2024: G8, 10% merit increase, no RSU
2025: G9 promo, 10% merit increase, no RSU
2026 (different manager): G9, 2% merit increase, no RSU
Is this a normal progression? Genuine question as this is the lowest merit increase I have seen and ever gotten
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Every promotion I ever received at any company was for successfully doing work at that higher level already.
Agree, but doesn’t change what I said, they will basically use the line that you’re new in role.
You’ve just been promoted, so they usually give you nothing the first year since you are still adapting to the new level of performance they expect from the new grade.
Every promotion I ever received at any company was for successfully doing work at that higher level already. Even transitioning from engineering to management roles involved growing management leadership skills to complement technical leadership skills before making the title jump. Promoting before demonstrating talent is a great way to sc--w over the employee and the employer.
G10 is where RSU start unless you came acquisitions
I’m stuck at G10. I haven’t had a raise to be based in years. Last one I had was honestly like 1.5%.
My promotion was 4%
You’ve just been promoted, so they usually give you nothing the first year since you are still adapting to the new level of performance they expect from the new grade.
G10 & up - no or very small merits are extremely common
How do you know that? Is that what happened to you and now you generalize?
This did not look like an engineering position - at least not a development position. First No RSU and with small merits - very common for those kinds of levels in US. If you are in India, then 2% is not good. For US development engineering positions once you are in G10 & up - no or very small merits are extremely common but you should get reasonable amount of RSUs every year unless your manager is some kind of J***
no merit increases also normal in recently
something can only be a new normal over a longer time.
no merit increases also normal in recently
It depends on how many bathroom breaks you take
As you go up in grade, merit increases and RSU stop. You start liking your bonus more and more as that’s the only inflation hedge left.
There are folks with no raises in 10 years. Weird but true. Go figure.
I got a dinky 3% increase and one of my peers got 2%. We're both non-exempt Grade 5.
That’s normal in a recession
you need to start with your elders ... are you 2nd lady kind? else you are ..hmm. go fu-k your self
one possibility is that from your G8 10% and another G9 10%, you're already at the upper end of G9 pay band and you can't really get more merit % without a promo. another possibility is that you simply did not earn it this year. especially with second year being in G9, higher expectations, different manager, etc.
consecutive 10% merit increases? you were severely under paid