Steve Jones - Editor (12/11/2008)
No raise then, but it did make me look good.And when the company was bought 4 or 5 months later I didn't get laid off and got offered a job as a manager. Then I got my $1800/yr raise which made me only slightly less compensated than my direct reports. :w00t:
I was 99% sure that was the case. Having owned the "saver of the day" title many times, and having not once seen anything more than a thanks, or even a company trophy and a dinner card, I have come to know that real compensation comes through other methods.
At the outside, it maybe allowed my gaining more pull in subsequent discussions, and out-living some lay-off rounds, such as you indicated, but there you have it. Compensation increases of more than 15% only seem to come far more often by changing ladders, not the ladder you are attempting to climb.