I just got a raise!

[Toecutter]

On July 1st, I get my regularly-scheduled step increase, and one next July, and the July after that, and the July after that.

Problem is, due to city-wide budget cuts, they shut down an engine and a truck company, which means the elimination of overtime normally needed to back-fill for regulars taking time off, vacation, sick, etc...as well as holes in response coverage which may cost some more lives, additional property damage, and on-the-job injuries. Times is hard!

Hopefully, at the end of the year, I will only make a bit less than last year, still be alive, and not injured, which is good in this economy. I consider it a blessing to just have a job. Hope everybody else does too, all year long.

Happy New (fiscal) Year!!!

 

[ShinyPartsUp]

On July 1st, I get my regularly-scheduled step increase, and one next July, and the July after that, and the July after that. Problem is, due to city-wide budget cuts, they shut down an engine and a truck company, which means the elimination of overtime normally needed to back-fill for regulars taking time off, vacation, sick, etc...as well as holes in response coverage which may cost some more lives, additional property damage, and on-the-job injuries. Times is hard!

Hopefully, at the end of the year, I will only make a bit less than last year, still be alive, and not injured, which is good in this economy. I consider it a blessing to just have a job. Hope everybody else does too, all year long.

Happy New (fiscal) Year!!!

They gotta pay for the raises somehow. I'm just sayin'....

Stay safe.

I just got a raise, but two people retired (40% of the prescribers in my clinic). Times are tough so they aren't being replaced anytime soon. So the three left have to follow an extra couple-three hundred patients each.... suuuure! No problem! No safety issues there.

 

[squeezer]

I'm a college professor. No one gets a raise where I work this year except for the small number of staff and physical plant workers who are union. No big complaints, though. My job is secure and I know lots of faculty at other schools who had their salaries cut.

Hopefully, at the end of the year, I will only make a bit less than last year, still be alive, and not injured, which is good in this economy. I consider it a blessing to just have a job. Hope everybody else does too, all year long.

Amen to that!

 

[Toecutter]

We wouldn't have gotten raises either, except that, as a condition of the contract that brought us on, we take five years to catch up to those already at the city, one step each July 1st. According to the contract, we are supposed to be city employees and receive all the same benefits they do. In a salary resolution pre-dating our contract, it's stated that all city employees get their first step increase after six months, then annually. We raised that issue to them, they denied us, citing our original contract.

Fast-forward to the hard times; the city wanted to freeze ALL pay increases, even though, in our case, the increases are paid for by the fire district that used to employ us. They wanted to basically abscond with that money. Sorry, live by the "iron-clad" contract, die by the "iron-clad" contract....

 

[BikerGeek99]

Mrs. BG and I work for the same company. Not sure what HR-mumbo-jumbo level she is, but I know my level isn't getting a raise this year. Our CEO is 'retiring' as of today, I think, so last year they slated $8 million for him and 'postponed' the merit increases for all of us by 6 months (read: they screwed us out of 1/2 of our merit increases and handed him $8 million for being, in my opinion, and utter failure).

Ah, well. I'm not complaining, really. Our paid time off policy ROCKS, the rest of the benefits are decent enough, and as you said, we both have jobs to come to in the morning and I happen to really like my job!

 

[Bounce]

On July 1st, I get my regularly-scheduled step increase, and one next July, and the July after that, and the July after that. Problem is, due to city-wide budget cuts, they shut down an engine and a truck company, which means the elimination of overtime normally needed to back-fill for regulars taking time off, vacation, sick, etc...as well as holes in response coverage which may cost some more lives, additional property damage, and on-the-job injuries. Times is hard!

Hopefully, at the end of the year, I will only make a bit less than last year, still be alive, and not injured, which is good in this economy. I consider it a blessing to just have a job. Hope everybody else does too, all year long.

Happy New (fiscal) Year!!!

sounds like it's time to do things like either Ellison or Heinlene recommended. Pay-as-you-go services. Show up with the truck after a CC number is provided during the 911 call.

 

[Lowcountry Joe]

TC,

Glad to hear abt ur raise. Agree that all with jobs should be thankful. We have some counties here in SC with unemployment over 25%.

 

[Texan]

No raises in the semiconductor industry this year. We have a month of forced unpaid time off instead.

 

[timk]

Congress got their raise, so I guess all is well.

 

[scubatech]

We wouldn't have gotten raises either, except that, as a condition of the contract that brought us on, we take five years to catch up to those already at the city, one step each July 1st. According to the contract, we are supposed to be city employees and receive all the same benefits they do. In a salary resolution pre-dating our contract, it's stated that all city employees get their first step increase after six months, then annually. We raised that issue to them, they denied us, citing our original contract.
Fast-forward to the hard times; the city wanted to freeze ALL pay increases, even though, in our case, the increases are paid for by the fire district that used to employ us. They wanted to basically abscond with that money. Sorry, live by the "iron-clad" contract, die by the "iron-clad" contract....

At least you will have gas money for WFO!

 

[Richouse]

I'm in the airline industry.... enough said...

Good luck to everyone...

 

[playgtar]

We usually get ours in May. Delayed until Sept. this year, and they aren't giving us the missing months. So in effect my pay raise is a decrease. What can you do. I'm in banking. On top of that my tenant in my rental is moving out. I bought my FJR in April. Should be interesting figuring out how to make payments. Like you, I'm glad I have a job though. I had friends right behind me at the cube farm get cut. Times are tough!