Adjustment, I assume.
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Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Cost-of-living-adjustment. Basically, an increase to keep up with inflation/salary scales, not merit.
The fix: [link]
Ah! I should have guessed that.
Dang, sarameg, that looks good.
It's a little windy here. [link]
I've worked jobs that did not give COLA even if reviews were good.
I've never gotten COLA in my life except in the form of changing jobs. Which doesn't in any way change the suckness of faked-up bad reviews.
Oh, yes, the horror of just doing your job. I've gotten so much stinkeye from managers for meeting the requirements and not pushing to make more. IE, do more work without getting paid for it. Also known as "you're capable of so much more!"
A mandated curve makes no sense for a job environment; a good manager will make sure that all of her staff are meeting or exceeding goals (or manage them out of that job). And she's supposed to then randomly pick people to claim are not? Nonsense.
I think we've always been guaranteed COLA because we're indirectly a gov't contract. But I could be wrong, it might just be the culture . To which the subcontract is diverging more and more. I also learned that corporate policies are beginning to treat all contracts as 1-3 yr contract positions. Which we are not. Their deal with the main contract is going on 30 years at this point. People don't leave my workplace to accept other positions within my subcontractor's company. They LEAVE.