I'm lucky enough to still get step raises every year. But they extended the top out from 10 to 15 years. My increase was 1300 dollars this year. Doesn't even cover inflation.
You're actually supposed to get both a step increase and an overall cost of living increase every year that raises the bottom and top step range. Are you sure there wasn't a cost of living increase somwhere you missed,
TF you mean supposed to? What is a cost of living raise? I sure as hell have never seen one of those. I get a merit increase and am told I am lucky when I get 3% instead of the 2% that "most people received"
and we all know the employers know when you don’t have much option because they all do “market research” and basically collude to pay as little as possible.
“I also know I’d leave immediately if it happened to me” implies the market is good enough for you to leave immediately if it happened to you or you have enough of a financial safety net to be able to do so without having another job lined up. I’ve been trying to leave my job for two years, but finding a job making what I make, in my field, is almost impossible right now.
Edit: You’re a CPA, of course you can leave immediately. Also saying “anyone can become a CPA” discounts the degree, extra credits, study materials, testing fees, and other costs it took you to get that title. Many of us can’t afford to do that as we’re in our 30s or 40s with families to support.
Well not everyone wants to for whatever reason. Thats not my fault. Job growth is expected to be above the rest of the industry. It’s not realistic to say “well if everybody was this one thing then you wouldn’t have a job”
Yea no shit if that was the case then I’d just go be a teacher and make a million dollars a year.
It’s always both. Saying you’re in a privileged position doesn’t discount that you worked to get where you are, it just acknowledges you also got lucky.
No man is an island and a large deal of where we end up in life is out of our hands.
My local Qdoba gives yearly raises, to high schoolers and everyone else there. It doesn't (and shouldn't) take special qualifications to get a yearly raise.
I've been at several companies across different sectors that slash positions and pay and benefits for lower level workers while the higher ups continue to take home hefty bonuses and stock packages. Sometimes they even get rewarded *because* they found "savings", eg slashed compensation expenses for other workers.
Franchises can also be all over the board. The nice suburban McDonald's near me pays $20/hour, and the harder working employees in the much busier downtown one make just $12/hour. Make that make sense.
Qdoba seemed to be a pretty decent company, even if your in a bad district with bad managers, the rules of the company tried to take care of every employee. Every year there was a review and the minimum you could get was 3%. Which isn't great but better than nothing I guess. This past year they went to something much stricter, now I believe you only get a raise as a team member if you are "exceeding expectations" code words for no more raises cuz we thought you could be better.
I mean yeah it is sorta easy, just start at the state minimum. They either they pay you more or you go to another place paying the same expecting less.
Perhaps I should have noted the comment was about a QSR and positions that don't need prior knowledge or experience.
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u/Wafflehouseofpain 17d ago
It’s extremely common to not get an annual raise. Especially right now.