Quote Originally Posted by Northeastconfederate View Post
Sounds like some great benefits, especially if health insurance only costs $80/month. That has to be for a single guy, is that right? Most of my coworkers pay HUNDREDS per month for family coverage.

Sounds like you work for a pretty typical large company that has adopted "best practices". I work in power generation and have annual reviews as well as mid-year reviews. Theoretically, annual raises are based on these reviews. The mid-year is used to get a measure of performance while there is yet time to make changes if needed before the annual.

As far as a .50 raise goes, I'd want to know what that correlates to in terms of percent before making any statement about whether I think it's good or bad. You said the guy is one of your better techs. How is the company doing? How is your branch doing? Making money?

2 years ago, I got a 3% raise. Subsequently, the company made a major schedule change which resulted in working more hours for less money (less OT built into the schedule; more regular hours); less time off (I do shift work, not a M-F job). The company (which had recently purchased the plant) also changed the OT policy, further reducing OT pay. It also reduced (actually eliminated) sick time. These changes resulted in a 3% reduction in pay, totally wiping out my 3% raise.

All that said, I knew I did a good job last year. My annual review supported that. In fact, my boss used the phrase, "knocked it out of the park" during my annual review to describe my performance. I then received a 2% pay increase, termed an "annual performance increase". My raise did not correlate to my performance according to my review.

I was insulted.

Further, I was told that the average pay increase was 3%. So, after getting a "knocked it out of the park" performance rating, I got a "below average" 'annual PERFORMANCE increase'? I was yet more insulted.

On top of all that, the 2% raise still leaves me 1% short after last year's raise/reduction debacle.

I left. A recruiter recently got to me and I took the job. Increased my pay by 15% AND a 17-1/2% bonus (not guaranteed, but historically the bonus is paid at 100% or more - last year was paid at 110%).

Had I gotten a 3% raise instead of 2% I would not have been cruising LinkedIn communicating with recruiters and would have been pretty content with my pay.

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yes that insurance cost is just for me not the wife and i. for both of us it is $150.00 per month.

his raise was a 2% increase in his pay.. others got the same amount but there pay was more so it made them earn 1.8% and so on. he was the only one who said anything which i am glad he did so atleast i know.