By MeanGina - 20/02/2013 06:33 - United States - Cookeville

Today, I got a two dollar raise. Unfortunately, I recently accepted a transfer to a job on the other side of the state to what was, at the time, a more lucrative position. I can't cancel it, so now I get to move into a pay cut. FML
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MeanGina 2

Hello, OP here. Sorry I was a little ambiguous. To clarify, I mean a $2/hour raise. I didn't even think about how they handle salaries in other countries. Sorry. Second, this was a department wide raise, not specific to me, so my performance had nothing to do with it. I think the final bit of contention was why would I move across state for less than a $2/hr raise. Well, I'm desperate, for one, and it was around a $1.50/hr raise. Also, most of my family lives in the area that I am moving to, so I figured if I kept having financial problems I at least wouldn't end up homeless. I'm at the point where I just don't have enough to pay my bills (which are mainly student loans), so I just had to get more income... What makes it even worse is that if I had been able to stay, I would have been eligible for a $3/hr raise after a few months...for a total of $5 more an hour than I make now. No such luck at the new place. And I *did* discuss this move with the company, the raise was passed down directly from the top of the company and my boss knew nothing about it until a week before I was set to transfer. I couldn't back out because I had already officially accepted the new position. So yeah, FML.

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Top comments

dmoran20 27

Common sense, still absent in 2013.

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Neonemerld 21

An extra $2 an hour is quite substantial for most people.

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Comments

sugarshane007 20

Well tough things like this happen. Honestly, it seems that the raise might have been given to you in spite of your transfer, seeing as it is within the company, your current location had to have known before giving you the raise. Seems a bit spiteful of the current location if you ask me, which means this transfer may not be as bad as you think. Just next time talk to your current location a bit more before putting in the transfer papers.

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graceinsheepwear 33

who said it was a transfer and not a job change?

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graceinsheepwear 33

Sorry, OP did.My bad.

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alissa222 15

Sounds to me like your boss found out you were leaving and wanted to spite you. Two dollars is a HUGE raise, and since youre planning on leaving I can't imagine you had put in the effort to get it or planned on getting one anytime soon.

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perdix 29

I can't see your pay cut being more than a few cents and hour, and hopefully your new job is more prompt about giving raises than the misers you currently work for. If you agreed to move across the state for 50 cents an hour more, you are insane. That wouldn't even cover the cost of the move. If their offer was more than a dollar an hour more, when your current employer leap-frogged them, the difference would be less than a buck. I hope for your sake that the new job is a better situation overall.

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DumbingOfAmerica 9

Assuming people are correct here and the raise was hourly which would net him $4000 a year more, is that really sufficient to move across the state? I don't know where he is, but I would think it would not have be worth it in the first place. I mean after taxes and the cost of moving, $4000 is a wash in my opinion.

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CharresBarkrey 15

He would've gotten the 4000 where he WAS, not at his new job. That's why it's an FML. He doesn't get any money for moving across the state.

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bimmergeek 5

Do you live in Eastern Europe? Or China? It's hard to make a connection between "lucrative" and "two dollar raise."

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xStaciexLynnx 15

No, OP is from the US, just like you. A $2/hr raise is huge. Most people get no more than $.25 raises at one time.

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TheDrifter 23

As a raise it's huge. As a career changing salary increase, worth moving for? Definitely not.

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zilla52 12

you can always ask to go back

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aguywithapanda 10

Wtf do u mean u cant cancel it, explain to me what happens if u dont go

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TheChelseaSays 34

Well you may eventually get a raise at your new job as well as like it better. Think positive!

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TheDrifter 23

It's depressing to think that Americans have accepted their economy as the new normal. Two dollars an hour shouldn't be enough to change your life, shouldn't be enough to move for. Minimum wage jobs should be for unskilled kids entering the workforce, not a career that you base policy decisions on. /rant

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KiddNYC1O 20

That's a decent raise. I wish.

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