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Originally Posted by jlspeed29
So my gf has been with her company for a year now. Shes been busting her balls and basically wearing many hats.
Today they gave her a measly 3.7% pay increase WTF??
To me thats an insult.
Companies across the board will give out cost-of-living increases of roughly 3%
For the past 5 months she has had to travel for work because she was the main person on this project. I'd say over the past few months shes had to travel about 30-40% of the time, away from home and driving 300+ miles roundtrip to work. 
Bottom line, 3.7% is a joke, I wish I was there for her to tell them where to put it. She is one of the youngest in her department but shes also one of the best. She even had to train someother person who makes like 15g's more than her! 
WTF?? 
How would you guys ask for a raise?
thanks for letting me vent!  |
What is her job description? Was this not part of it? Did she not get paid? Sure, we'd all like a bigger salary, but there come a point where what we do is only so valuable. Then it becomes what you know. I have 18 people working for me, and they all think that doing a great job means they should get a huge raise. My point to them is I'm paying them to do a great job - anything less is unacceptable.
Now, if she can make more somewhere else, it may be time to move on. Is this her first job after completing some level of education? If so, that employer provided training and worked her through a learning curve. They've seen her warts, so to speak. If she's been there 3-5 years, it's probably time to move on.