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Disappointment

January 19th, 2007 at 01:47 am

I was expecting this. I'm not happy about it, but just from the way things were going, I figured this would happen. The company went back on its word and won't be giving DH a raise. Since he didn't get it in writing they claim they have no record of it. Stingy company, they made record profits last year. It's annoying me.

But I figured it was where things were going. I just had a sense of it.

I am just going to have to redouble my efforts. I have considered maybe getting a part time job, but I really don't want to. Maybe it is time I seriously looked into mystery shopping. Definitely time to start listing stuff on Half.com and ebay. And I'll definitely go and cancel Curves. Sigh. That's okay, it is good to have the decision made. My contract is long over.

DH's boss did say if they could get written proof of how much this job pays at other companies, than the company would at least consider it. Somehow I doubt that, too.

Posted in Just Rambling | 8 Comments »

8 Responses to “Disappointment”

  1. Lola Says:
    January 19th, 2007 at 02:25 am 1169173556
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    check out Salary.com and try to find what the salary should be. I have found this to be good tool to use when asking for a raise.

  2. Amber Says:
    January 19th, 2007 at 04:36 am 1169181379
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    I am sorry to hear about your hubby, good luck

  3. boomeyers Says:
    January 19th, 2007 at 04:06 pm 1169222761
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    Sorry to hear that. Sure, keep trying anyway! I'm sure you can many more ways to cut costs that would make up for the little amount you would make a PT job. This is what I have been struggling with for years!

  4. Broken Arrow Says:
    January 19th, 2007 at 04:39 pm 1169224749
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    Geez, that's just wrong.

    I hardly ever take people at their word anymore, because of reasons like this.

  5. fern Says:
    January 19th, 2007 at 04:56 pm 1169225783
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    That's too bad and you're right, very discouraging, but i would defnitely make the effort to follow thru on competitive salaries. What do you have to lose?

  6. monkeymama Says:
    January 19th, 2007 at 05:07 pm 1169226428
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    I'm sorry - that's too bad...

  7. LuckyRobin Says:
    January 20th, 2007 at 03:21 am 1169263292
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    Unfortunately the industry is very tight-lipped about this particular job. It didn't even exist 11 years ago. And getting any of the HR people to release the information is like pulling teeth. Just about the only way to get the info is to get a job offer in writing with a salary amount on it. If he were a field engineer or an electrical designer it would be easy to get a wage range. But he does redlines for as-builts. Very specialized niche and there are only two people who do it in the entire camp right now, him and his alternate and he makes more than she does. Other companies don't let the info out either. He's tried asking. The closest thing I can find to it on salary.com is a plain old drafter and he's more of a drafter/designer. He is supposed to be promoted in April to another job and there will be a pay increase with that, if they don't go back on that, too.

  8. fern Says:
    January 22nd, 2007 at 02:29 pm 1169476184
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    Sometimes you have to get creative in coming up with ways to get the salary info. For instance, i don't know if the work your husband does can be done on a freelance or independent contractor basis, but if so, you might do what i did when i was starting my own freelance writing business. Go online and find a jobs website that hooks up freelancers with employers who need freelancers (they're out there), then register and pose as an EMPLOYER putting out bids for the work your husband does. I did this myself to ferret out what other freelance writers were charging so that i could set my own rates accordingly.

    Even if your husband is only one of a handful in your area who does his kind of work, it's still worthwhile to do something like what i just described, even if it generates intrest from people who are out of state; you can make adjustments for regional variations later.

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