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Companies and raises? - hoping


Posted: Feb 18, 2010

After being at a company 2 1/2 years, does anyone thing it is acceptable to email and ask the company for a raise?

Raises?! - SICKOFMT

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Good luck with that! Your company will probably tell you you're lucky to have a job. Our company has froze wages for the past 3 years, cut benefits drastically and more. Let me know if you get a raise - I might apply there.

RAISES? - LETMEKNOW

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LOL! Good laugh for the day !!!

Nice wish - iwantone2

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Wow - wish we'd get one. We haven't had a COLR since 2005. Even our state and county employees haven't had COLR since 2007.
Well so much for raise asking. I guess companies are not giving them out AT ALL - Hoping
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Thanks for the replies

RAISES - FORGET ABOUT IT HONEY! - old mt

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Any more I guess we are lucky to still have work!!

I think it is totally normal and acceptable to ask for a raise. - No raise if you do not ask

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That being said, I have not had a raise since 1998. I guess the good news is that the raise I got back then is at the higher end of what is out there. A plus but also not easy to make the same pay for this long when everything else there except our pay goes up.

Anyway, don't want to discourage you though. Depending where your cpl is, you should ask, you could get it.
Just my opinion.

I hope you aren't disappointed and wish you luck!

Hate to bust your bubble (sm) - Long time MT

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The last time I had a raise was when I was working in-house for a hospital. That was 1996!

Raises. I am an MT for 25 years and had 3 raises. - My whole life. Good Luck. No message below

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Darn straight! What is the worst they can do? Say no? nm - Twister

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