My Raise... should I be happy?

[Rhoxed]

I would say its fine..

I recently got a raise too, I get a monthly bonus, and they doubled my bonus every month, without touching my salary (~12% increase in gross earnings at years end)

 

[Red Dawn]

I'm an "Enterprise Engineer"... I work for a major data storage vendor, and am in a hybrid sales-technical role.. I've been doing this for about 15 years now.

I'm honestly not trying to brag... the area I live (Washington DC) in that money doesn't go as far as you'd think.

He's speaking the truth, he had to stop drink Soy Milk because his wife said it was to expensive

 

[Macamus Prime]

I missed his actual salary before the edit.

Is this man making a 6 digit figure and complaining about it??

 

[rcpratt]

I missed his actual salary before the edit.

Is this man making a 6 digit figure and complaining about it??

$170k or something.

 

[Macamus Prime]

$170k or something.

To the OP:

You are already at a pretty high income. So, you can clearly market yourself to get whatever you feel you deserve.

Make the move to another company and get that manditory 10% increase. Or, dig your teeth into your boss' throat and tell him/her they aren't doing a good enough job to keep you happy.

Are they working you that hard in your current position where you feel $170K is not worth it? Well then, go get more!

My view is this: if you break the $100K threshold, you are in new territory. Where you are pretty much on your own. If you aren't getting what you feel you should be getting - go get it. No point in asking teh internetz on what you should be feeling about your $170K salary. Or, go find a headhunter. They would gladly take your meger $170K and get you something in the quarter of a million mark to ensure they get their fat vig. Then, you are back to being on your own.

This is you territory tiger - do what HAS to be done.

 

[Doboji]

He's speaking the truth, he had to stop drink Soy Milk because his wife said it was to expensive

I eventually won that argument btw Plenty of Soy milk now.

 

[Golgatha]

I'm on a pay freeze for the forseeable future, so that looks pretty good to me!

Merit increase capped at 2.5% company wide. Looks pretty good to me too.

 

[Doboji]

I missed his actual salary before the edit.

Is this man making a 6 digit figure and complaining about it??

I wasn't complaining... just trying to figure out how I should feel about a 4.31% raise.

 

[silverpig]

Apply for other jobs. See if they'll give you a 10%+ raise. If they do, take it

 

[sunzt]

I'm an "Enterprise Engineer"... I work for a major data storage vendor, and am in a hybrid sales-technical role.. I've been doing this for about 15 years now.

I'm honestly not trying to brag... the area I live (Washington DC) in that money doesn't go as far as you'd think.

The only reason your money doesn't go that far in DC is because you bought a too damn expensive house.

I live in NOVA near DC and trust me... your salary is more than enough if you don't buy a god damn freaking multimillion dollar house.

 

[Mursilis]

I wasn't complaining... just trying to figure out how I should feel about a 4.31% raise.

No one here can answer that. Only you know your market, your skill set, and your willingness to change jobs.

 

[Macamus Prime]

I wasn't complaining... just trying to figure out how I should feel about a 4.31% raise.

Here we go,...

My view is this: if you break the $100K threshold, you are in new territory. Where you are pretty much on your own. If you aren't getting what you feel you should be getting - go get it. No point in asking teh internetz on what you should be feeling about your $170K salary. Or, go find a headhunter. They would gladly take your meger $170K and get you something in the quarter of a million mark to ensure they get their fat vig. Then, you are back to being on your own.

 

[bobdole369]

Unless it matches inflation - you are actually making less.

 

[artikk]

Unless it matches inflation - you are actually making less.

This is my position so far. A raise is useless if it doesn't even cover the effect of inflation. In that point of view, the raise isn't really a raise anymore but a way of matching wages with rate of inflation.

 

[seepy83]

Unless it matches inflation - you are actually making less.

This is my position so far. A raise is useless if it doesn't even cover the effect of inflation. In that point of view, the raise isn't really a raise anymore but a way of matching wages with rate of inflation.

But isn't there a point at which your raise doesn't need to match inflation and you still end up ahead because your income is so much above the cost of living? I honestly haven't put a whole lot of thought into this so I guess the theory could be flawed, but someone that makes a salary of $1 Million a year could get a 1% raise ($10,000), and I don't think you could really say they are making less...

 

[Joseph F]

Thread backfire worse then mine?

 

[CraigRT]

I got 4.2% this year.. I was honestly fairly happy with it. I'd already gotten a full time hire on raise not that much before the normal round of raises was to happen.

 

[hanoverphist]

I'm on a pay freeze for the forseeable future, so that looks pretty good to me!

this. :'(

 

[Gibson486]

I took a 100% pay cut