# I got a raise! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 28, 2007, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-raise/394079 "2007-02-28T20:51:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-raise/394079/1 "2007-02-28T20:51:43Z")
Just under three percent. That better work perofrmance is paying off! šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Litoris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9f8e36/32.png) [@Litoris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Litoris)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-raise/394079/2 "2007-02-28T21:26:17Z")
šŸ˜ƒ Hehā€¦my raise was about 5% and I was bitched at and nagged about having to miss work (for 2 surgeries) and told that I could have gotten a much better raise. To be fair, I do work in an industry with well-known retention/turn-over issues. 3% is actually pretty friggin awesome for most industries. Grats to you! ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-raise/394079/3 "2007-02-28T21:26:25Z")
'Grats. I get one of those about every year. It doesnā€™t amount to much, but itā€™s still nice. šŸ™‚ Now, if they go off and give me a raise simply because they think Iā€™m an awesome dude and the chicks dig me, that would be something special. ---
**Author:** ![Foxy40](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a9a28c/32.png) [@Foxy40](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foxy40)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-raise/394079/4 "2007-02-28T21:30:13Z")
[QUOTE=Sunspace] Just under three percent. That better work perofrmance is paying off! šŸ™‚ [/QUOTE] Thatā€™s terrific! Reminds me that I have an employee that just asked for a raise that I donā€™t want to deal with. She certainly isnā€™t worth 3%. As a matter of fact, Iā€™d like a refund. ---
**Author:** ![Reepicheep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@Reepicheep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reepicheep)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-raise/394079/5 "2007-02-28T21:35:31Z")
Congrats! Itā€™s always good to hear good news. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-raise/394079/6 "2007-02-28T22:20:57Z")
Yay! Our base here is 2% with 1-1.5 added for stellar folks. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-raise/394079/7 "2007-02-28T22:38:05Z")
Congratulations! Enjoy your good news! šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-raise/394079/8 "2007-02-28T22:40:17Z")
Good going! Itā€™s that creative mind. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-raise/394079/9 "2007-03-01T00:45:56Z")
Congrats! ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-raise/394079/10 "2007-03-01T00:48:39Z")
Congratulations, **Sunspace**! You buying? I think I got a 6% raise at my last review. However, the last review was in 1998. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-raise/394079/11 "2007-03-01T02:28:34Z")
[QUOTE=Scuba\_Ben] Congratulations, **Sunspace**! You buying? [/QUOTE] Wanna come to Toronto for our next TronnaDope? šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sticks_and_scones/32/16951_2.png) [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sticks_and_Scones)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-raise/394079/12 "2007-03-01T02:33:30Z")
Hey, Sunspaceā€¦ Must have been that NEW haircut that did it! Congrats! šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-raise/394079/13 "2007-03-01T02:49:47Z")
I got 3.5 but I wasnā€™t happy because I went contract to permanent this year and they screwed my on my salary. I once got a 2% ā€œraiseā€ and my boss went on about how I should be proud etc. I told him that it wasnā€™t, in fact, a raise at all. It is an inflationary adjustment that applies to everything else. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-raise/394079/14 "2007-03-01T02:52:14Z")
[QUOTE=Purplkid\_Caterer] Hey, Sunspaceā€¦ Must have been that NEW haircut that did it! Congrats! šŸ˜ƒ [/QUOTE] :: wince :: Itā€™s strange. Iā€™ve gotten compliments about it from the oddest quarters, but it was an accident! ---
**Author:** ![Shecky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@Shecky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shecky)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-raise/394079/15 "2007-03-01T12:02:10Z")
We had a policy of 5% for the REALLY great people, and 2% for the shlubs. One year, when I complained that my raise has no longer kept pace with inflation, management told me that Iā€™d be better of quitting and then coming back in 2 years. Itā€™s been 3 years since I left. Iā€™d still like to egg the place. ---
**Author:** ![Kizarvexius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-raise/394079/16 "2007-03-01T16:32:58Z")
Having been the recent recipient of a similar raise myself, Iā€™m feeling your joy! Not that Iā€™mā€¦likeā€¦_touching_ your joy or anything. Letā€™s try that again. Congrats, fellow passenger on the 3% elevator car through the salt mine hierarchy!