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“Substantial” raise?

Curious what one would consider a “Substantial” raise? If you are making, let’s say, 20$ hr or even 30$ hr. What do you think of when your boss says you have a “substantial” raise coming your way? Edit: Wow, y’all are all over the place. There’s a range of 3-20%. If I’m make 25$ hr and get a 3% raise, that’s .75$ more an hour and come out to an extra 1500$ a year (not even a months worth of rent for me) or 20% which is an extra 10,000$ a year (which pays for almost half a year of rent.) I go from not paying rent to buying a house in a year. Which is it? if anyone wants to put some bets down for what raise I actually get next month, I will update when the raise happens. I make 25$ hr now, you got be exact with…


Curious what one would consider a “Substantial” raise? If you are making, let’s say, 20$ hr or even 30$ hr. What do you think of when your boss says you have a “substantial” raise coming your way?

Edit: Wow, y’all are all over the place. There’s a range of 3-20%. If I’m make 25$ hr and get a 3% raise, that’s .75$ more an hour and come out to an extra 1500$ a year (not even a months worth of rent for me) or 20% which is an extra 10,000$ a year (which pays for almost half a year of rent.) I go from not paying rent to buying a house in a year. Which is it?

  • if anyone wants to put some bets down for what raise I actually get next month, I will update when the raise happens. I make 25$ hr now, you got be exact with the number. Might give some Gold.

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