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March 16th, 2024 at 01:59 amThis is why I'm trying to negotiate a $5k raise.
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Viewing the 'Uncategorized' CategoryForecast for 2024 is negativeMarch 16th, 2024 at 01:59 amThis is why I'm trying to negotiate a $5k raise. Quick RecapMarch 16th, 2024 at 01:57 amRepost for record Let's see, the company I worked for since 2012 laid off my manager, the person who introduced me to the job, and I had to step up to take over some of her works. She did not handle it well. Then in 2020, the owner sold the company to a bigger firm. I was offered $10k bonus to stay on for 2 additional years, which I took. After the acquisition, I had a few months of nice and easy work where I was kept busy for only a couple of hours a day because they took all my responsibilities away. Sadly that didn't last long. The new director found out I could handle whatever she threw at me and decided to bombarded me with tons of work. After a less than satisfactory promotion and salary increase, I asked for a market adjustment and got an additional $15k salary increase. Then in 2023, I was promoted to manager, although with only a small 3k promotion raise on top of my merit increase because I wasn't expected to take on additional responsibilities. Guess what happened......yup I ended up with a lot of more responsibility than expected. The same year my former manager called me up and asked me to recommend her for a position at my company, which I did, and while she didn't get the job she applied for, she got another job we created just for her. Unfortunately, she didn't get along well with the director, so the director pushed her to me and now she's my direct report. Oh boy was that a rough transition. Because of this, I couldn't even ask for a salary increase to align with my additional work load. Now that the director has moved on to greener pasture, I decided to bring up my performance from last year and asked for an additional $5k on top of the annual merit increase. New director told me they'll take care of me before the end of this month. New director's boss also called to inform me that he's trying to push it through before first quarter. Approval from C-suite is needed and company only grew by 2% last year. So let's see how that will pan out. Also have around 7k to 8k in annual bonus coming this Friday.
2018 PlanningNovember 1st, 2017 at 03:57 pmI've been crazily busy. The pay for the side gig is pitiful, but I'm learning a whole lot and I can use down time during regular work day to work on it with full support of the boss, so it's like I'm getting a bonus for a bit more work load. Ask and ye shall getAugust 1st, 2017 at 04:07 amOr in my case, do nothing...? Today, I managed to land a side gig in the oddest situation, have my boss offered it to me. A 401k adventureJuly 24th, 2017 at 11:29 pmFor the financial voyeurs out there I was comparing year to year returns and thought this looks interesting. Trickier than expectedJune 11th, 2015 at 10:06 pmSo this networking thing is a lot trickier than I expected. In order to not burn some very important bridges as well as secure good references, I'm going to have to stay put until the axe falls. So for now, I'm focusing on more volunteer work, sprucing up my resume and possibly getting a second part time job. UntouchableApril 26th, 2015 at 05:54 pmI overhead HR talking the other day and while no name was mentioned, there was plenty of work description as well as she's untouchable thrown in. The work description happened to match what I'm doing. Business has been going down and it doesn't look like it'll improve so I've been thinking about looking around. This is certainly an incentive. Btw, I'm supposed to be the most vulnerable being a Junior with only 3 years of experience. However, I've made myself indispensable by not only doing the work of the Senior, but also exceeded the work of my Supervisor as well as taking over crucial areas of other departments. Still, if the cuts are coming, it's bound to happen sooner or later. Full bloomApril 14th, 2015 at 03:18 amSeparationFebruary 11th, 2015 at 02:47 amNo matter how much we prepared for it, it will always be painful to say goodbye. This last month has showed me that regardless of our station in life or how much we have, we are all in the same position at the end. In fact, having money may prolong the suffering due to attempts at keeping the body alive. I hope when it's my time, I will go quickly and painlessly. No IRA for meFebruary 5th, 2015 at 03:44 amTheoretically I have several options this year for filing taxes, either fully fund a traditional IRA and get back around $1,700, fund half and get back around $750, or do nothing and get back around $100. However, realistically I only have one; the one that keep the most cash on hand. Last year last minute contribution to 2013 Roth IRA seriously depleted my cash reserve. Plus the 3k I'm currently floating on CC with 0% interest means the cash situation is a bit risky. So yeah, bummer. Rare SpeciesJanuary 12th, 2015 at 03:28 amI finally got around to take a personality test and found out that I belong to the rarest of the rare group, female INTJ. I went to look it up at this site and had a bit of a laugh at the end. My first reaction was that it was spooky how accurate it was, only to see this "wow, this is so accurate it's a little creepy" on the conclusion page. Haha. I can see why my mom often told other relatives that I'm naturally "unintentional callous." I actually only edge out INFJ by 1% on the T, but while the woo-woo, touchy, feeling portion came pretty close, the part about reaching out and connect with others is way off. As I grow older, I feel like I have more compassion for fellow human being, but as a whole and not individually. On day, I hope to be able to care for every single person in this world at the same level I care for my parent. In the mean time though, I'm highly critical of whininess, especially when it came from people who are already so blessed compare to millions and millions who are suffering. First snow of the seasonJanuary 6th, 2015 at 02:46 pm2014 - Year End NumbersJanuary 6th, 2015 at 02:37 amIt's only 11 months since I lost all the old data. Technological ageDecember 22nd, 2014 at 09:54 amIt has been a blast living in this rapidly evolving time and seeing so many disruptive technologies come and go. But even then I still didn't think we would progress this fast. Last time I heard, we were depleting minerals needed to manufacture chips and also starting to reach the limit of how small we could reduce those chips. So it is very exciting to see these new developments: Transparent car https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDk5HdGfuVI The beginning of portable hologram (imaging all the ads) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNoOiXkXmYQ There was also the recent successful Orion launch. Now all we need is molecular transfer and we can turn Star Trek into reality. Investment in myself - literallyOctober 29th, 2014 at 04:54 pmI got the estimate for some dental work today, to the tune of $11k. Ouch! This totally throws my saving plan out the window. The only consolation is that it will be spread out between 2 years and 45% will be tax deductible. I can’t even complain about price gouging consider that it’s at the low end of the market price for top of the line service. 2015 PlanningOctober 24th, 2014 at 08:40 pmReason for MIASeptember 29th, 2014 at 03:05 amThat was fastFebruary 24th, 2014 at 05:19 amTime keeps zooming by too quickly for my taste. A few updates: Privacy isn't freeNovember 7th, 2013 at 04:50 amWith the migration of all things financial to the net, I've come to realize the danger of using a free email account. So it's time to pay up for an obscure domain and a monthly website hosting fee for that extra layer of protection. Wasted moneyFebruary 9th, 2013 at 05:48 amI'm growing extremely frustrated at my dad's insistent at last minute trip planning. Normally, I would be quite understanding that air fare would be high for these type of trips, but when one already has a time frame, destination, airport, and type of flight in mind, there really isn't any reason to delay it. Ease into itJanuary 17th, 2013 at 05:41 amDiving head first into a 4am to 8pm schedule has been a really bad idea, especially since I'm a natural night owl. Got to learn to take things slow and ease into it. Special assignmentsDecember 13th, 2012 at 03:21 amJust found out that year end bonus is heavily dependent on special assignments performed throughout the year, on top of regular workload. |