That is definitely a big miss. Looking only at cash, my rate of compensation increase was about 7.5% per year (in reality, it was typically a couple years at 1

That is definitely a big miss. Looking only at cash, my rate of compensation increase was about 7.5% per year (in reality, it was typically a couple years at 1-2% with some big jumps). When stock is factored into the equation, the average jumps to about 12.5%!