I am just thankful to be employeed and shocked when I got 1200.00 this year. 4 yrs ago I received 4500.00 as that was the norm. Times have changed drastically! I went out and picked 3 Angels off the tree at Church and went on a spending spree!
Last summer, Mark "the major MF'in asshole" Hurd was fired from HP. Now we've got this new guy, Leo "no one pronounces my name right" Apotheker. He seems to have quickly realized that everyone here hated Hurd and people were starting to leave in droves.
So Leo, to his credit, just reversed the paycut that Hurd forced on everyone five years ago. That put a pretty decent amount of coin back in my wallet. We also started getting some decent bonuses. I got $9K (before taxes) and some stock this year. The only downside is that I didn't get a merit based pay increase, even though I've had the highest annual review rating for two years running. I also got a promotion with no pay increase. I guess I've gotta have something to bitch about, ehh?
All said, I feel that I'm fortunate to be in a profession and specialty that is in very high demand these days.
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