Is it common practice to receive a raise after a positive annual review?

Question

My wife just finished having her annual review and her boss refused her a raise because she already had a small increase in wages after her probation period was finished (first three months.) so even though its been a year since she was hired its only been 9 months since her last raise. Does this sound alright? I didn't know what to tell her.

Answer 1

A company and their HR department typically create guidelines in formulating such things, including setting a timeline with cutoff dates to be included for any merit increases and what not. She may want to ask what the cutoff date was. The first year is awkward on both sides, but 9 months sounds rough to be excluded from consideration.

Answer 2

This sounds right. A raise after probation, then annually after that. Tell her , be patient. Many of us went a longer time than that without a pay raise.