why the gooks are running us into the ground on autos, computers, TV's, stereo equipment, toys, clothes, appliances and every other thing sold at Wal*Mart. Sheesh Hardest thing about owning my own business if finding a person who wants to work. If I could clone myself I'd be a gazillionaire. |
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Posted: 1/26/2006 2:06:29 PM EDT
[#46]
It depends on a lot of things.
You could already be making the max that you are worth for one, and just how much is a 1.5% raise? $50K X .015 = $750 $250K X .015 = $3,750 Though in either case, the raise compared to the pay is petty, but I don't know anything about your job. I got a raise once from $7.75/hr to $7.77/hr, needless to say, I woundered why they even bothered, as the paper work to proccese the raise likely cost more than the increase itself.
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Posted: 1/26/2006 2:12:54 PM EDT
[#47]
Sounds like you should get a job that requires a union to barter for your raises!Seriously!
I know everyone hates them here,but they do serve a purpose. 
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Posted: 1/26/2006 2:33:28 PM EDT
[#48]
Why don't they just crap in a bag and give that to you instead?
If it isn't cost of living, what is the point? |
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Posted: 1/26/2006 2:33:36 PM EDT
[#49]
well, i just started for a company last week after a year of being self underemployeed. i am the highest payed guy doing my type of job. and in about 2 more weeks i will be getting a 6.5 % raise. ( i will be buying a membership in 2 months )
i also have something that only 1 other person in the company has ( the owner ), and i have skills that no one else really has. also because of having my own company i have experance that no one else who does the same job i do has. |
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Posted: 1/26/2006 2:35:18 PM EDT
[#50]
Isn't most HR management positions? Unless its for the government. |
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