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Re:US inflation jumps to 3.8% as energy costs surge from Ira... by alistairSH on Tuesday May 12, 2026 @10:58AM (#48109287)
Employers will increase your wages just enough to keep you from leaving.

With structural disincentives to leaving (medical coverage in the US), that is almost always a less-than-inflation amount.

Do employers even call it a COL increase any more? My employer "rebranded" the annual raises as "merit increases" many years ago.

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Re:US inflation jumps to 3.8% as energy costs surge from Ira... by kccqzy on Tuesday May 12, 2026 @06:11PM (#48115285)
All of my employers, current and past, have or had only merit increases. COL increases are unheard of.
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Re:US inflation jumps to 3.8% as energy costs surge from Ira... by wing-_-nuts on Wednesday May 13, 2026 @10:47AM (#48122662)
How big are your merit raises, typically?
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Re:US inflation jumps to 3.8% as energy costs surge from Ira... by kccqzy on Wednesday May 13, 2026 @11:13AM (#48123011)
Typically around 7%.
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