#raises

I overheard a few colleagues mention that they got lower pay-for-performance salary increases this year despite consistent performance review scores. The same thing happened to me. Since there's a small chance it could just be something affecting our team or office, I was wondering if anyone else here has experienced this? I'm worried that it could be a sign of more trouble to come, since it would mean that the execs are still cutting expenditures anywhere and any way that they can if it isn't limited to our team/office.

Laid eyes on the merit increase matrix for 2027, and it's as pathetic as the firm's leadership. Since we're all now meeting expectations because it's impossible to exceed (guess they're saving those ratings for EJ India), increases for meets will range from 0.9% (over 110% of midpoint) to 4% (under 90% of midpoint).

So yay... I'm just barely over midpoint (by $567), so I will get an amazing 2.1% raise for 2027.

But ELT will continue taking home their 8-figure payouts and not caring in the least about the people actually doing the work. I've said for a while now that my loyalty to EDJ is gone but that I wasn't actively looking to move. And stupid me decided to go ahead and buy in to the LP offering.

So either I'm stuck until the LP loan is paid off (18months +/-) or I have to find a way to pay that off so they can liquidate my LP and go to a competitor since it seems every other firm's pay & benefits are better than this dumpster fire.

No one cares about your stupid stories. We are not your children.
None of this will help the company
and you are certainly not fostering any goodwill when you deny your employees increases they earned.

Stock going up almost daily on good volume, earnings are better than expected and we are hiring hundreds

Our stock price is telling us that pay rises will be very high, way above cost of living

Just go ahead and leave, the pension is a fever dream that only the old folks will benefit from.

I left and got a 30% raise and made back all the lost opportunity within the year. Not to mention I can actually talk to the people at work without the awkwardness because we both know that we need each other to fail to get that VG 4% raise.

Looks like average 6%

Expect the economy to stall out. This will give power to employers and suddenly benchmarking will say you are Overpaid so no raise for you!

It was stated on today's All Company Gaslight that pools for raises and bonuses are expected to be larger this year and that that should benefit those at the lower grade levels especially.

It was also said that the number of remote roles no longer supports the needs of our customer base.

Subtext:

1) The largest population of remote workers are those at the lower grade levels. They should expect to be sent back to the office in 2027.

2) Percentage wise, increases for those earning less are going to be lower and therefore the company prefers to pay those than to pay those who are at higher levels with larger salaries.

3) Those at lower grade levels will receive higher raises and bonuses than usual as an attempt to keep them from quitting when RTO comes for them.

4) To help cover the cost of those higher raises and bonuses for employees at lower levels, those of us in higher levels with larger salaries should expect to receive little to nothing.

Traditional white collar jobs are being transitioned to AI roles without the premium pay. They started by asking people to use AI for presentations, reports, notes but now they want people to use it to automate their job to eventually put themselves out of a job. Two issues here. Demand a pay raise NOW. Ask HR to adjust your salary to AI adjacent roles in the workforce

After more than three years here, I hardly recognize the way my store is run. We're short staffed, nobody tells us what's going on, and the raises we've been promised still haven't happened. Is this the case all around?

Is this the usual excuse here?

Amigos, i did it again, Turnover has gone below $12 billion, book to bill below 1, fcf i included the TCS payout to confuse them. Had them cornered used the usual project delays, execution could be improved, more severe employee cuts to follow decline, i have brought in Paul who will fix it. Im just loving the dream, off to buy that yacht and Ferrari. Oh pay rises for you next year, i mean sometime next decade haha adios amigo.

I'm new here, I'm just wondering what to expect.

So it’s pretty clear for 99.9% of workers we are going to get “Successful” or less. My question is what percentage is that? The manager that had our meeting said it’s 4% and can go to 2% with bad Points. But every one I’ve talked to said it’s actually 3% and down from there if you have points. 4% percent is all ready bad enough as they promised 6 for tenured works that dedicated their lives to the company. But 3% is an absolute joke that doesn’t even cover inflation

Has anyone received a salary increase when transferring internally to a different position with the same corporate title?

Just saying. I am angered.

Who has had their bonus discussion? I’m not hoping for much but one year they gave me a 0% raise so hoping it’s something; especially with the FT RTO mandate and gas prices. If they don’t get give atleast 5/6% raises this year, the majority of people are taking a pay cut.

Not even 2 full years ago they promised 6% raises for 10% years. now the have taken those away and claim well you can still get 6%. lol no virtually NOONE is going to get a Full score review every quarter. Manager training across any company doesn’t allow it.. and when they did this years back only the biggest su-k ups and favoritism got the 50 cent raise iykyk.

So with the new pay raise system there is supposedly a grandfathered change for 10 year plus associates. Does anyone know what it is. The Manager brought it up but didn’t go into detail

My first year. Do we get told in January?

Do you happen to know what the expected raise percentage is for this year? I’m also wondering whether employees who receive a promotion in March are still eligible for the annual merit increase. Since raises are communicated in January and promotions in March, does receiving a merit increase have any indication of whether someone was selected for a promotion?

With Storage leaving Franklin for Apex and all the resulting changes it will bring to the plant....anyone kicked the tires on Unionizing? I mean, ya know on top of the billions being brought in by AI and seeing the same size bonus and raises.

Inflation is up 3.7% and Social security recipients will get a 3.6% increase. If you make it past the cut, prepare for another cut when you get a merit increase that doesn’t match inflation.

How come Social Security announced a 3.6% increase for this coming year and this company hides behind a 'they can't afford raises' mentality ?

I heard managers submit that detail this month? Have they already submitted?

I'm guessing focal is happening now. Do you know if there will be any raises, bonuses, or RSU grants this year? If so, what are they looking like?

Only two people in my department were laid off back in May, but both were age 65 or older and had just been promoted to Principal with HR mandating management give them sufficient raises commiserate with their experience. One had received the Michael Dell Award and another was due to reach her 30th year with Dell.

See many questions on this - at a large co like Walmart, your boss can't just hand you a big raise. Levels, salary bands, comparisons with peers and HR rules box in what they can do, so find out your range. The owner of a small company has none of those limits and can pay someone 20% more, or three times as much, if they think it's worth it. Not here.

Well, there at it again long-term associates are getting looked over again and now they’re changing raises on frim years of service but performance and they keep increasing the budgets so nobody can hit their numbers..

Why do I have to watch a recent college grad fast-track PepsiCo re-leveling all while I’ve exceeded my objectives for the twelve years I’ve worked here, yet there’s no budget for me to get the raise I was “promised” for the last five years? Make it make sense.

It's never a pay raise or anything like that.

Rumor mill is churning today. We know they’re already tracking how long you sit on an IP in office. I’m hearing murmurs that requirements are coming soon. I just can’t decide if it’ll be at the start of the year or if it’ll be the next few months so they can use it to sh-t us out of bonuses/raises.

In light of inflation, average 3% ?

Honest to goodness. I know the job market is bad, but I have a bully for a manager who's been making my life miserable. Add to that low (if any) raises and the cuts in benefits, and there really isn't much to keep me around. Give me severance and I'm gone. And I'll be happy about it.

Folks, on the last town hall is was said we had a poor Q1 but Q2/3 will be better so pay rises are coming.

What I wanted to say:

Yes. When they took back my company car, that stung.

When they cut coverage for the one prescription I rely on, that hurt.

When I got a 1.5% raise in the face of runaway inflation: ouch.

The role was posted as mobile, live anywhere in the geography. Then they asked me to come into the office. Now I'm 90 minutes away, one way.
They told me not to travel to see customers and to use Teams instead. But Teams is apparently not okay for day-to-day work, only for avoiding spending their money on customer visits.
1NA is hanging over my head, with my role potentially cut in half.

Field teams are cut to the bone, our workforce is on unlivable wages, and it gets worse every year.

Meanwhile, there's somehow a $10 billion buyback authorization and nearly $9 billion going back to shareholders this year.

No money for travel to see customers, but $1.7 billion to hand the global media account to a new agency.

They priced Doritos up 50% in four years, watched consumers walk, and then cut prices after the damage was done, and somehow the field is who pays for that miss.

Now they're reportedly pulling coverage for weight-loss dr-gs too, so the cuts to employee benefits clearly aren't finished.

And for all that squeezing, the stock is down about 15% over five years while Coke is up 63% and the S&P is up 73%.

We gave up the car, the raise, the benefits, and the flexibility, and the people making these calls still can't deliver a return.

Enjoy your 1% raise that Amazon so graciously gave us peasants
Find it under workday compensation changes if you want to look at it

I've been with the bank for 28 years and this is the first time I am actually ashamed to work for US Bank. They treat their employees like dog s***. The raises and bonuses don't amount to anything anymore. They're making it impossible to meet goals so they don't have to give us raises and bonuses. If US Bank doesn't care about their employees why should their employees Care about US Bank.

Heard 120% bonus and promotions from senior to staff, 10% increments.