My company said that we’d have to accept a 1.3% raise or nothing. The union just agreed to 1.3%. To keep up with inflation, it should’ve been around 8%. And this is in Denmark! I have no fucking clue why my union has no balls, but I, for one, am not happy with them. The CFO gave herself a 30% increase two years ago, but what the fuck do we get? Fucking pebbles, and we’ll be happy. When management heard about the complaints, the managers say “but you got a bonus this year, that should count for something”. Go fuck yourself. A bonus is NOT part of the salary, you greedy mother fuckers!! I’ll be at another job next year.
I had a job that gave us a 3% raise (when cost of living in our area went up 8% that year).
On my next check the raise was less than 1% so I went to HR.
“The raise is quarterly. You actually get 4 raises this year!”
They thought giving .75 % increase every quarter counted as a 3% raise.
“At the end of the year you have a 3% total increase, which is what we said you would get. 3% minimum raise every year. We have met our obligation. Why are you being so difficult?”
Reminds me of the hospital my boyfriend used to work at: his group of technicians didn’t get a raise one year because employee turnover was too high. So… the ones that DID stay were punished because of people that left???
Yes, cause it teaches people to not leave and not make noise. Those that created pain for those that don’t until they protect the status quo on behalf of the masters.
I got a sizable (in comparison to my pay rate) holiday bonus when I interned at a regional bank, and my current job that I’m leaving with a national contract cleaning company has bonuses based on the company’s financial performance. The company is spiraling the drain so a pittance of a bonus was dished out this year to try to shore up morale after a bunch of layoffs (sounds like the 3 years prior the bonuses were several thousand dollars a person) and now they’re laying everyone off to relocate the HQ. So basically depending on where you work you might get pretty decent bonuses
Just got informed last week that we didn’t meet the qualifications to get a bonus this year.
The qualifications they didn’t tell us about.
The qualifications that we have no control over.
No bonus because people higher in the chain didn’t meet specific goals. (Pretty sure they are still getting a bonus because rank.)
I won’t meet the qualifications next year because I’ll be working somewhere else. The pay is low because bonuses make up for it (supposedly).
Business lesson #1: a promise in writing is the only kind that has value. At least in this godforsaken civilization.
There’s always a loophole to not pay you properly.
My company said that we’d have to accept a 1.3% raise or nothing. The union just agreed to 1.3%. To keep up with inflation, it should’ve been around 8%. And this is in Denmark! I have no fucking clue why my union has no balls, but I, for one, am not happy with them. The CFO gave herself a 30% increase two years ago, but what the fuck do we get? Fucking pebbles, and we’ll be happy. When management heard about the complaints, the managers say “but you got a bonus this year, that should count for something”. Go fuck yourself. A bonus is NOT part of the salary, you greedy mother fuckers!! I’ll be at another job next year.
I had a job that gave us a 3% raise (when cost of living in our area went up 8% that year).
On my next check the raise was less than 1% so I went to HR.
“The raise is quarterly. You actually get 4 raises this year!”
They thought giving .75 % increase every quarter counted as a 3% raise.
“At the end of the year you have a 3% total increase, which is what we said you would get. 3% minimum raise every year. We have met our obligation. Why are you being so difficult?”
Jesus Christ…
You guys have a union?
If I had a union I would have a bonus
Reminds me of the hospital my boyfriend used to work at: his group of technicians didn’t get a raise one year because employee turnover was too high. So… the ones that DID stay were punished because of people that left???
Yes, cause it teaches people to not leave and not make noise. Those that created pain for those that don’t until they protect the status quo on behalf of the masters.
I got a sizable (in comparison to my pay rate) holiday bonus when I interned at a regional bank, and my current job that I’m leaving with a national contract cleaning company has bonuses based on the company’s financial performance. The company is spiraling the drain so a pittance of a bonus was dished out this year to try to shore up morale after a bunch of layoffs (sounds like the 3 years prior the bonuses were several thousand dollars a person) and now they’re laying everyone off to relocate the HQ. So basically depending on where you work you might get pretty decent bonuses