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<blockquote data-quote="Damon77" data-source="post: 868268" data-attributes="member: 36760"><p>Strongly Disagree.</p><p></p><p>Now, over the past year or so, I've seen the paper hangers at work post company bull<img src="http://*" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://*" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://*" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://*" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> asking us to consider our benefits, 401k matching, ect when answering this question. </p><p></p><p>I'm still not buying it, and here's why. After almost 15 years on the job, I'm still not top of range yet. Not even close. And that's with never having anything lower than a 6.1 on my review. As of right now, in my current station, I'm making about 3.40 less than those at max pay. Now, I understand that they've raised the top of range rate for those employees that were maxed out (Which is completely fair, and they deserve more, imo) When I started back in the 90's, it was around 12.15 and hour. It's taken me over 10 years to earn about $8 more. Not bad I suppose, without all things consider. Of course, new hires (or when there were new hires, in the last 2 years) now start around $15-$16. This is where my heart rate explodes. After 15 years, I'm only making about 5 more an hour than the guys walking through the door. </p><p></p><p>A few years back, in a skip level meeting with our Senior Manager, I and a few others brought this to his attention. His response, and I quote, was "I don't understand why you'd want to be maxed out, then you'd never have the opportunity to make more money." We sat stunned. It was like saying "Why would you want to live in a Mansion, then you'd never be able to buy a bigger house."</p><p></p><p>New poster, posting one of my biggest gripes with this company at this moment, looking for a little feedback and perspective. Thanks <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/FeltTip/wink.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":wink2:" title="Wink :wink2:" data-shortname=":wink2:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Damon77, post: 868268, member: 36760"] Strongly Disagree. Now, over the past year or so, I've seen the paper hangers at work post company bull[IMG]*[/IMG][IMG]*[/IMG][IMG]*[/IMG][IMG]*[/IMG] asking us to consider our benefits, 401k matching, ect when answering this question. I'm still not buying it, and here's why. After almost 15 years on the job, I'm still not top of range yet. Not even close. And that's with never having anything lower than a 6.1 on my review. As of right now, in my current station, I'm making about 3.40 less than those at max pay. Now, I understand that they've raised the top of range rate for those employees that were maxed out (Which is completely fair, and they deserve more, imo) When I started back in the 90's, it was around 12.15 and hour. It's taken me over 10 years to earn about $8 more. Not bad I suppose, without all things consider. Of course, new hires (or when there were new hires, in the last 2 years) now start around $15-$16. This is where my heart rate explodes. After 15 years, I'm only making about 5 more an hour than the guys walking through the door. A few years back, in a skip level meeting with our Senior Manager, I and a few others brought this to his attention. His response, and I quote, was "I don't understand why you'd want to be maxed out, then you'd never have the opportunity to make more money." We sat stunned. It was like saying "Why would you want to live in a Mansion, then you'd never be able to buy a bigger house." New poster, posting one of my biggest gripes with this company at this moment, looking for a little feedback and perspective. Thanks :wink2: [/QUOTE]
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