Inflation is a BEOTCH

[Angry Inch]

I get a raise for 4.5%, putting me at $7.35 an hour; and, inflation is 4.6% this year. So, I'm getting paid less for being my boss' "#1 man".

[RitcheyRch]

That sucks

[riverroyal]

I get a raise for 4.5%, putting me at $7.35 an hour; and, inflation is 4.6% this year. So, I'm getting paid less for being my boss' "#1 man".
you get paid that?where do you live?We start around 15$

[Froggystyle]

you get paid that?where do you live?We start around 15$
My "clean up guy" makes $15/hr....
I can't find high school kids for $10. :rolleyes:

[riverroyal]

My "clean up guy" makes $15/hr....
I can't find high school kids for $10. :rolleyes:
we cant either,I think a 1st apprentice make 15-16$ with us,we still cant get good guys!

[cxr133]

I get a raise for 4.5%, putting me at $7.35 an hour; and, inflation is 4.6% this year. So, I'm getting paid less for being my boss' "#1 man".
lucky guy... we havent seen a raise in 4 years.
PLUS parking has increased, cafeteria food also increased, health plan increased and going up even more and oh yeah they want us to start contributing to our pension again

[ECeptor]

I don't know anywhere you can live on $7.35/hr...except with someone who pays the bills.
Time to find a new job, bud. Ask around here...I'm sure someone can hook you up.

[YeLLowBoaT]

Damn I pay $15 to start for unskilled labor...

[Angry Inch]

LOL.....everything is true except the hourly. The point is, I'm getting 0.1% less this year for being a top performer.

[catman-do]

sounds like you need to tell the boss to shove it and get another job. Im not sure what I make an hour since im straight commish, but I know damn well it wouldnt pay the house, boat, car, truck, rail, trailer, and credit card payments!! at 7 something an hour.

[Nord]

sounds like you need to tell the boss to shove it and get another job. Im not sure what I make an hour since im straight commish, but I know damn well it wouldnt pay the house, boat, car, truck, rail, trailer, and credit card payments!! at 7 something an hour.
He didn't want to disclose his hourly, he just put up a figure.

[Angry Inch]

He didn't want to disclose his hourly, he just put up a figure.
I don't even know what my hourly is....

[riverroyal]

I don't even know what my hourly is....
Boss knows to the penny

[Angry Inch]

Boss knows to the penny
I am the boss. Maybe my budget manager knows. It's salary plus bonuses though; so, I doubt he even knows.
It's besides the point though...inflation is sucking the shit out of everything right now. Your overall portfolio could be doing 10%, but real money on that is only 5.4%.

[SmokinLowriderSS]

I get a raise for 4.5%, putting me at $7.35 an hour; and, inflation is 4.6% this year. So, I'm getting paid less for being my boss' "#1 man".
Just ran across this, but not knowing your area, can't be more specific .... here's the NATIONAL figures.... Jan thru Aug.
2006 3.99% 3.60% 3.36% 3.55% 4.17% 4.32% 4.15% 3.82%
3.88% so far dude, not 4.6%
And I just got a 4% raise, and my insurance went up 50% ($70 to 101 a month)

[SmokinLowriderSS]

I don't even know what my hourly is....
If you are on a salary, you're getting boned. Nearly everyone I ever knew who went from hourly to salary got shanked by the extra hours, first in, last out, and no extra pay for it. What they THOUGHT was an increase on the salary, was a real loss when you added the extra hours in.

[STV_Keith]

Just ran across this, but not knowing your area, can't be more specific .... here's the NATIONAL figures.... Jan thru Aug.
Where did you find this info?

[SmokinLowriderSS]

The fed stats are easy enough to find, but I pulled them here.
http://inflationdata.com/Inflation/Inflation_Rate/CurrentInflation.asp
Part way down, every month from Jan 2000 to present are charted.

[CBadDad]

I've taken a pay CUT two years in a row and am taking home $350 less bi-weekly, than I did in '03. Inflation being what it is, is nothing compared with two of my three kids are now teenagers.
Thank God for overtime.