Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 1 day ago, 1 hour later, 2 hours after the original post[^][v]#1,415,062
I said 'thank you' and took it, I wasn't going to argue with the boss on why it should be more. I've got a few more years of work and can pitch for a real pay raise after a successful project or something.
Oatmeal Fucker !BYUc1TwJMU joined in and replied with this 1 day ago, 10 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^][v]#1,415,065
No, at best it's a pay same. I've got a 4% guaranteed pay rise this year but they've struck me with an extra 4 office days a month meaning a big chunk of that 4% is going to travel companies.
Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 1 day ago, 5 hours later, 8 hours after the original post[^][v]#1,415,115
I worked at a place that cut everyone’s pay in 2008 by 15%-20%. Your annual raise then dropped to 2.5%.
That meant you were whole again in 7 years. Only, matching your prior salary in name only with largely deflated money.
I left. Many of my coworkers stayed and are still there. They didn’t readjust when times were good again for company earnings in 2012 and executives earned bonuses throughout, including for “staunched losses.” As in, “arrested adjusted EBITDA losses” to, say, -6% vs. -9%. Talk about rewards for a participation trophy.