IT/Software career thread: Invert binary trees for dollars.

Also, salary bands may be fixed, but if your thing is important enough, it probably needs a director, right?

ShakyJake said:

He works for Dell, right? Forget it. Large, public corporations don’t hand out raises on a whim, and they absolutely will not give raises over a certain percentage (probably around 10%). I had to leave my company and come back in order to get a significant "raise."

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So when i had the good manager, he actually got me a 30% raise randomly. Then in the same year got me promoted which was another 20%. This was roughly 2 years ago. I actually have never had a manager go to bat like that for me.

ShakyJake said:

He works for Dell, right? Forget it. Large, public corporations don’t hand out raises on a whim, and they absolutely will not give raises over a certain percentage (probably around 10%). I had to leave my company and come back in order to get a significant "raise."

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Yup. Large, public corporations have extremely strict raise guidelines - both timelines and amounts. That was a major reason for leaving Walmart when I did.

"New" operations managers were coming in at a higher starting salary than me. I complained to my Director about it, saying I just expect the same salary as "new" hires, especially since I had been there 3+ years. She was extremely understanding, but basically gave me the "my hands are tied" answer. I ended up putting in my resignation notice in that same meeting with her.