Today, I have worked my ass off this year on two projects, trying to prove myself and earn a raise. Well I proved myself capable all right, next year they’re giving me 5 projects to manage, and that raise, yeah, it’s no longer in the budget. Maybe next year… FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I found out I’m not getting a raise, despite my ‘outstanding’ performance, since the company made a loss this year. Last year I didn’t get a raise because of COVID uncertainty. The year before that I didn’t get a raise because I only just got ‘promoted’, where I also didn’t get a raise. FML
Today, after working my ass off for months trying to prove myself, I received an email from my boss regarding the end-year function. Excited to be invited, I opened the email just to see I'm the only one being left behind to answer the phones. FML
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 worked up the nerve to ask my boss for a raise. Today is also the day I found out my boss has a shitlist of employees he wants to fire, and that I'm now on it. FML
Today, I met with my boss hoping to hear about a possible raise that had been promised many months ago. He then told me that the only way I would get a raise was if I found a better paying job and took it, and that the company was in no position to offer anyone a raise. FML
Today, I was promoted. After going to school for 10 months to get certified for the new position, training extensively, and taking on a ton more responsibility, I was hoping for a decent raise. How much do my bosses think all of that time and effort is worth? One dollar more per hour than I made before. FML
Today, after one year of overworking myself to the point of panic attacks multiple times a week, I finally got my annual raise, which is given based on performance and effort. My warehouse's minimum production is 95. I regularly was in the 130s. My raise was 2 cents. FML
Today, despite having made it clear that I'm neither interested, nor I am able to take over the jobs of the 3 members of staff who have recently left, my boss made a "Progress Plan" for me and will check on it weekly. I'm getting paid 1.5 times less than average in my role and he's not giving me a raise because the company is stingy. FML
Today, I asked my boss for my first raise in almost two years, to which he replied, "In the real world, I think you've definitely earned one, but this isn't the real world." FML
Today, I found out that the reason I didn't get the job that I have been working my butt off for over a year for is because they can't find anybody who can do my current job as good as me. I'm too good to be promoted. FML
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Lolamae 9
The more you do, the more you may, and the less you’re thanked for it.
Chazzster 32
Trust nothing unless you get it in writing - With a signature… Many managers use the promise of an eventual promotion to motivate their employees to work harder and take on more work for the same pay. But frequently the promotion doesn’t exist or it’s been promised to multiple people… OP, you work for a jerk. That’s sufficient reason to look for another job. You are likely going to be able to find a better job given the added responsibilities you have recently taken on. But tell no one where you work that you are looking for another job. And avoid bad mouthing your current employer - That’s not career enhancing. Once you get an actual job offer in writing and you understand what’s expected in the new job then accept the new job and give 2 weeks notice at your old one - Not a day more or less.
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Lolamae 9
The more you do, the more you may, and the less you’re thanked for it.
Chazzster 32
Trust nothing unless you get it in writing - With a signature… Many managers use the promise of an eventual promotion to motivate their employees to work harder and take on more work for the same pay. But frequently the promotion doesn’t exist or it’s been promised to multiple people… OP, you work for a jerk. That’s sufficient reason to look for another job. You are likely going to be able to find a better job given the added responsibilities you have recently taken on. But tell no one where you work that you are looking for another job. And avoid bad mouthing your current employer - That’s not career enhancing. Once you get an actual job offer in writing and you understand what’s expected in the new job then accept the new job and give 2 weeks notice at your old one - Not a day more or less.