Frustration
After 2 years' hard work and "consistently exceed[ing] expectations", I received my salary review yesterday.
I got a 0.079% raise.
Yes, you read correctly, that's <1%.
Frustrated beyond belief after all my hard work, and with the additional responsibilities steadily piling up (as they have over the past year or so), I ask myself: is it all really worth it when they give one of the department's top performers such a pitiful raise?
I have to talk to my boss about it and see what can be done, but I am seriously reconsidering my role here.
I'd get more for my skills in the open marketplace, but there are trade-offs from working here. However I do think the additional responsibilities do merit a decent raise.
It would be a pain to move jobs, plus we're planning the wedding (Feb-March '07 here we come!), and we've planned to move overseas after the wedding anyway. But I am kind of generally dissatisfied with a lot of things in my department that I know won't change, and the insulting "raise" has topped it all off.
So what would you do?
Stay, or go?
I got a 0.079% raise.
Yes, you read correctly, that's <1%.
Frustrated beyond belief after all my hard work, and with the additional responsibilities steadily piling up (as they have over the past year or so), I ask myself: is it all really worth it when they give one of the department's top performers such a pitiful raise?
I have to talk to my boss about it and see what can be done, but I am seriously reconsidering my role here.
I'd get more for my skills in the open marketplace, but there are trade-offs from working here. However I do think the additional responsibilities do merit a decent raise.
It would be a pain to move jobs, plus we're planning the wedding (Feb-March '07 here we come!), and we've planned to move overseas after the wedding anyway. But I am kind of generally dissatisfied with a lot of things in my department that I know won't change, and the insulting "raise" has topped it all off.
So what would you do?
Stay, or go?
posted by The Skirt at 8:36 am
4 Comments:
Stay. Work standard hours. Take long lunches. Don't do overtime. Blog more from work. In other words, take the easy option!
I'm not sure I can - there's such a lot to be done and I know I'll continue to work long hours to get it all done, even though I'm being paid peanuts. I'd feel ashamed otherwise :-(
Are you any good at confronting the boss and negotiating for a better deal? Sounds like you've been treated poorly.
I used to get "Competent" in my performance appraisals, and received better pay rises than yours...
Thiss is a great post thanks
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