Quote :

"15% raise about a month ago and probably another 10% in the next 2-3 months as I transition into a new position "

Thats what I posted back at the beginning of the month. Well they just fired me yesterday. Said it wasn't me, just that the company doesn't have the money to pay the payroll right now so they have to let a couple people go. Won't even hire anyone for my spot after I leave. When asked if I have any questions, I asked "So does this mean I don't get my raise?"
That confused him for a bit

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[Edited on May 16, 2007 at 8:49 AM. Reason : page 2]

5/16/2007 8:49:22 AM

ouch

5/16/2007 2:35:01 PM

^^your new position, unemployment.......that is just an excuse, it was you, you sucked at your job or were subpar or you didnt pick it up fast enough.....they give the same spill to everyone they fire so it can go as smoothly as possible....



[Edited on May 20, 2007 at 8:47 PM. Reason : w]

5/20/2007 8:46:58 PM

oh shut the fuck up.

you work for the government.

that automatically makes you a fucking joke who couldn't hack it in the private sector.

[Edited on May 20, 2007 at 8:55 PM. Reason : PS, the word is "spiel." ]

5/20/2007 8:54:18 PM

oh yeah, and I love my job! Thank GOD I couldnt hack it in the private sector!

5/20/2007 9:15:41 PM

^^^ haha. no. Thats not the case at all. I went back to turn in some stuff on Friday and the people in the office were all telling me how hard its been trying to pick up all the work that I've been doing. It's a small office with only about 6-8 people in it for the most part (the rest are out in the field) so its not like they can spread my work over 20 other people.

5/20/2007 9:52:56 PM

13%, effective 6/1... w00000t

5/21/2007 2:48:55 PM

wtf kind of job gives raises like that

5/22/2007 8:17:38 PM

Quote :

"oh shut the fuck up. you work for the government. that automatically makes you a fucking joke who couldn't hack it in the private sector."

5/22/2007 11:15:15 PM

eyah im really curious about you guys who have these double digit raises, and are pretty fresh out

promotions? what do you do? size of company?

i mean

did you start out at something lower as quasi provisional, then after performance is accepted, bring you up higher?

i just dont see getting a top dollar paying job out of school, then popping a 10-15% raise so soon without a nice promotion going along with it.

otherwise, more power!

[Edited on May 23, 2007 at 9:23 AM. Reason : er]

5/23/2007 9:23:07 AM

i still don't see whats wrong with workin for the the government...i mean the work is just as hard...thigns are just a bit more relaxed.

heaven forbid i want some job security and a relaxed work atmosphere

5/23/2007 11:26:44 AM

i just got hired by another county who pays more than the county i've been working in. i reckon that counts as a raise.

5/23/2007 9:54:23 PM

In my personal experience, I've found employees of the government agencies i've worked with to be extremely lazy and have a questionable work ethic.

I worked for the dept. of forestry helping out with their IT stuff summer of 1998. I was not well liked by my peers because I actually got shit done in a timely manner and exposed their lack of productivity. Their LAN was a trainwreck of daisy chained hubs and unlabeled cabling, no consistency in application installs, no server backups, etc. Everything that could be done wrong was. I had that shit right in a month.

Of course being that they were a government agency, they didn't get fired, but i imagine they didn't get any raises for a while, whereas I got one within two weeks.

After I left, I put a bid on replacing all of their non y2k compliant PCs statewide and based on what I did that summer, they picked me and I made a fortune building and selling about 500 PCs to them over a two year period.

I still deal with customers who are government agencies all the time, and they just don't give a fuck... work ends at 5p.m. whether their network is up or not. They're only a step above union labor as far as work ethic goes.

5/24/2007 10:05:23 AM

i work for the state govt. i hate it now and i'm trying to get it out of it. everyone is lazy, i can't stand the people.

5/24/2007 11:42:20 AM

^,^^ hence the phrase "good enough for government work"

5/27/2007 1:56:01 PM

Yesterday was my 3 year anniversary with my current company. Should be getting the standard raise here shortly.

5/28/2007 11:32:23 AM

12%

5/29/2007 5:30:21 PM

Quote :

"did you start out at something lower as quasi provisional, then after performance is accepted, bring you up higher?"

I have a few friends like that. They started out making crap, just trying to gain more experience and then their pay was brough up to the industry avg or slightly above after a few months. I started out with a nice salary out of school, so I'll just be happy if my raises are large enough to keep up with inflation.

5/30/2007 9:26:02 AM

State employees may get a 4% raise....

5/30/2007 1:37:36 PM

10% effective last Monday

and that's high for my company

[Edited on June 6, 2007 at 12:15 PM. Reason : .]

6/6/2007 12:15:24 PM

Quote :

"eyah im really curious about you guys who have these double digit raises, and are pretty fresh out promotions? what do you do? size of company? i mean did you start out at something lower as quasi provisional, then after performance is accepted, bring you up higher? i just dont see getting a top dollar paying job out of school, then popping a 10-15% raise so soon without a nice promotion going along with it. otherwise, more power! "

i am a compensation consultant working for a large HR consulting and outsourcing firm. ~2.9bil in revenue

I have received double digit raises for the past two years, in addition to that last year i received 3 random "market adjustments" that were $2k, $3k, and $1.5K. My most recent raise came in conjunction with a quasi promotion. I had no real change in responsibilities, it was mainly a title change and an increase in my hourly bill rate.

When i was hired in, I was hired at about 40% of market (I actually know this stuff, I'm a compensation consultant). It made sense because they dont normally hire people straight out of college (or in my case 6 months out of college). However, shortly after hiring me, the market for my particular field shifted dramatically along with the kind of hiring power my company has (market-leading consulting and outsourcing firm). Because of all of the perceived conflict of interest issues springing up and the media over-hype of executive compensation a lot of boutique compensation firms have sprung up pulling away consultants from the big firms (my firm and our two main competitors, mercer and watson wyatt).

This shift has given consultants a lot more power in negotiating their salaries and the companies a lot less.

In the end....very good times for me.

6/8/2007 12:33:51 PM

just noticed this thread...i got one back in April, plus a bonus. it was at the high end for my position, but i'm still hungry. i'll be momentarily appeased when i graduate into the exec compensation plan.

6/8/2007 1:42:38 PM

I got one on Thursday

8.8%

6/24/2007 2:07:15 PM

got one, effective in this week's paycheck

oh and the bitchy co-worker got fired.

It's been a pretty fab week!

[Edited on June 24, 2007 at 4:46 PM. Reason : *]

6/24/2007 4:46:24 PM

so close....by the end of the summer I'll be the "in-house" securities broker in my office$$$

6/25/2007 8:10:44 AM

I didn't get a raise for my math skills as it was actually over 10%

[Edited on June 25, 2007 at 9:34 AM. Reason : 13.6% to be exact...........I think.]

6/25/2007 9:32:59 AM

6% raise plus 8% lump sum bonus

7/3/2007 3:59:49 PM

ahh...empty promises....i'm calling my boss's bs

7/3/2007 5:33:58 PM

Got a promotion today!

7/10/2007 5:39:08 PM

I'll find out about my raise in a few months...

Quote :

"In my personal experience, I've found employees of the government agencies i've worked with to be extremely lazy and have a questionable work ethic."

Quote :

"i work for the state govt. i hate it now and i'm trying to get it out of it. everyone is lazy, i can't stand the people."

i work for the county government. same deal. i work my butt off, and i'm surrounded by some lazy, lazy people. it irritates me to no end when they get mad at me for doing my work instead of playing around. i can't wait to get out of there. if y'all only knew what your taxes were paying for...

7/10/2007 7:51:26 PM

yeah, bad rep for gov jobs.....


[Edited on July 10, 2007 at 8:54 PM. Reason : w]

7/10/2007 8:50:11 PM

4.5% about two weeks ago. It was just our yearly merit raise (the most we can get is 5%). I guess it'll help cover the increase in gasoline and my utility bills

7/11/2007 5:50:42 PM

took them forever to process, finally this paycheck i just got it was included. Took almost 2 months!


when i created this thread is when they told me on the phone, then they sent me paperwork, then it took them forever to process it...but that is gov for yah!

[Edited on July 15, 2007 at 1:17 AM. Reason : w]

7/15/2007 1:14:38 AM

I am a teacher in Maryland, and I just got my cost of living raise plus I am getting paid about 20% more for working 12 months instead of 10. I started teaching in 2005 as an uncertified teacher making 32k. I am going into my third year teaching, still uncertified, and will be making 45k this year, plus the opportunity to make another 20.5k in bonuses over the next 3 years! Gotta love teaching at a struggling school.

7/16/2007 8:05:38 PM

22% raise + multiple non-capped goal and economical incentives to "stick around"..... still wish I could just put that stuff into base salary though

[Edited on July 18, 2007 at 11:11 AM. Reason : edit]

7/18/2007 11:11:00 AM

When I said I was leaving the last place I worked at they offered an almost 30% raise. I told them NO.

7/18/2007 8:40:14 PM

8% bonus today and a 10% raise. woo hoo

7/18/2007 9:13:30 PM

6% bonus
17% raise

7/19/2007 11:33:01 PM

^ 100% faggot

7/20/2007 9:44:50 AM

go irish?

7/22/2007 8:50:44 PM