It's Official: They Think We're Stupid
Oct. 25th, 2002 06:07 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lawnrrdThis may be the first time in my career I've been unequivocally Dilberted.
My company sent out an email today. They emphasized that despite the horrible economy, the dwindling revenues, blah, blah, blah, they are not reducing the merit raises for this year. We are therefore to feel appreciated and rewarded for our contributions to our firm's success.
Except, of course, that instead of taking effect in March, the raises will take effect in May. We will, therefore, go an extra two months without our raises. Let's see . . . two months is one-sixth of a year. They are thus hoping we won't notice that they have actually cut our merit raises by nearly 17%.
It is becoming harder and harder to think of reasons not to perform like the mediocrity they think I am. It is also becoming harder and harder to think of reasons to work eleven-hour days, as I am doing today. But I do it anyway--And if professionalism, as such, had been this important to me four years ago, I might be earning $200k this year as a practicing lawyer.
But that's another post, which is coming soon.
My company sent out an email today. They emphasized that despite the horrible economy, the dwindling revenues, blah, blah, blah, they are not reducing the merit raises for this year. We are therefore to feel appreciated and rewarded for our contributions to our firm's success.
Except, of course, that instead of taking effect in March, the raises will take effect in May. We will, therefore, go an extra two months without our raises. Let's see . . . two months is one-sixth of a year. They are thus hoping we won't notice that they have actually cut our merit raises by nearly 17%.
It is becoming harder and harder to think of reasons not to perform like the mediocrity they think I am. It is also becoming harder and harder to think of reasons to work eleven-hour days, as I am doing today. But I do it anyway--And if professionalism, as such, had been this important to me four years ago, I might be earning $200k this year as a practicing lawyer.
But that's another post, which is coming soon.
