biggest raise you've ever gotten?

[Deleted member 4644]

I just got a 19% raise with no new responsibilities or new title. My boss said it reflected the level and quality of work I was doing.

What is the biggest raise you have ever gotten? What did it entail?

And how should I thank my boss?

 

[RavenSEAL]

Booze...a lot of Booze...

 

[Bignate603]

I got 12% last year. I've only been working a real job 2 years now so I don't have too much to compare it to.

 

[Juked07]

Negative income - tuition -> positive income. What percent increase is that?

 

[Crusty]

Best raise I had was 20% followed by a 30% bonus check.

 

[eits]

when your mom came over

 

[Deleted member 4644]

Best raise I had was 20% followed by a 30% bonus check.

Jesus that is big.

 

[Deleted member 4644]

when your mom came over

titcr.

 

[Crusty]

Jesus that is big.

To be fair I haven't had a raise since that...

 

[PrinceofWands]

About $2.50/hr, which was around 20%. Was from getting some new certs and implementing a training program.

 

[BoberFett]

Most of my jobs have paid crap for bonuses, but I couldn't complain about base salary. At two different companies I got 33%. First time was $30K-$40K early in my career. The following two years got me another $10K increase each, but obviously is less percentage-wise.

The second time was $75K-$100K. That second could technically be considered a promotion, but truthfully it was the same job with a different title. I resigned my position due to job dissatisfaction and they begged me to stay with a load more money and a new title. Who was I to argue?

 

[Scouzer]

Been getting 5.5% a year for the last 4 years... about 8% this year though.

 

[jlee]

Biggest single raise? 3% COLA. Largest annual total, probably 6% between COLA, fitness incentive and annual 2% step increase.

 

[Wyndru]

I had a 9% with a 9% bonus one year. Doubt I'll ever see that again though, we just knocked down to 3.9% max/yr.

 

[frodrick]

30% this September. No new title or responsibilities

 

[DesiPower]

my biggest raises came with switching jobs...

 

[Homerboy]

31% was my largest single raise.
Technically I got a new title, but my responsibilities stayed the same.
Largest single bonus $5000
Largest single commission check $32,000 (single month)
Those glory days are looooooooong gone.

 

[onza]

Does switching jobs count? If so.. heh i went from around 36k - 54k.

Otherwise it's the standard 3-4%

 

[IndyColtsFan]

My best non-promotion raise was 10% IIRC. Best promotion raise was around 25%.

My wife just switched jobs and got a 50% raise. Makes me want to switch too!

 

[rasczak]

Does switching jobs count? If so.. heh i went from around 36k - 54k.

Otherwise it's the standard 3-4%

roughly the same here. i did get a nice 10% increase last year though.

 

[LuckyTaxi]

The only time I've gotten a raise is when I switch jobs.

I went from $32k to $51k. From $51k to $65k, which the company then reduced by 10% due to the economy. I left and I'm at $74k now.

 

[Tweak155]

Largest raise? Without switching companies I received a 87% raise plus a way larger bonus (it was a new position).

Since then... about 25%, also a new position... but basically same thing I had started doing just given an official title.

 

[ScottFern]

18k

 

[LittleNemoNES]

I got a 66% raise -- from min wage to 12

 

[NikolaeVarius]

$1.47. From 8 bucks to 9.47. Part time work sucks.