Question:

How do you tell your boss that jumping thru hoops for a 3% raise which basically amounts to two dollars a day is not only laughable, it's insulting and completely demoralizing.

This week my M - F job had it's annual department meeting. Since us worker bees work in specific geographical areas, we only get together once a year since it costs the department so much to bring us all together: flights, hotel stays, food, etc.

At our annual meeting this week, my boss said to us that we need to start thinking about what we contributed to the company this past year in order to justify an increase in our salary.

Note to boss:

I've already given myself a raise. I have a 2nd job. I make $12K a year over your salary. I can't be bothered with your stupid little nothing raise nor can I be bothered jumping thru hoops to earn an extra $2 per day so that I can "super size" my lunch - calories I don't need anyway.

So there!!

P.S. So thank you for five years of training and work experience in our specialized niche and job training in my specialized duties, because I hear thru the grapevine that our organic competitor, which is actually closer to my home, pays more anyway...

...so don't try to manipulate me to go "above and beyond" for two lousy bucks per day.

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