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A new hire started telling the boss, managers, and coworkers that she wasn't making enough money. The new hire also told them that she was contemplating leaving the job. She started doing this a month before her evaluation and raise. Do you think it's wrong for someone to do this?
A new hire started telling the boss, managers, and coworkers that she wasn't making enough money. The new hire also told them that she was contemplating leaving the job. She started doing this a month before her evaluation and raise. Do you think it's wrong for someone to do this?
I can't imagine someone doing that. It's not wrong if it gets her a raise. I wonder if it will work out for her. I don't have high hopes that she will get what she wants. It seems a bit tacky to go around telling people that you don't make enough money.
I can't imagine someone doing that. It's not wrong if it gets her a raise. I wonder if it will work out for her. I don't have high hopes that she will get what she wants. It seems a bit tacky to go around telling people that you don't make enough money.
I talked to other people about this, and they said it's okay because her raise is based on performance not sympathy.
We could be coworkers. My company hired someone new last fall and within six weeks she was talking about how much she could be earning working for someone else. She pondered aloud whether or not it would be okay to ask management for a raise at the end of her probationary period, even though her offer specifically stated that raises are only considered at annual performance review time (which we do in the summer--she had nine months to wait). She told everyone how she was too good for her job and not earning enough. And of course the truth was she was terrible at her job.
Well, she asked for a huge raise, in the 20% range, and she was denied. She wasn't fired, she was just 'managed out' as they say. She didn't get the raise and her bonus reflected all the mistakes she was making. She quit on her own. We don't miss her.
As for whining...in this economy I think any employer is unrealistic if they expect their employees not to grumble occasionally about wage freezes, furloughs, and pay cuts. People need to let of steam and commiserate now and then.
As the others said its not exactly wrong but its also not very bright - What if the boss says if your not happy with your pay see ya dont let the door hit you in the butt when you leave
As the others said its not exactly wrong but its also not very bright - What if the boss says if your not happy with your pay see ya dont let the door hit you in the butt when you leave
Either this is the stupidest thing a person can do to get a higher raise or the cleverest thing to do it in plain sight.
We could be coworkers. My company hired someone new last fall and within six weeks she was talking about how much she could be earning working for someone else. She pondered aloud whether or not it would be okay to ask management for a raise at the end of her probationary period, even though her offer specifically stated that raises are only considered at annual performance review time (which we do in the summer--she had nine months to wait). She told everyone how she was too good for her job and not earning enough. And of course the truth was she was terrible at her job.
Well, she asked for a huge raise, in the 20% range, and she was denied. She wasn't fired, she was just 'managed out' as they say. She didn't get the raise and her bonus reflected all the mistakes she was making. She quit on her own. We don't miss her.
As for whining...in this economy I think any employer is unrealistic if they expect their employees not to grumble occasionally about wage freezes, furloughs, and pay cuts. People need to let of steam and commiserate now and then.
No were not coworkers. She protrays herself differently than the girl you describe and she's still works for us.
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