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 > > > > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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