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[-] glimse@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago

I've taken a pay cut two years in a row for that reason. Last year was somewhat understandable with the insane inflation but this year kind of stung

[-] boatswain@infosec.pub 11 points 4 months ago

How is taking a pay cut when there's massive inflation even remotely understandable? Inflation means that they need to pay you more, not less; your costs are rising.

[-] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

Businesses don't care about your costs. They care about paying as little as possible for as good a quality as they can.

Same way you don't care if your grocery store mega chain got hacked and lost $300 million, that's not your problem, if they raise the price of bread you'll go somewhere else.

[-] glimse@lemmy.world -3 points 4 months ago

I mean it's understandable that they didn't give everyone 6.5% raises. That's a pretty huge raise

[-] el_abuelo@lemmy.ml 9 points 4 months ago

Find another job. You'll quickly find out if you are worth the raise you wanted. My bet is you are.

[-] glimse@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago

I've got my feelers out there but I'm gonna stick it out here for another year - currently working on a certification to switch to a higher-paid position and the company is paying for it

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