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<blockquote data-quote="donna723" data-source="post: 388439" data-attributes="member: 1883"><p>That's just the thing though, that's almost impossible to do now, so it must have happened a looooong time ago and she's been making that much more than the rest of us all this time! Unless you're promoted to a higher position, the only way to get a raise is if EVERYONE in the State gets a raise! ALL State employees. They give a set percentage to ALL State employees, which of course means that the more you make, the bigger your raise is. And there is no such thing as "merit raises" any more, hasn't been for a very long time, and when they did give them it was never done fairly. As it is, State employees here haven't had a raise in four years, even cost of living increase, and our insurance premiums went up every year without fail! </p><p> </p><p>One thing though ... I was pleasantly surprised to find out that both my social security and my State pension were a little bit higher than I thought they would be. When I went to the social security office, they told me that when they figure out your highest years of salary, they re-figure your previous years salaries to today's dollars and I think they figure the pension amounts that way too. So my piddly little paychecks of ten or fifteen years ago were actually worth a lot more then than what I was getting recently. So I think my retirement income now is based on what I was making about fifteen years ago! Pitiful, isn't it!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donna723, post: 388439, member: 1883"] That's just the thing though, that's almost impossible to do now, so it must have happened a looooong time ago and she's been making that much more than the rest of us all this time! Unless you're promoted to a higher position, the only way to get a raise is if EVERYONE in the State gets a raise! ALL State employees. They give a set percentage to ALL State employees, which of course means that the more you make, the bigger your raise is. And there is no such thing as "merit raises" any more, hasn't been for a very long time, and when they did give them it was never done fairly. As it is, State employees here haven't had a raise in four years, even cost of living increase, and our insurance premiums went up every year without fail! One thing though ... I was pleasantly surprised to find out that both my social security and my State pension were a little bit higher than I thought they would be. When I went to the social security office, they told me that when they figure out your highest years of salary, they re-figure your previous years salaries to today's dollars and I think they figure the pension amounts that way too. So my piddly little paychecks of ten or fifteen years ago were actually worth a lot more then than what I was getting recently. So I think my retirement income now is based on what I was making about fifteen years ago! Pitiful, isn't it! [/QUOTE]
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