I'm at a loss but what to do. As the title states, it's 50 cent raises from here on out. I've hit all of my corporate mandated benchmarks, and was told I've gotten all the raises I'm going to get, all for 24 an hour. I realize there are others who are in worse situations than me so I don't want to come off uncaring. Why is it so hard for everyone?! I have two master's degrees over a decade of experience and I was just told that this is it for me in my field. I have three kids, live my mom's basement and I'm just completely out of hope.