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Did you get a raise this year?

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by Yonkers, Mar 21, 2012.

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Did you get a raise?

  1. Yes

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  2. No

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  3. You have a job? Lucky b*stard

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  1. bigbodymoe

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    It's essentially a business management degree focusing on healthcare. It's relatively versatile: Anything from Admin Assistant to clinical and hospital management. I also have experience in risk management, pharmacy, immunizations, and have been a leader and ambassador in student government and different organizations.

    I hear the Rockets only have 13 players signed...Perhaps I can give 6 hard fouls, leadership, and clean up the pregame leftovers?

    Moe
     
  2. Yonkers

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    Is that a euphemism for gay sex?
     
  3. Haymitch

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    Yeah. I worked in an underground garage at Rice and made $11.40 (or so) an hour. All I did was watch Netflix and read, but the pay was painful.
     
  4. ArtV

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    I agree but at the same time I don't complain. If you give me a 7% raise, I'm just going to blow through it as if I never got it. If you give me a 2% raise and a 10% bonus then I'm going shopping!

    (I know that it's 12 vs 7 but still)
     
  5. Amel

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    Got a new job
    30% increase in pay..
    was late to get a bonus or increase..next year
     
  6. crose

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    Interesting!

    My bonuses have been held at 44%!(in California)

    Last year I got a really nice bonus, and thought hat 44% went bye-bye.

    This recent tax return was abnormally larger than most(where I usually owe), though, and now I can understand why.

    Thanks!
     
  7. dmenacela

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    Glad to hear so many people getting raises.

    What bothers me though is where exactly are you hearing the "economy is doing better"? From a job perspective, I don't see it getting better.

    Jobs are still hard to find and in fact, many people are still unemployed. I blame it on the politicians. Politicians are fabricating the truth. As an unemployment benefit term expire for one person, it means one less for the government to account for. However, policitians will turn that sad fact around and spin in it to make is positive. Like since less people are on unemployment then the economy is better. Clinton even did it.

    Sorry for the rant. But the economy is not doing better!
     
  8. Yonkers

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    I'm hearing it from all the recruiters calling me, not just from the news. So maybe it's different for blue collar and manual skill based job. But my company has lots of job needs that are unfilled right now. Everyone I know is employed and turning down the recruiters I forward their way.
     
  9. Haymitch

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    If you know of any recruiters looking to hire someone recently graduated from a university, I have about 75-100 friends who could use that recruiter very badly. Preferably paying $30,000+ with M-F work schedule.

    (I'm serious about this, by the way. I realize it might sound like I'm trying to be antagonistic.)
     
  10. Phillyrocket

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    I had 15 (not exagerating) people turn down interviews when they found out we were only offering 45k for an accountant position. Many said they had already accepted other positions but the mentality seems to have changed from a couple of years ago when people seemed a bit more desperate for a job.
     
  11. Dave_78

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    6% b****es and about 30% total raise in the last 18 months!
     
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    3% raise every 6 months, a cost of living review every 3 months based on Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers and a 3% bonus every year in June.
     
  14. Lil Pun

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    No raise during 2011 and no raise in 2012.
     
  15. aghast

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    Company layoffs, just before annual bonus season. Total surprise: lost a few friends.

    ---- it. Still expect a raise, still expect a bonus.

    Only thing keeping me from moral precipice = that I had no say in turning down a bonus to help save others' jobs.

    I just spent 90 seconds MadLibbing various curse words into your post above. Rules = each time, the same word has to fit into each asterisked blank: *pejorative noun, *pejorative noun, *pejorative verb, *evidence of the miracle of creation (held in one's very arms).

    Fun times.
     
  16. Dr of Dunk

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    Feed him beer. Not like anybody's got to know... and it's not like he can talk to rat you out.
     
  17. HollaIFyaHEMI

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    O&G is picking up and fast. People jumping ship all over, but I am happy with my 20% for the year....for now.
     
  18. Scionxa

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    $2.00 raise. I get by and I'm just thankful for having a decent job at age 20 . Or just a job in general
     
  19. Classic

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    About 7.5% back in early feb
     
  20. dragician

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    Got 20% raise this year.


    Not money though but more work.
     

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