Today, I finally got a raise after years of hard work! Excited, I went on a shopping spree, but as I checked the latest prices, it turns out that my extra income barely covers the increase in my grocery bill. Thanks, inflation. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I got a raise at work. It will bring my hourly wage to about a cent more per hour. Our CEO just reported record-breaking profits for the year. FML
Today, I got raise at work. It's $3 per month. FML
Today, I got a 15% pay raise. My parents responded by saying, “Congratulations! You can now forget about online shopping packages coming in on a weekly basis and start chipping in for rent and utilities!” FML
Today, I got a raise. A 10 cent raise. I have worked at my job for over 3 years. I now make 20 cents more an hour than people that have only worked there 3 minutes. FML
Today, after I got a great job at my asking salary, my boss then quit without telling me my salary was maxed out. I learned this when, two years in a row, I got a 1% raise because I'm redlined. With inflation, my take-home pay has dropped by 15% in two years. FML
Today, after years of being underpaid, I received my first paycheck at my new job. My new employer offers excellent benefits and a 401k. But after I invest in all these wonderful things, and after a $4 an hour pay increase, my net income is less than before. FML
Today, I got a 25-cent raise at work. That would be wonderful, had they not cut 6 hours off my schedule as well. I'm now making $200 less a month than I was pre-raise. FML
Today, at the job I've had for eight years, I finally got the raise I was supposed to get a year ago. One hour later I found out the store was closing and we were all out of a job in two weeks. FML
Today, after six years, two raises, and a promotion, thanks to student loans I make less disposable income than I did when I first started this job. FML
Today, I bought $250 worth of groceries and was feeling rather good about myself because it's the first time I've been able to do so in months. When I returned home I found my fridge/freezer broken. Most of the food I bought was dairy or frozen. FML
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TomeDr 25
Yeah, my raise this year didn’t offset the increase in my health insurance premium. I’m actually taking home less money. 😑
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TomeDr 25
Yeah, my raise this year didn’t offset the increase in my health insurance premium. I’m actually taking home less money. 😑
stickyface 17
Thank a Democrat (and some Republicans too). They thought spending trillions more on "inflation reduction", with money that didn't exist, was a great way of funding their priorities. Now the money (magically) exists and (surprise!) it's not worth as much. They're all out of control.
tiptoppc 21
Blame the stupid companies for taking all the money and giving it to a rich asshole who did nothing but exploit people, and made all the peons who work for a living into a modern slave. While politicians are part of it, the way they acts is symptoms of the rich oligarchy and work to protect them and not the 98%. And people wonder why Luigi is hailed a modern hero. Us peons know why…