So my boss told me today I was getting a .1% raise

[Runner]

Originally Posted by Stanley Milgram

Agreed. Many people are getting 0% for the second year in a row.

If you haven't gotten a raise for two years, your boss just doesn't feel like firing you. He's probably shocked every time he sees you at your desk. "What's he doing here? I thought we stopped giving him raises two years ago."

[A Markov Chain]

Originally Posted by SamTheEagle

Or maybe I made up the 20 dollar number to obscure my true salary but also to demonstrate how absurd a .1% raise would be.

Hey, you can take that $20 downtown and have a pretty fun 5 minutes.

Originally Posted by SamTheEagle

He meant something else, but it sure had me thinking "what the giraffe" for a second.

.1% is more than I got this year.

[Stanley Milgram]

Originally Posted by Runner

If you haven't gotten a raise for two years, your boss just doesn't feel like firing you. He's probably shocked every time he sees you at your desk. "What's he doing here? I thought we stopped giving him raises two years ago."

Funny.

But no one is getting raises.

[Runner]

Originally Posted by Stanley Milgram

Funny.

But no one is getting raises.

They still give token raises to people they like. You think your boss isn't getting a raise?

[crumbs in the butter]

Originally Posted by Stanley Milgram

Funny.

But no one is getting raises.

Completed my first year on the job, got a 3.5% raise. I suppose I should be happy with that. Thought it would be more though. Tacked on 2 more exams and my review was excellent. Damn economy.

[abwoc]

Originally Posted by Stanley Milgram

Funny.

But no one is getting raises.

I heard that straight people are still getting raises. I know I am. TBH maybe it's cuz I'm not a broad.

[Actuary321]

Originally Posted by Runner

If you haven't gotten a raise for two years, your boss just doesn't feel like firing you. He's probably shocked every time he sees you at your desk. "What's she doing here? I thought we stopped giving herim raises two years ago."

IFYP

Originally Posted by Runner

They still give token raises to people they like. You think your boss isn't getting a raise?

While there were some raises given this year here. There were generally none except 3, 6 and 12 month ones last year. Generally management did not get raises and non-management got an average of about 1-2%. Most of us are happy the company is still paying a salary and hope it is still doing so into the future as well.

[SamTheEagle]

Originally Posted by Uma Karuna

.1% is more than I got this year.

Indeed. But come on. If you got a .1% raise, you'd be pretty insulted. For a few moments, that's what I thought my boss was saying (Because it's what he actually said), and I was trying to contain my "what the giraffe?" face.

Originally Posted by SamTheEagle

Indeed. But come on. If you got a .1% raise, you'd be pretty insulted. For a few moments, that's what I thought my boss was saying (Because it's what he actually said), and I was trying to contain my "what the giraffe?" face.

Good point. In my case, no one got raises. If if were getting a teensy raise, I'd assume that others were getting real ones.

Pretty funny misunderstanding, though!