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Prorated raise

Been with the company for 6 months; annual raises in September. Got my first one: 5%. Then my boss tells me, because I haven't been there over a year, it's prorated at 35%. So I'm really getting a 1.75% raise for the next year. No one mentioned proration when I was hired. I was pissed – talked to my boss. “I should be happy I even got a raise,” he says. Now I'm really pissed. Talked to my boss's boss who wooed me via LinkedIn to leave my previous employer. He's a smooth talker. “Yeah, that sucks. We did give you the high end of your salary request when we hired you.” Okay, he stopped me from shopping for a few months. I understand it's expensive to onboard and I like giving at least 2 years to an employer to get a decent ROI on hiring me; but if I…


Been with the company for 6 months; annual raises in September. Got my first one: 5%. Then my boss tells me, because I haven't been there over a year, it's prorated at 35%. So I'm really getting a 1.75% raise for the next year.

No one mentioned proration when I was hired.

I was pissed – talked to my boss. “I should be happy I even got a raise,” he says. Now I'm really pissed.

Talked to my boss's boss who wooed me via LinkedIn to leave my previous employer. He's a smooth talker. “Yeah, that sucks. We did give you the high end of your salary request when we hired you.” Okay, he stopped me from shopping for a few months.

I understand it's expensive to onboard and I like giving at least 2 years to an employer to get a decent ROI on hiring me; but if I don't get that 5% on my one year anniversary, resumes are going out.

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