Not sure where you've worked, but where I've worked, the raises have never matched the effort. At nearly every job, I've gotten a raise nearly every year. But

Not sure where you've worked, but where I've worked, the raises have never matched the effort. At nearly every job, I've gotten a raise nearly every year. But the raises generally are very small, 5-10k a year. I'm not going to work nights and weekends for another taxed 5k. No company I've ever worked at has a bonus system. I would gladly get a feature out in 2 weeks, instead of 4, if it meant a extra $5k check in my bank. Instead, repeatedly doing that for a whole year means a taxed $5k raise at the end. Not. Worth. It.