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Help me celebrate my salary increase of less than 1%

HR sent me an email today: ”We are pleased to inform you that you have met the eligibility criteria to receive an increase in your salary. Effective January 1, 2023, your salary has been increased by 0.369111485%. …. Thank you for the contributions you have made to advance our mission.“ Not sure what’s more hilarious, calculating the actual amount per month or seeing all those digits. Obviously rounding things up to 0.37% would have bankrupted my employer. Knowing this “windfall” (


HR sent me an email today: ”We are pleased to inform you that you have met the eligibility criteria to receive an increase in your salary. Effective January 1, 2023, your salary has been increased by 0.369111485%. …. Thank you for the contributions you have made to advance our mission.“

Not sure what’s more hilarious, calculating the actual amount per month or seeing all those digits. Obviously rounding things up to 0.37% would have bankrupted my employer.
Knowing this “windfall” (<$20 per month before taxes) happened truly brings tears to my eyes.…

Let me know how I should celebrate, wrong answers only, as I do need a laugh.

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