MMR March 28 2024 - That Other Joe
Mar 28, 2024 19:08:49 GMT -5
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Post by foggyisback on Mar 28, 2024 19:08:49 GMT -5
But the one that's annoying me right now is that we got our annual raises. Now, I know this company. I know that this company generally gives 3-4% raises annually if you're not actively on a salary adjustment plan of some form. And I know I'm not. And considering the world in general talks about 2% raises, I feel quite happy that I'm normally getting raises in that range. And I know that there's no promotion coming* so my expectation is a 3-4% raise
So he sits me down and says "yeah, it was a tough year for the company so there wasn't a lot of money for raises so I could only get you {bloody ADD kicks in}"
Now, every fucking quarterly presentation, the company is gloating about how great a year it has been so to tell me it's a tough year is fucking two faced. Which I point out.
Get the letter today confirming the amount effective Apr 1. Pull out the calculator. 3.5%
Uh huh. He's really bad at his job.
* BTW: I want to rant about the promotion thing. I've inquired about a promotion and I'm fully expecting the answer is "sorry, you are at the maximum for a single team lead and would need to consider being a multi-team architect" which I would 100% understand and accept. That's a career move. Do I want that career move? No. If this is the cap, this is the cap. It's a perfectly reasonable cap. It is perfectly reasonable to say that we are paying people more who impact the capabilities of multiple products not just their own.
What do I get. "Oh, yeah, so apparently you need to have lots of exposure and yadda yadda and if you keep working at it, we can get you that promotion"
Problem: I'm on 5 cross-team committees and am the primary presenter on one and was co-organizer of a former one. I'm well known throughout the organization (at least the Engineering side). Multiple VPs have met with me 1:1 at various times. So basically, he's saying that what I need to do is the same shit I've been doing for 4 years and he thinks that'll get me promoted. Nope, pretty sure that's not the reason.