- The boss calls your team in for an emergency meeting.
- He prefaces his remarks with something like, “Well, I have some Bad News. I know this is something you're not going to want to hear, but…”
- He then proceeds to announce that there will be no raises this year.
- You're not only not surprised, but you realize that, under the circumstances, it doesn't even seem that much like Bad News.
10 February, 2009
A matter of perspective
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Exactly. At least you weren't told to box up your desk. :)
No raise is much better than no pay. At this point, I'd almost take a pay cut to keep my job. Scary times...
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