Jump to content

What was the biggest raise you received while working for another person/business?


Sophia
 Share

Recommended Posts

I am curious to see what people have made in terms of raises. I recently found out that most raises are only 3 to 4% of your overall earnings. That seems so low!

Thinking back to some of the jobs I had, they were just generic raises because I worked for a chain company. I never actually got a promotion or something. 

  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

3 - 5% seems like normal rates for standard raises. A lot of jobs I have worked even had caps in place for positions so the wage would never get to high. 

Now in the case of a promotion a larger a raise may be achieved. 

As a owner of a business that had a large team at one point I think bonuses worked best for getting people to really excel and if the company was profitable you may be able to give out a standard annual raise as long as the performance evaluations were good. 

At one point we were really generous with raises and it did not seem to buy more loyalty or better work.  

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I went up a couple dollars. That was about it. I think it was something like $2.30 and this was because of a position change. I think James is right, it is rare to get a promotion over 5% of your wages. So depending on what you earn it might only be a few hundred extra a year or a few thousand. It doesn't seem like much but it makes a difference. 

  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

I am not sure that I ever really got one. I am thinking back to the odds and ends jobs I had and I don't recall ever getting a raise outside of the standard ones that everyone gets. I do wonder how often people get them because it doesn't seem to be a common thing in my area. 

  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

 Share

×
×
  • Create New...