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Post by medic22 on Dec 5, 2021 19:17:18 GMT -5
We've all thought it, all these sign on bonuses for new hires, where's the bonus for the faithful?
I won't go into details why, but my company is offering a retention bonus for current employees with a 2 year agreement. I wasn't planning on leaving so I'll sign it.
Well as soon as I do my washer craps out. Now I have to adult instead of irresponsibly spending my money on tattoos and archery.
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Post by Mack Apiary Bees on Dec 5, 2021 19:59:54 GMT -5
I need to ask my company. Do the 2 years and retire.
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Post by whitetaildave24 on Dec 5, 2021 20:01:16 GMT -5
Think I’ll ask the federal government if they’ll do this for us. Nice you are getting that though. Should keep folks in the company longer. Showing appreciation is always a good thing.
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Post by deadeer on Dec 5, 2021 20:06:21 GMT -5
I just got $2.25 earlier this year, just for being a nice guy. Paycheck didnt change much tho, must have hit the next tax bracket. Making more money than I ever have, yet never been so broke in my life. 🙄 Time for wife and kid to get jobs and start pulling their own weight. 😎
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Post by firstwd on Dec 5, 2021 20:10:34 GMT -5
WOW! I wish your company would talk to several others. Mine just announced new hire wages of $19.25/hr starting January 1st. All current employees will go to $19.25 or get $1 raise, whichever is higher. Brand new, no education or experience required people get a $3.25 raise and the loyal gets $1. Their reasoning is they need to raise new hire pay to recruit people. Yes, but screwing your loyal people is why you keep needing to recruit new people. That is $5.25 increase for new hires in the last 3 years. I've gotten $1.66 and will be 41 cents over brand new people, and this is the 3rd year in a row my raise doesn'tcover the increase in insurance rates.
I hate building a resume.
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Post by deadeer on Dec 5, 2021 20:41:56 GMT -5
What really ticks me off is somebody making $15/hr at McDonalds to drop fries, and I make under $30 to keep the wheels turning on semi's and making our business run smooth NO MATTER WHAT. I think theres a big problem with the responsibility factor between cooking a burger and me being ASE certified and company welding certified and hope I dont forget to tighten something and a runaway truck killing people. My dedication, work ethic, and loyalty should separate my wage from a burger flipper a little more, in my very humble opinion.
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Post by Ahawkeye on Dec 5, 2021 21:10:27 GMT -5
You all have very good points. I've not gotten a raise the last 2 years. My fingers are crossed this year but I'm not holding my breath!
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Post by scrub-buster on Dec 5, 2021 23:16:45 GMT -5
I wish I got a retention bonus. I've got 18 years in at my full time job and 2.5 at my part time job. I got out of management about 2 years ago and I'm making more per hour and have zero stress or extra responsibilities now.
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Post by sculver7 on Dec 6, 2021 8:19:07 GMT -5
What will really tick you off is this: If your employer does inflation raises, sometimes called cost of living raises, see what the percentage is. Inflation through the end of October was 6.2% (I believe it to be quite a bit higher than this in reality, but this is what they are reporting). If your employer's inflation raise isn't 6.2%, you're getting a pay decrease vs what you made last year. The last time inflation was this high was 1990.
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Post by Woody Williams on Dec 6, 2021 9:15:24 GMT -5
What will really tick you off is being in Social Security and get a 3% raise and the government raises your Medicare premium more than enough to offset the raise.
Inflation will bite us all…
Two years ago this country was in the middle of a prosperous economic boom…then the Chinese Covid hit and then a senile old propped up man was elected president. Lord help us..
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Post by scrub-buster on Dec 6, 2021 9:40:31 GMT -5
What will really tick you off is this: If your employer does inflation raises, sometimes called cost of living raises, see what the percentage is. Inflation through the end of October was 6.2% (I believe it to be quite a bit higher than this in reality, but this is what they are reporting). If your employer's inflation raise isn't 6.2%, you're getting a pay decrease vs what you made last year. The last time inflation was this high was 1990. We don't get cost of living raises. They just raise the pay scales and give us the same 2% I increase. Nobody ever moves up in the pay scales so raising the top end doesn't help anyone.
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Post by medic22 on Dec 6, 2021 10:19:44 GMT -5
Well since the thread went that direction, we also took a pay cut. Mine was around $6,500 a year. The paycut was due to a schedule change, the very vocal minority wanted more days off, so now I only work roughly 108 days a year instead of 120.
BUT, I kick into OT 12 hours earlier on the new schedule so I doubt I'll actually see a paycut in the long run. I usually average 12-15k over my base pay with minimal effort.
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Post by deadeer on Dec 6, 2021 10:24:13 GMT -5
Sorry to get it off track. Just get mad sometimes when life is so lopsided. I think everybody's opinion is valid and good to hear others perspectives.
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Post by sculver7 on Dec 6, 2021 10:26:11 GMT -5
Well since the thread went that direction, we also took a pay cut. Mine was around $6,500 a year. The paycut was due to a schedule change, the very vocal minority wanted more days off, so now I only work roughly 108 days a year instead of 120. BUT, I kick into OT 12 hours earlier on the new schedule so I doubt I'll actually see a paycut in the long run. I usually average 12-15k over my base pay with minimal effort. Have to see how it goes, I guess. Seems higher-ups always make terrible decisions without conferring with those that have the best information for decision-making.
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Post by tine-n-spur on Dec 6, 2021 10:36:13 GMT -5
What will really tick you off is being in Social Security and get a 3% raise and the government raises your Medicare premium more than enough to offset the raise.
Exactly…..has ticked me off for years.
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Post by greghopper on Dec 6, 2021 10:57:38 GMT -5
What really ticks me off is somebody making $15/hr at McDonalds to drop fries, and I make under $30 to keep the wheels turning on semi's and making our business run smooth NO MATTER WHAT. I think theres a big problem with the responsibility factor between cooking a burger and me being ASE certified and company welding certified and hope I dont forget to tighten something and a runaway truck killing people. My dedication, work ethic, and loyalty should separate my wage from a burger flipper a little more, in my very humble opinion. You shouldn’t be mad at burger flippers you should be mad at the people paying you IMO
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Post by greghopper on Dec 6, 2021 11:02:25 GMT -5
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Post by 36fan on Dec 6, 2021 11:41:58 GMT -5
Last year the state had $3.9 BILLION surplus. State employees got a 1% raise. Working for the state has some benefits, but the pay isn't one of them. It's embarrassing. My boss told us last week our office is considering giving free coffee and water as a way to retain staff. That is so pathetic I can't believe upper management even announced it.
I'm currently sitting in a waiting room for a physical for my new employer. New gig starts Jan 10 doing environmental emergency response. 🙂
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Post by Mack Apiary Bees on Dec 6, 2021 12:15:07 GMT -5
What will really tick you off is being in Social Security and get a 3% raise and the government raises your Medicare premium more than enough to offset the raise. Inflation will bite us all… Two years ago this country was in the middle of a prosperous economic boom…then the Chinese Covid hit and then a senile old propped up man was elected president. Lord help us.. He wasn't elected, but place there by the children of Satan.
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Post by omegahunter on Dec 6, 2021 12:29:28 GMT -5
Last year the state had $3.9 BILLION surplus. State employees got a 1% raise. Working for the state has some benefits, but the pay isn't one of them. It's embarrassing. My boss told us last week our office is considering giving free coffee and water as a way to retain staff. That is so pathetic I can't believe upper management even announced it. I'm currently sitting in a waiting room for a physical for my new employer. New gig starts Jan 10 doing environmental emergency response. 🙂 State Personnel Department and our Governor's "raise" of 1% is the bigger part of why I left INDOT after 20 years. I took a position as a statewide subject matter expert and was no longer over just the right of way department at the district. SPD denied any request for a pay raise even by my new supervisor and his department director. The very last straw was the 1% pay raise announcement for 2021. I went to work for a consultant doing mostly what I was already doing at INDOT and got a 40% pay increase. It was certainly a blessing as we would not have been able to pay the health insurance out of pocket amounts without the raise. Maybe this year it will feel like I got a raise! As far as the benefits: 1. Health Insurance- premium payments + out of pocket maximum is almost exactly the same as it was at INDOT 2. PTO- I asked for my 5 weeks a year off and got it without any negotiation. On top of that it is all PTO and I don't deal with the doctor's notes for sick time over 2 days or losing a bunch of sick time that is accrued because the State won't pay for the sick time when you quit. 3. Retirement- the company matches my retirement up to a certain percentage like the State used to do before they quit the match. The State used to be able to brag that they had better benefits, but not any more!!
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