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Well . ... I got the raise.

January 16th, 2007 at 03:54 am

It almsot didn't happen today. A lot of people were out due to the weather. The VP said he wanted to talk with me when Sh was also there - she wasn't coming in that day. Frown

Later this morning he called me into his office and he had Sh on the speakerphone. They told me what my raise was. Let's just say its a good thing I didn't set my expectations too high. It works out to about $.70/hour increase -- or about enough each month to buy less than two tanks of gas for my car.

Not exactly what I was hoping for, and certainly not enough to make it feasiable for me to move closer to the new office area anytime soon and still be able to have any kind of significant savings.

So, I can chalk this up to another life experience -- asking for and getting a raise. Maybe next time I'll be able to do it in a better way where I can let them know how much of a raise I am hoping for.

Posted in General, Work Related, Financial | 7 Comments »

7 Responses to “Well . ... I got the raise.”

  1. Amber Says:
    January 16th, 2007 at 04:04 am 1168920247
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    It may not be what you wanted but I am glad you got something.

  2. baselle Says:
    January 16th, 2007 at 05:31 am 1168925462
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    Better than nothing!

  3. LuxLiving Says:
    January 16th, 2007 at 12:47 pm 1168951637
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    Can you further your education? Look elsewhere for better compensation?

    Congratulations on taking positive steps for yourself!!

  4. frugaltexan75 Says:
    January 16th, 2007 at 12:56 pm 1168952164
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    You're right Amber and Baselle, it is better than nothing. I just was really hoping for a little bit more, especially since it's still within the range they gave me for the receptionist position I started out in. Frown
    Lux,

    I have thought about trying to find something else that might pay better. My two main problems with that though are that 1. I really like the people I work with and the environment, and am not sure if it's worth the risk of trading a good work environment for more money. and 2. Even with a college degree, I had a great difficulty finding employment outside of teaching, so I don't know how easy it would be for me to even find another job - especially one that pays more.

  5. LuxLiving Says:
    January 16th, 2007 at 04:49 pm 1168966192
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    oh Enough Wealth that's good!!

    Yeah, what they (?he/she?) said!!

  6. boomeyers Says:
    January 16th, 2007 at 07:08 pm 1168974490
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    Congrats on the raise! I have'nt had one in 2 years, so hey, it really IS better than nothing. Todays ecomony sometimes does not afford companies the ability to compensate for their worth.

  7. frugaltexan75 Says:
    January 16th, 2007 at 11:46 pm 1168991202
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    Thank you everyone for what all you have said. I will have to think about your comments and suggestions and decide what is best for me to do. I wish I'd had the comment from Enough Wealth ready to go when they told me my raise! Although I don't know if I could have actually said it -- I'm still working on being assertive/confident enough to demand what I want.

    It was so much easier as a teacher, never having to ask for a raise. The only time I ever asked for money above and beyond my salary was when I wanted to go to a first-grade teacher's convention in FL - had to go in front of the school board and everything! That was *tough* but I got it approved. Smile

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