When I got denied an annual raise, I expressed my displeasure and ask them to reconsider. I was offered the opportunity to meet with HR.

This was after I laid out my accomplishments and pointed out the fact that many senior people had been given raises. And that HR gave a speech earlier in the week about how our company loves its people. Needless to say, I declined to meet with HR. Do you think that was the right move? (I figured that HR has no budget to give raises and would just use the meeting to make up faults.)