Common sense, still absent in 2013.

An extra $2 an hour is quite substantial for most people.

$2.00 /hr = ~ $4,000.00 / year. So... the "lucrative position" only paid $1 - $3,999 / year more than current position before the raise? Percentage-wise, that isn't much unless you are only making near-minimum to begin with. Chezus. I DO have it good. Last time I changed jobs it was for an extra $15,000/year, better benefits, and a chance to actually get paid for overtime (went from salary to hourly).

You were leaving your current position for less than a $2 raise? That's madness!

I would definitely be upset.

you know you can't really blame yourself. at the time it was for a good reason. just bad timing. hopefully You can get another 2 dollars raise at this new job

Everything (usually) happens for a reason. Perhaps you'll find yourself happier in the new environment.

How much more lucrative could the job be, if $2 makes a big difference (big enough for it to be an FML) between them?

You were going to move across state for a $2 raise sorry you deserved this one

Sure you can. Just don't show up. It happens all the time. In the last two years 2 years 3 people I hired for a $37.50 an hour job just never showed up. Never called, nothing.

Hello, OP here. Sorry I was a little ambiguous. To clarify, I mean a $2/hour raise. I didn't even think about how they handle salaries in other countries. Sorry. Second, this was a department wide raise, not specific to me, so my performance had nothing to do with it. I think the final bit of contention was why would I move across state for less than a $2/hr raise. Well, I'm desperate, for one, and it was around a $1.50/hr raise. Also, most of my family lives in the area that I am moving to, so I figured if I kept having financial problems I at least wouldn't end up homeless. I'm at the point where I just don't have enough to pay my bills (which are mainly student loans), so I just had to get more income... What makes it even worse is that if I had been able to stay, I would have been eligible for a $3/hr raise after a few months...for a total of $5 more an hour than I make now. No such luck at the new place. And I *did* discuss this move with the company, the raise was passed down directly from the top of the company and my boss knew nothing about it until a week before I was set to transfer. I couldn't back out because I had already officially accepted the new position. So yeah, FML.

Jeez, you guys. If you work a lot, $2 is a ton of money. It wasn't ambiguous at all, OP. Some people just believe that "raise" is interchangeable with "bonus."