Soooo....

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by Alex

First, congratulations.

Second, really? In pretty much every corporate job I've ever had discussing personal salary, raises, and bonuses is just about the biggest taboo going. For all the conversation about pay I've ever had with coworkers you'd think we were all volunteering our time.

That's my philosophy and my pat response any time someone bugs me about it is, "It's my personal policy not to discuss it either way." But there are a handful of people in my extended department that constantly convince themselves to be poorly done for and insist on bitching to me about it. No one's gone into specifics, but they make it known whether they're pleased with their review results or not (while regularly ignoring advice on how to benefit themselves by doing what it takes to make their work visible to the decision makers). The people who do that tend to be the habitual job-hoppers, which is a common species in my niche-tech industry.

[katiesue]

And if you want to know who really got what just ask the Admin - we know all

[CoasterMatt]

Congrats GD!

[Ponine]

Originally Posted by katiesue

And if you want to know who really got what just ask the Admin - we know all

Or the payroll tech, because we eat lunch with the Admins.

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by cirquelover

Kevy- I think I'm blind now, thanks!

Originally Posted by Capt Jack

K....wtf is that?????

I hate to say it looks vaguely familiar but it does ( the only thing that comes to mind is Krusty or Bozo)

Would you believe Lauren Hill?

[Capt Jack]

oh my ...yeah. I can see it.

Im sorry I can and may yet rip my eyes from their sockets, but yeah....I see her now.

so, shes doin the Barnum and Bailey circuit now?

[blueerica]

So, I'm about to do this volunteer thing down in Newport. Yay. I get to sit in traffic.

[Alex]

Originally Posted by katiesue

Everywhere I've ever worked it's taboo to talk about salary/raises which makes sure that everyone hints around about it. And usually by the end of the day you know who got what basically.

Again, that's completely different from any experience I've ever had. No bitching (maybe about how pay and bonuses are structured in general but not about amounts), no hinting, no gloating.

Our semi-annual bonuses were received in the last paycheck and if I hadn't received one I'd have had no idea.

You must have different responsibilities as an administrative assistant than I ever had since I was never privy to such information. It wasn't even in the paper personnel files.

Besides, if everybody knows what everybody got, how can management lie to everybody that they got an above average raise/bonus.

[katiesue]

When I worked in gaming, didn't hear so much about bonuses and pay and such. In Financial Planning and where I work now - it's much more so.

[BarTopDancer]

I just saved myself $15 a month by having a cell plan that gives me about what I need instead of way more.