Re:The scourge of job title inflation
by bluGill on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @09:24AM
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Of course you get a pay raise. Inflation means that you should get a 2-3% pay raise every year - and this past year you should have got a 7-8% raise.
Most people don't index their raises to inflation, a few years of 2% raises against 0% inflation looks pretty good, and they have a nice new title along with the raise. Never mind their real income is now less than it was a last year, they got a title and a raise.
I can't figure out how to get inflation through to whoever decides what raises should be - at any company I've ever been at. I would encourage everyone reading this to head into wage review discussions with the current yearly inflation number and make sure you boss knows it. Most companies seem to get slightly negative raises (measured against inflation), and then every 5-10 years a 10% across the board raise to bring everyone back in line with inflation.
Most people don't index their raises to inflation, a few years of 2% raises against 0% inflation looks pretty good, and they have a nice new title along with the raise. Never mind their real income is now less than it was a last year, they got a title and a raise.
I can't figure out how to get inflation through to whoever decides what raises should be - at any company I've ever been at. I would encourage everyone reading this to head into wage review discussions with the current yearly inflation number and make sure you boss knows it. Most companies seem to get slightly negative raises (measured against inflation), and then every 5-10 years a 10% across the board raise to bring everyone back in line with inflation.