Comments | colz85: Feeling beaten up

colz85

Feeling beaten up

Dec 01, 2006 23:08

I swear...every friday, by the time I get home, I feel like I've been pummelled all week. sheesh. But tomorrow...sleep, glorious sleep!

Today I FINALLY got my raise. Eight percent. Not bad for us. In fact, quite good. There have been several 2 and 3 percent years. Of course, I would expect a decent increase to go with my increased ( Read more... )

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jill1228 December 2 2006, 05:58:21 UTC

Nice house! Holy shit I dunno what I would do in that house! I would hate to clean it. The second most expensive house in my zip code 95391 is right around the block from me. We have a little more sq footage though. The most expensive house has acreage

Congrats on the raise

colz85 December 2 2006, 14:53:57 UTC

Oh, it's AMAZINGLY beautiful...also about half a mile away. We live in an interesting neighborhood in that way...regular guy houses around the corner from old mansions. Which I love.

And yeah...who would clean it. That's what my mom always said when we drove by a big old house and I expressed a wish to live in one like that. But I guess when you live in an old school mansion, you can afford some old school household help.....

crankycatlady December 2 2006, 18:19:31 UTC

I love those kinds of neighborhoods, too, although I have no idea where they are.

voxacerbus December 2 2006, 12:36:59 UTC

I know exactly how you feel about the "main breadwinner" part. I make more than my husband, and I feel like I can't quit my job either.

While I have never had a huge desire for him to make more than me (okay so I have my own ego crap going on...) I do wish that he would be more aggressive about going after/requesting more, rather than just taking what he gets. Then again, I have always been very aggressive on the salary thing. I don't know why but I got the gene that makes me say, "Well I'm WORTH it, pay me this or I go away"... Guess I needed to get stones about something...

Mmmmm Butter Coma....

PS: Cool about your sister's friend the teacher! Hope they can use the Donors Choose site at his school!!

colz85 December 2 2006, 14:51:19 UTC

do wish that he would be more aggressive about going after/requesting more, rather than just taking what he gets

YES. First, he's worked at the same place for almost THIRTY YEARS. That alone makes it kind of disgusting that I make more, since he has more than twice the experience in pretty much the same field. He's the best at what he does. BUT....no aggression, no chutzpah. He has contacts all over the place now. He has people who I KNOW would give him a job like that. But no. He talks himself out of it before he even thinks about calling.

It's an interesting example of why something I love about him, his gentleness, his total LACK of aggressiveness, his kind heart....also becomes something that makes me insane at times. He's a decent person. If HE were the boss, he would be handsomely rewarding people such as himself. The problem is....he doesn't work for decent people.

Sheesh. This turned into a novel.

7ofclubs December 3 2006, 20:45:10 UTC

8% Wow, that rocks! Of course, I, being a state employee, have no idea what standard raises are anymore--we got 5.5% this year which was the highest given in anyone's memory. Previous years had been <= 2%, and in the early 2000s, we had a few years of NO raise, but an extra two weeks' vacation (which was nice, but not good for the lifetime earnings figure).

colz85 December 3 2006, 20:47:55 UTC

Remember....I work for a non profit...so my knowledge of The Real World is probably similar to yours. I don't know what real people make, how bonuses work...I just know we're grateful for whatever we get....