Ask HN: Where Is the COLA?

Re:Ask HN: Where Is the COLA? by bell-cot on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @12:33PM (#29910046)

Neigh-all human employees are profoundly irrational about changes in their pay. If I'm raising their pay, any justification from "busy season" to "in-demand skills" to "inflation" to "chocolate ice cream melts in the sun" is 100% reasonable and acceptable. Vs. if I'm lowering their pay, it doesn't much matter whether sales are soft, their skills have gone out of demand, the local cost of living went down, or what - they get pissed off, and argue over every penny.

Do not expect any experienced boss to be rational on a topic, when you neigh-certainly are not.

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Re:Ask HN: Where Is the COLA? by nathanaldensr on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @02:01PM (#29911349)

"Neigh?" As in the sound horses make? Or did you mean "nay?"

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Re:Ask HN: Where Is the COLA? by mattkrause on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @02:49PM (#29911901)

I suspect `nigh` (as in nearly or almost). https://www.dictionary.com/browse/nigh

Nigh on impossible is a stock phrase meaning "virtually impossible".

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Re:Ask HN: Where Is the COLA? by bell-cot on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @02:52PM (#29911928)

s/Neigh/nigh/g

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Re:Ask HN: Where Is the COLA? by homo_ergaster on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @03:58PM (#29912571)

You think it’s irrational for employees to object to a reduction in pay? That seems rational to me

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