{"id":22884,"date":"2024-01-14T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-14T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/?p=22884"},"modified":"2024-02-07T22:52:04","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T03:52:04","slug":"no-raise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/?p=22884","title":{"rendered":"No Raise :("},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>For the first time since I started my job back in 1995, I did not get a year-end raise. It wasn&#8217;t my fault. The company froze salaries and also slashed Christmas bonuses (ouch!). They announced these unfortunate things long before annual reviews began, and since then, I&#8217;ve had to grit my teeth every time the media gush over how great the economy is and how wages are up, etc. Clearly the media aren&#8217;t painting an accurate picture. The economy is <em>uncertain<\/em>, and while wages may be up for some, they&#8217;re not up for all, and may even be down for some.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My review went well, though. My boss and I had a nice chitchat. She values my work, and that means a lot to me. This upcoming year will present some new challenges, including three issues that aren&#8217;t what I&#8217;m used to, but I&#8217;m not worried. With nearly 30 years of this type of work under my belt, I&#8217;m sure I can handle whatever they throw at me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What&#8217;s harder to face is the fact that this job&#8211;this way of life&#8211;is disappearing. Not all at once, but it&#8217;s happening. I&#8217;d be a fool to think otherwise. I just need this job to last another six years or so. Let me get my kids through high school, that&#8217;s all I ask. Everything else can be worried about later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the first time since I started my job back in 1995, I did not get a year-end raise. It wasn&#8217;t my fault. The company froze salaries and also slashed Christmas bonuses (ouch!). They announced these unfortunate things long before &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/?p=22884\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10,18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22884"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22884"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22884\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22988,"href":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22884\/revisions\/22988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}