It has been my experience that in IT if you are at the same role/same
company for more than 2 years you are probably being under paid. The only
way I have gotten more than 2-3% raise was to get a new job. I have gotten
a 2x raise just by changing jobs.

On Fri, Dec 3, 2021, 4:35 PM Steve Jones <[email protected]> wrote:

> So Ive never requested a raise in my 25ish years of working full time. Ive
> always considered compensations and raises to have been fair with some
> exceptions (as satisfied as you can be)
>
> I got a substantial 32 percent increase when I went to salary in 2017,
> never gave raises a great deal of thought since then. Boss did tell me that
> all id do if he gave me more money was spend it, he was right.
>
> any how, if a guy was strictly looking at inflation matching, where would
> I find the actual value? is there a standard cost of living calculator or
> is that employer/region specific?
>
>
> I find a calculator that says the dollar in 2021 is 1.13 or 12.8% in 2017.
>
> 12.8% seems like a lot to ask for, but I guess split over the 4 years
> thats only 3 percent annually.
>
> I like my salary, mainly because its an exact amount with zeros and I like
> numbers like that, it just doesnt buy the same loot it did and 12% would
> make it not zeros.
>
> Anyhow, whats the acceptable rule of thumb for cost of living increase?
> just that percent since last increase?
>
> Aside from that I never really was big on demanding more pay annually for
> doing the same job, but whats a rule of thumb for that? incentive raises.
> Im not going to do any more for more money, so theres really no net gain
> for the boss that I see. Ive never done the look for a different job then
> negotiate to stay, I just go, so its not an issue of negotiation. feels
> more like greed to me, i gues theres no shame in being greedy
>
>
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