Hss anyone ever thought of this......if one does not get a cost a living raise each year but only a "merit" raise is he getting raise. Consider this if one gets a 4% raise and the cost of living is increased by 3% and your health and dental insurance increases are you getting a raise? Sure instead of falling behind by say 8% you may only fall behind by 1 or 2 %. BUT YOU ARE NOT GETTING A HEAD ANYTHING!
I get a COLA but no raise , so imagine how much my check is eroding . BTW , my employer feels that a 2.5% COLA is adequate , even though the COL increase hasn't been under 3% for awhile . [:@]
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Many businesses don't give a dam about their employees, only their profit margins. I personally think this is very short sighted as happy employees will definately increase productivity.
The very best thing possible to do is learn to manage your money by investing in non W-2 formsof income(stocks, real estate, rental property, etc) so that one day you won't have to be dependent on the whims of some business manager/owner to increaseyour wages.
Working harder for the man in order to secure a raise is a very temporary solution to a long term problem
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My organization gives everyone a merit increase to all that is elgible and deserving. But the max I can give an employee is 4%! But no we are not obligated but think of what type of employees that you would be retaining if you did not invest in them or what morale would be like??? YUCK!
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RE: Is a raise a raise???????
I haven't had any type of raise in 4 years and that's ok with me.
Of course I don't work but that's besides the point.
I believe people should have raises only if they deserve them. If a company fails to adequately compensate a person theyshould find better employment elsewhere.
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Technically they're under no obligation to pay either one , but if they don't at least offer merit raises their future is tenuous at best .
Agreed. Companies perform better when all employees are relatively happy and secure.
Interesting to note, though, that many people don't consider pay to be the most important factorin terms of job satisfaction. Perhaps that's not the case with a low wage-earner, but it seems to be in business. The head honchos in my company (large Fortune 500, all over North America and Western Europe)read about a study of 'what employees want',and administered a surveyto our own workers.
Here are the results (we used the survey in an exercise at ameeting to disuss motivation and gauge how well we understand our employees).
You seem to be on the same wavelength as your management , and they seem to be in touch with you . Have you reported this inappropriate touching ?
Lol, I've got account managers pulling me in various different directions as we speak. The company's doing well for itself, but I've been tasked with helping to clean house insideone of our major accounts.
Consideringmy philosophy on employment, compensation, worker rights, and the stupidity/laziness/incompetence ofsome people, I was the natural choice for the job.Overall employeeproductivityand fear of management is about to spike.
Is a raise a raise???????
