The last raise I got was when I switched companies in Feb 2010. I am going to fight like hell for something (even COLA) this year.
ETA: Since so many are posting percentages, I'll add mine. I got a ~30% pay increase with my job change. I was woefully underpaid at my previous company though.
I work for city government. We last got a raise in 2009 and have been working without a contract since 2010. DH works for the same city under a different union and they have also not had a raise since 2009 and no contract since 2010.
My husband and I get annual raises. Mine was in July, but retroactive to May 1, and his will be this month (but maybe retroactive to December 1? not sure because this is his first year at the company). Both of our companies have weird fiscal years.
Post by dr.girlfriend on Dec 6, 2012 10:27:50 GMT -5
Last month (about a month late, usually it's in October). It's a yearly number between 2% and 3%, don't know if people would consider that a raise or COL. I did apply for promotion, though, so that should give me another 5% bump.
I work for city government. We last got a raise in 2009 and have been working without a contract since 2010. DH works for the same city under a different union and they have also not had a raise since 2009 and no contract since 2010.
I work for a local government too. How is it possible that you guys are worki without union contracts!?
Last month (about a month late, usually it's in October). It's a yearly number between 2% and 3%, don't know if people would consider that a raise or COL. I did apply for promotion, though, so that should give me another 5% bump.
I kind of lump COLA and raise together since it's a permanent increase in salary. Bonuses are not the same.
Last Jan, and I expect one to be announced in Feb, retroactive to Jan.
But my firm is "lock-step" compensation, so every year as you step-up and become more senior, you step-up in compensation as well. Not a bad gig, but the hours/lifestyle do suck.
I got a lovely 2.1% raise in March, but I'm still making about $5k less than I was a few years ago when they made me a salary employee. I used to be an hourly employee and my hourly rate worked out to be higher than the salary rate. The good news is I can leave the office at 5 now without worrying about how it'll affect my paycheck.
I got an increase to my base salary in the summer of 2010 - although I'm not really sure it counts as a "raise" because it just increases the amount I have to cover before I got a quarterly bonus. Mathematically, it just changed the proportion of my income that's salary vs. "bonus." Yay?
At the same time, I also got a 2% increase in the portion of my eceipts that I get as a bonus, once I've covered my own cost as an employee. It works out to a couple thousand $/year at my current (high) productivity levels, and would be zero if I slowed down.
So, bottom line, in 6 years, I've gotten a couple grand once, contingent on my ongoing productivity.
I think it's been 4 years since Calvin got his last COLA.
I nearly had a breakdown with a prospective financial advisor this fall who kept insisting that we could do X and Y each year with our raises. Our whats?
My organization did a salary study in 2007 comparing our salaries to those around the state and in our region. Unsurprisingly, my position was underpaid by 15% in comparison. So I've been getting a 1.5% raise ever 6 months. And will through January 2014.
Keep in mind that 1.5% of $35k isn't much... And that my male counterparts in two similarly sized cities make $50-65k. I was going to ring it up at my annual review in June, but annual reviews never happened and my boss just resigned to take another job, so I'm not sure when I'll have an opportunity to ask for a raise.
I haven't had a raise yet. This is my first job out of college. I requested on in my annual review a couple of months ago, and my boss said she's submitted requests for across-the-board raises. So hopefully next month I'll get my raise. H has been with his company for almost five years and has had one raise. He also expects to get one effective Jan. 1. Let's hope.