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baldanders!At this point, I think we all get a bit nervous when we're called into our bosses' offices in groups by department. This time, it was moderately good news.
The good news is that after going over the audit with, apparently, a fine-toothed comb, they concluded that the company made its financial targets for 2008, so we're getting bonuses. The bad news is that the rumors of a salary freeze for 2009 are correct; no decision has been made on bonuses for the current calendar year.
Since we'd already been told that the maximum raise this year would be 2%, and my bonus is just over 3.2% (in a decimal that doesn't repeat in the first 13 digits), so I think I'm doing as well as if I'd gotten the raise and no bonus. Short term, of course, I'm doing better; whether it's as good in the long term depends on how long I work there, and that's impossible to predict in this economy.
The good news is that after going over the audit with, apparently, a fine-toothed comb, they concluded that the company made its financial targets for 2008, so we're getting bonuses. The bad news is that the rumors of a salary freeze for 2009 are correct; no decision has been made on bonuses for the current calendar year.
Since we'd already been told that the maximum raise this year would be 2%, and my bonus is just over 3.2% (in a decimal that doesn't repeat in the first 13 digits), so I think I'm doing as well as if I'd gotten the raise and no bonus. Short term, of course, I'm doing better; whether it's as good in the long term depends on how long I work there, and that's impossible to predict in this economy.
At this point, I think we all get a bit nervous when we're called into our bosses' offices in groups by department. This time, it was moderately good news.
The good news is that after going over the audit with, apparently, a fine-toothed comb, they concluded that the company made its financial targets for 2008, so we're getting bonuses. The bad news is that the rumors of a salary freeze for 2009 are correct; no decision has been made on bonuses for the current calendar year.
Since we'd already been told that the maximum raise this year would be 2%, and my bonus is just over 3.2% (in a decimal that doesn't repeat in the first 13 digits), so I think I'm doing as well as if I'd gotten the raise and no bonus. Short term, of course, I'm doing better; whether it's as good in the long term depends on how long I work there, and that's impossible to predict in this economy.
The good news is that after going over the audit with, apparently, a fine-toothed comb, they concluded that the company made its financial targets for 2008, so we're getting bonuses. The bad news is that the rumors of a salary freeze for 2009 are correct; no decision has been made on bonuses for the current calendar year.
Since we'd already been told that the maximum raise this year would be 2%, and my bonus is just over 3.2% (in a decimal that doesn't repeat in the first 13 digits), so I think I'm doing as well as if I'd gotten the raise and no bonus. Short term, of course, I'm doing better; whether it's as good in the long term depends on how long I work there, and that's impossible to predict in this economy.
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