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
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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. 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
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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
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CVeNgineer 0
Hey, that's still one more cent you didn't have before
PrimeEvilTahir 24
Do you work at a lemonade stand?
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Comments (78)
t_raw1234 11
Your boss probably doesn't like you.
Corilee13 7
Quit bitching. You have a job at a secure company. And that penny is probably take home after taxes. The raise was likely more...
THE_A_TEEN 28
So having a job means you cannot complain about the bad points of your job like, oh I don't know, having a raise of one penny? Well then, now I can harass anyone I want at work and get no cumeuppance because people with your mentality exist. And if you want people to quit bitching, I suggest you quit FML.
downtime 13
Yeah before taxes I'm sure it was something like, oh I dunno, 1.25cents. I doubt US taxes are so high that a 5 dollar raise gets taxed by 499%...
mikeymayhem_87 15
Ouch.... At least you got a raise!
LilBobby 0
If you work full time, that's 40¢ a week, $1.60 a month, $19.20 a year. That could buy you a basketball.
ariannaimelda 7
Or 19 things at the $1 store. The possibilities are endless!
Redox127 7
Hate to break it to you, but 19.50 would only buy a very shitty basketball. Dollar store it is!
LilBobby 0
A basketball nonetheless
TheCutestLizard 28
Your math is a bit off. There are 52 weeks in a year, not 48. Just saying...
MsConfusedd 27
Maybe it only broke the previous record by one cent per hour?
AliSama 17
trickle down economy:) Gotta love that mentality!
Jasonf6 0
Ya and it helped pay for his new car and upgraded house.
s0ulslack 20
Start a "For Blow" piggy bank
music_woman1 11
You're lucky you have a job, but it's not right to be getting a cent more when there is such huge profit.. Complaining will probably get you fired, but there are obviously people taking the money.. Hmm
pil_84 9
Nice! It'll only take you a hundred hours to make an extra dollar!