I work as a manager for one of the largest specialty retailers in the country (rhymes with Keytar Jenter), and despite inflation and major growth in terms of sales, our merit raises went from 3.5% last year to 2.5%. And there seemed to be just a random decision to make some employees completely ineligible despite their good performance reviews. I don’t even know what mine looks like yet, but considering I’ve been here for 18 months with no raises I’m sure I’ll be very thrilled to find out.
Now I have to tell my full-timer that despite exceeding sales goals and maintaining great relationships with customers, he’s not getting a raise. This is complete bullshit