I work for one of the richest corporations, but my company doesn't do bonuses or yearly merit raises. Instead they throw a chili cookoff lunch the day before Thanksgiving, when most folks are on holiday. I received an email today that the cookoff is cancelled because they didn't receive enough entries…. essentially, we get to throw ourselves a “pizza party”.
I've worked here for two years, way longer than most people, and asked (unsuccessfully) for a raise four times. People keep quitting due to the pay inequity and burnout, which has been piling more and more onto my plate, for the same pay. I've been promised since August that I would be retroactively compensated for the extra jobs I've been handling, meanwhile they keep pushing back the date that that's supposed to start (now it's mid-December). The man in charge makes over half a million. One of my coworkers who had been promised retroactive pay since March is moving on to another company without the pay. I feel like I should too, but I am going on maternity leave in three months.
I apply to the same job at different companies and they all offer a starting salary over double what I'm making now. It's a slap in the face.