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
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Today, I got a promotion to management at work. My employer decided to give the 'non-management' employees a really nice raise. Which means the job I had before my promotion is now paying more than the job I have now. Did I just get demoted? FML
Today, the person recently hired to work in my spot during my days off started at a higher hourly rate than me, after I have been here for nearly three years. I asked for a raise and got a dollar more; meanwhile, my regional counterparts make 4 dollars more per hour. 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, I was offered a promotion but for the same pay. Promotion... WTF? FML
Today, I got promoted. By promoted, I mean, given a much harder job with no training and no extra pay because someone went on maternity leave. They've already hired someone for my old position. FML
Today, after putting in 110% at my shitty job for two years straight, my boss told me point-blank I'm too good in my current position for him to ever be able to justify promoting me. 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, after 3 years at my job I received a 14% raise. I was informed I will be transitioned from hourly to salary. I will now be making $1500 LESS than I made last year. FML
Today, I was forced into accepting a "promotion" for a position that pays less than what I get right now. FML
Today, I got a new title at work. My boss hyped it up and made it sound amazing, so I accepted. Come to find out it pays 20k less a year and is twice as much work. FML
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201chasew 22
$1 an hour raise may not seem like much, but that is an extra $2000 a year assuming you work 40 hour weeks.
Tripartita 45
"Oh, wow, you went to janitorial school and have tasked yourself with spending an extra four hours each day waxing the floors. That's… you're one hell of an accountant!"
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jvanevery 19
that's $2000 a year what % is that?
jvanevery 19
we really need to know what the percentage was do you get annual raises and what are those in a percentage sometimes the corporate mindset is to give you a small raise so there is room to give you increases later do you have any idea what other people with the same certifications make
tmarty 17
Certification, degrees, mean little until you prove what you can do with them. Show them that you can actually do what you trained for, and then tell them you think you're worth more.
whisteriansky 4
Time to find a different employer. The easiest way to get a decent raise is to go somewhere else.
Why_me499 21
I'd be more than happy with a dollar an hour raise. But then again that's like a 6% raise for me
bigsparky 0
I got certified after 10 years in my trade, got CPR certified, and underground competency certification. I got an $8 raise (50%). my boss refused to give me even a $2 raise without those. I've got co workers who make more then I do with no certifications, and co workers making more then I used to with less then half the experience. difference numbers, same level of unfairness. life keeps moving forward.
EdLikesTheBed 4
If you're not satisfied, ask for more or at least try and figure out why or how they scale raises. I was at a position once where I was running a crew of 4 people but someone else had the title I should have had. Another company picked me up a year later and was willing to more than pay me for my experience, as well as sending me to college to get different certifications.
rockydify 22
Yeah promotions are shit. Don't be duped.
saffy66 34
So prove yourself for a few months, then go back and ask for more. It's probably what they're expecting.
MitiMiki 16
That is a $2000 a year raise. Likely you were at the top of the old jobs pay scale, now you are at the bottom of the new ones. The certification just opens the door to earning more, you still have to get the experience in your new position to justify further increases in pay. If they don't reward you after a year, look elsewhere.