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Compliments don’t pay my bills

Just had my performance review and my boss had nothing but good things to say. My stakeholders gave high marks, I exceeded targets, etc. The past year I’ve been working overtime and doing the job of 2 engineers because our department keeps losing engineers. I only got a 2.5% raise (1.5% lower than last year’s raise) even though my performance rating is still marked exemplary. And yes, the company is doing fantastic financially. Boss asked how I felt about my raise then asked what the company can do to attract/retain more engineers. I wanted to laugh. I guess compliments are supposed to pay my bills and combat inflation. Time to jump ship?..


Just had my performance review and my boss had nothing but good things to say. My stakeholders gave high marks, I exceeded targets, etc. The past year I’ve been working overtime and doing the job of 2 engineers because our department keeps losing engineers. I only got a 2.5% raise (1.5% lower than last year’s raise) even though my performance rating is still marked exemplary. And yes, the company is doing fantastic financially. Boss asked how I felt about my raise then asked what the company can do to attract/retain more engineers. I wanted to laugh. I guess compliments are supposed to pay my bills and combat inflation. Time to jump ship?..

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