I made a mistake once several years ago. I looked at the contract raises and step raises I was getting and compared that to inflation. It was then I realized that even though 5 years from that time I would have a bigger monthly pay check..... it would actually buy less... I switched jobs....to get to a higher pay grade......however I am still in the same boat...... still work for the same state government....
In theory I should be able to get a RAISE.
I get my evaluations once a year, a score from 1 through 5, several categories.
In theory, I should be able to score actually a 5 there somewhere, in relation to the awesomeness I bring to my job.
In reality, you get 3s = competent.
a handful of 4s thrown in there, the small bag of baby carrots, to keep you thinking that you could actually improve the score.
But you can't.
I think the 4s were in the exact same categories as last year, though given by a different supervisor....
So yeah, it put me in a good mood for the day, but for all the wrong reasons.
You know, the feeling when you go in 'just tell me where to sign!'
You know it's bogus.
You should get a 1000$ bonus, really: Thank you, loyal employee, that we did not have to train your replacement.
But noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Yeah, time to start looking I guess.....
