1% increase??!! Should I be insulted or what!!??

Question

Insulting?? Should I say something??
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!!

Answer 1

well it happens when your stuck in the rat race i would say its time to work smart not hard

Answer 2

It IS insulting.

That's why things are worked out where, if you have some brain power you can be self employed. The weasels seem to want optimum control of everything in sight. You've probably been there a while, yes? So you're probably considered a reined in asset.

Too, it's the east coast.

( Where I'm from. Further south but not too, where the average gangster is supposed to carry a union card and profess a love of Frank Sinatra surpassing Pergolesi, Albinoni, never mind Bach. ) Just to show you're an ' awright guy. '

Doesn't matter how big the company it's all corrupt. Anybody saying otherwise is probably with the government. Not the voiceless citizen.

You see this quite enough just walking on the sidewalk, crossing the street and eyes sufficiently open. I have to laugh at all these ' investigations '.

A few years back Lilco ( Long Island Lighting Company - which, by the way, has a nucleur reactor, if I'm not mistaken ) was reputed to have Organized Crime ties.

So 'companies' and whatever projected mystiques are meaningless. It's a land bound institution dedicated to making money without necessarily using a gun. Honor is something else.

I'm on the west coast. Not out of choice. Here you have a semblance of people when in fact venal animals are in charge.

That may seem harsh, but I don't allow any to interpret for me what I see with my own eyes and experience myself. I'm looking to get to Washington state as California isn't really fit for human habitation. It never was.

New York is super corrupt. That's why I'd never go back there. It shouldn't be a criminal offense to want to be ' straight. ' Especially if those in ' authority ' are themselves, actually, criminals.

Insulting? Good call. You don't know the half of it.

Sorry for ranting and raving. But these are the facts. I can relate. Treat your money like ammo and look for something that'll allow you to get out of there. People never break new ground and are systematically rerouted to the same hell holes. Feel free to
e - mail me if you want. Hope this helps.

Answer 3

I live in San Diego where the avg. house is 500K (it maybe 600K now) and the avg. rent is about the same as yours. One possible solution is to have your own business so you can determine how much you earn. By the way you may have heard that a definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. So I'd say you may have a mild case of insanity. Seriously though ... look for other opportunities that pay what you believe you deserve or are worth. I agree that a 1% increase is nothing but that's 11 cents you didn't have before.
You can continue to be insulted or go out and see what other opportunities are there ... go outside your comfort zone and stop settling for less then.

Answer 4

The approach I would take is to set up a formal meeting with my boss. In that meeting I would ask him to honestly evaluate my contribution to the company. You might want to have some back up material showing your contribution to the company in case he does not seem too impressed with your performance.

If the meeting goes badly and he is critical of your performance then you have a clear indication of how you are perceived by management and what you need to do to impress them.

If on the other hand they think you are great you need to explain your dismay as to the 1% pay increase. Because since inflation is a couple of percent or so a 1% pay increase is in fact a pay cut in real terms.

Keep your comments positive and explain that you wish to stay with the company. But also make it clear that if this kind of pay award is going to be the shape of things to come you may need to consider looking for something else.

The key however is to approach the meeting with the attitude that you want to learn from them how to do a better job. Explain that being given the minimum pay increase raised a warning flag with you and left you deeply concerned that you were not performing adequately for them.

At worst you come over as a complainer and you get no extra money. Or you may still get no money but get some pointers as to how to get more next time. But in the best case scenario they appreciate your professionalism in bringing your concerns to them. They see you as conscientious enough to try and find out what is wrong, and they offer your more money which may or may not be on a quid pro quo basis.

Answer 5

You don't say whether or not your raises were tied to your performance. This would be a good question to ask your supervisor.

In most companies, the better your performance is rated, the higher your salary raise is.

However, companies go through economic cycles, where some periods they are doing better than others. If your raise wasn't tied to your performance, your supervisor will probably explain that the company didn't do as well this year and doesn;t have a lot of money for raises.

My partner has gone at times for 5 years without raises or performance reviews. Other times it has been every year.

If you like your job, and do it well, like me, I just consider a raise a bonus, not anything I am "entitled to." So I say thanks for whatever I get, as long as it is not drastically different from others.

Answer 6

Yes, you should be. This is a clear indication that your employer does not value your services. Given that cost of living increases at about a 3% clip per year, you've effectively been given a pay cut. You should think hard about your options, as after three years of employment there and with that compensation track record, it's clear that it's not going to get any better for you.

It makes sense to discuss this with your supervisor, but be prepared for a lot of waffling or indirect answers (which means you have a wimp of a supervisor who is conflict averse) or some potentially painful honest comment on your performance.

Answer 7

Perhaps you should speak with your personnal office.
Has your perfomance go down that you were given this small raise?? 1% is very insulting. Is there a reason why you were given such a small raise. How was your evaluation? Was it a good one?
Were there many areas where you needed improvement in your performance? Have you been taking alot of time off from work?

If you have answered NO to these questions then perhaps if should seriously consider looking for another job

Answer 8

If you're eligible for 6% and only got 1%, go ahead and ask. The previous company I worked for, I was there 30 years, and got no raise the last 6. Changed jobs and getting 50% less now, but working 50% less hours, too, although no benefits, not even health insurance!

Answer 9

I WOULD LOOK FOR ANOTHER JOB. i don't know where you live, but the avg standard of living increase is like AT LEAST 2%. that means your gas, food, rent goes up each year an avg of 2%, which your employer should be compensating for AND you should also be getting a little bit of an increase for your hardware. personally, 4-6% is adequate for a non promotional raise. and if its a very sucessful company, that just adds insult to injury if you ask me. i would find a place that values you more than that, if i was you.

Answer 10

You could speak with your boss, asking if there is anything you can do to boost your performance. Don't say that you recieved too little or that you feel insulted. Some people don't get raises each year. Show that you are motivated and committed to improving yourself. Think back over the year about your work relationships and how you performed at work.

Answer 11

Hell yes it's an insult. I quit a job once because they gave me a 23 cent per hour raise. I wasn't worth the extra 2 cents to make it a quarter.

Good luck.