Is this insulting????
I have been with my company for 3 yeas now. The first year I was given a 3.5% increase on my pay, last year 2.5% ( and I was out for 6 months, and came back a week before evaluations on maternity leave) then this year I got 1%!!!!!!!! 1%!!!!
Should I feel insulted, or is a 1% increase good?? I totaled it up, and it gives me an extra 280.00 per year!! That doesnt even cover gas to do all the running around I do for this place!!
What do you think I should do?? Say something or not.
So 3 years, and I have gotten a total of 90 cents is good??!! I live in central mass where the average house costs 250,000.00, and average rent is 1000.00 p/month.
We are eligable for up to a 6 % increase each June. Let me add that this is a VERRRYY successful company!!!
I only got 11 cents!!
2006-07-13 06:32:48 · 11 answers · asked by Erin 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment
be happy you have a job...........
2006-07-13 06:36:08 · answer #1 · answered by LongShot™ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ask yourself if you have improved what you do for your company by 1%. For that matter, figure out what it costs them each day to pay you, support your workspace, pay the extra taxes, insurance, and fees on your behalf, and how much more they would have if you were not their employee.
Then look at what you did today. Would you pay that much for what you did?
For example, if you are paid $35,000 a year to write programs, then it costs your employer about $35 an hour (2000 hours a year, and about double your gross salary to account for overhead) to keep you there. Would you buy the software you wrote today for $280?
Then try to decide if they gave the rest of the increases they had available, to others who are producing more, or if they would benefit by giving your job to someone who works for a lot less by sending the job overseas or hiring an entry level.
Finally, just ask your supervisor why it turned out that way. Maybe they want you to go away. But more likely, they didn't give you as much as other more assertive employees because they could.
On the other hand, in these tight margin times, just be grateful you actually have a job. Some who want desperately to work have been unemployed for as long as 10 years or longer.
You also might consider working somewhere where housing is more affordable, like Western Pennsylvania or West Virginia or count yourself lucky to be able to live there at all.
I can't afford to move to central Mass to be near my family.
2006-07-13 13:52:47 · answer #2 · answered by Bink 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
WOW! The average rent is ONLY $1,000 a month and the average house is ONLY $250,000!! You should try living here in California. A vast majority of companies have been on wage freezes(no cost of living increases, no raises) for years while the rents and price of housing has gone sky-high! The average home price here is about $800,000-1 million(with VERY small lots)! The average rent is $2,000-$3,000 a month!
Now to your question...When you were hired, were you given anything in writing that guaranteed a yearly pay raise? If so, then how much did it specify? You also must take into account that you went on a 6 month maternity leave. During your absence they had to pay someone to cover your work. That may or may not have anything to do with it. You should ask your supervisor(or whoever make these types of decisions) what they based your raise on. Tell them(in a VERY professional, non-whining way) why you feel you deserve more money. Ask them for a print-out of the company's policy on pay raises and pay scales and what kinds of things may or may not contribute to the amount(s) offered.
Best of luck!
2006-07-13 13:48:27 · answer #3 · answered by i_am_the_dida 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A lot of places are cutting back on increases. A job about six years ago offered me a 1% increase, and no one made over 3%. It was .08 an hour more. I told them to keep it and quit on the spot. I had a new job with greater pay and increases the following week.
It is not good.
2006-07-13 13:38:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you got a glowing review and it was highly complementary say 5 out or 5 then you should probably inquire as to why so little in comparison to the available 6%.
If your reviews have been progressively less complementary then you should probably talk with your supervisor about how you can improve in the future.
2006-07-13 13:39:57 · answer #5 · answered by Thrasher 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Be thankful. I have worked for the state of NC for 8 years. My second year, I and all other state employees, got a 2% raise. This year we got a 5.5% raise. The other years we got vacation time or we got nothing. The vacation time would be nice except that since we haven't gotten these raises, none of us can actually afford to take a vacation.
2006-07-13 13:38:22 · answer #6 · answered by rahkokwee 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Time to leave. That kind of raise is an insult. It's almost worse than not getting one at all. Is there something on your evaluation that indicates that your work is so poor that this is what you deserve? If not, you are being undervalued.
2006-07-13 13:36:40 · answer #7 · answered by julz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you work hard, and truly feel that you are invaluable to the company, then say something. Otherwise you will probably get fired.
2006-07-13 13:37:02 · answer #8 · answered by Chow_M_Noodles 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
forsure say something. tell them you are curious as to the low percantage this yr. and ask if this is a reflection of the company losing business.
2006-07-13 13:36:14 · answer #9 · answered by georgie g 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That seems wicked low and insulting.
2006-07-13 13:36:00 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Say something. If you don't they will think your fine with it.
2006-07-13 13:41:44 · answer #11 · answered by sweetpettuitie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋