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I'm presently confused about what to make of my renumeration where I am now... I was supposed to have my yearly review three months ago, and the owners are out

I'm presently confused about what to make of my renumeration where I am now... I was supposed to have my yearly review three months ago, and the owners are out of office or busy so much I can't get a moment of their time. Last year I got an 8% raise and 8% bonus. This year I got a 2.5% raise and a 10% bonus. I don't know why, and feel communication is unattainable to me now. I've been pondering looking for jobs... I know how hard it is to simply find a skilled and well rounded programmer in Ontario, much less one who can write clean complex systems. I just want to know why that was my deal this year. It doesn't help that I'm paranoid I'm grossly incompetent at what I do, and fearful others think that about me despite the fact I have stronger skills than most programmes I meet in this city. I look at careers sites more and more as my career-paranoia fluctuates. I'm posting this as a data point in the model of programmers looking to quit.

MartinCron 13y ago
I was supposed to have my yearly review three months ago, and the owners are out of office or busy so much I can't get a moment of their time Intentional or no, delaying an employee's review is pretty disrespectful.
pekk 13y ago
From outside the valley bubble, your raises sound fine to me. Tons of people would think it totally crazy to expect sustained 8% raises year after year during recessions. And you don't cite any other reason you want to quit. I wouldn't over-interpret the numbers. There are so many other reasons you might be paid a smaller raise on a given year, it's no good to overload your interpretation of this. You need, not a justification for giving you a lower raise, but just specific feedback on whether your performance is adequate and what you could improve. If the money seems fair to you and you are treated reasonably otherwise, it shouldn't matter that much about the number fluctuations, once you have clarified your anxiety about performance.
- spacehome 13y ago
  I don't mean to take away from your main point, but Silicon Valley is not in a recession. The difference in energy between here and the rest of the country over the last 5 years is palpable.

MartinCron 13y ago

I was supposed to have my yearly review three months ago, and the owners are out of office or busy so much I can't get a moment of their time Intentional or no, delaying an employee's review is pretty disrespectful.

pekk 13y ago

From outside the valley bubble, your raises sound fine to me. Tons of people would think it totally crazy to expect sustained 8% raises year after year during recessions. And you don't cite any other reason you want to quit. I wouldn't over-interpret the numbers. There are so many other reasons you might be paid a smaller raise on a given year, it's no good to overload your interpretation of this. You need, not a justification for giving you a lower raise, but just specific feedback on whether your performance is adequate and what you could improve. If the money seems fair to you and you are treated reasonably otherwise, it shouldn't matter that much about the number fluctuations, once you have clarified your anxiety about performance.

spacehome 13y ago
I don't mean to take away from your main point, but Silicon Valley is not in a recession. The difference in energy between here and the rest of the country over the last 5 years is palpable.