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Are wages increasing? Not at my company.
Posted on 2/27/26 at 4:46 am
Posted on 2/27/26 at 4:46 am
On top of packages/layoffs (about 500 people globally), it was announced this week our bonus would only be 80% instead of the full amount. Also my merit increase was only 2.5% compared to 3.7% from last year. I've read that companies are moving to peanut butter raises, everyone gets the same percent spread evenly regardless of performance. Just very disheartening. I feel poorer in 2026 than 2020. I hope everyone else is doing better.
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Posted on 2/27/26 at 5:22 am to LSUSUPERSTAR
Maybe I am imagining things, but I feel like the Covid era tilted many companies into a less-than-ideal posture. It caused high rates of turnover which led to lost knowledge, then the proliferation of WFH instantly cut productivity by a measurable degree.
My company was recently made a wholly-owned subsidiary of our parent company. The transition has been a cluster but I am making it work. I have a new manager who yesterday told me I am not getting a raise this year. Understandable, because revenue has been abysmal for 7 years running. My reports are getting raises, albeit the peanut butter variety as mandated. And it is disheartening, but for now I'm good with it.
However, thanks to a leak we just learned the parent company is seeking buyers. I've had a sense of dread for a few weeks now because sales are stagnant, no NPIs which would move the needle are on the horizon, I am 6 years from retirement and suddenly we learn this company is actively seeking a buyer. My options are limited and I will be very fortunate to land somewhere making 80% of what I earn now with this company. I'm just praying that we either get bought by a competitor, or I get a fat package based on tenure. All the other options are no bueno.
TL;DR: no wage increase for me for the first time in 26 years so I feel your pain. Hang in there man.
My company was recently made a wholly-owned subsidiary of our parent company. The transition has been a cluster but I am making it work. I have a new manager who yesterday told me I am not getting a raise this year. Understandable, because revenue has been abysmal for 7 years running. My reports are getting raises, albeit the peanut butter variety as mandated. And it is disheartening, but for now I'm good with it.
However, thanks to a leak we just learned the parent company is seeking buyers. I've had a sense of dread for a few weeks now because sales are stagnant, no NPIs which would move the needle are on the horizon, I am 6 years from retirement and suddenly we learn this company is actively seeking a buyer. My options are limited and I will be very fortunate to land somewhere making 80% of what I earn now with this company. I'm just praying that we either get bought by a competitor, or I get a fat package based on tenure. All the other options are no bueno.
TL;DR: no wage increase for me for the first time in 26 years so I feel your pain. Hang in there man.
Posted on 2/27/26 at 5:50 am to LSUSUPERSTAR
Last year we received no raises. But insurance went up so there’s that.
Posted on 2/27/26 at 5:54 am to LSUSUPERSTAR
I work for a small company that receives and wastes govt dollars. Trump has slowed that faucet, and I'm glad for it honestly. I hate every dime of govt waste and it makes me sick to watch the news and see more and more of it every day.
My company gave is 1% in 2022, that was the first increase since 2019, and just this week are giving us a 3.5% COLA, so for me, 4.5% in what is now 7 years. If It wasn't planning to retire later this year, I would have left years ago. Probably still a mistake, but I stuck it out, good or bad.
My company gave is 1% in 2022, that was the first increase since 2019, and just this week are giving us a 3.5% COLA, so for me, 4.5% in what is now 7 years. If It wasn't planning to retire later this year, I would have left years ago. Probably still a mistake, but I stuck it out, good or bad.
Posted on 2/27/26 at 6:05 am to LSUSUPERSTAR
I’m sure it’s all very situational. We get a flat 3% raise most every year but we also typically have a multiplier in our bonus. I just got 137% of my potential bonus. Last year was 115% if I remember correctly. Something similar the year before.
It’s not guaranteed but instead of larger merit increases, we tend to make up for it with our incentives.
It’s not guaranteed but instead of larger merit increases, we tend to make up for it with our incentives.
Posted on 2/27/26 at 8:24 am to Boss
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Last year we received no raises. But insurance went up so there’s that.
I got a raise, but with the insurance increase, my take home went down
Posted on 2/27/26 at 8:48 am to LSUSUPERSTAR
Miniscule - at best/most
Posted on 2/27/26 at 9:38 am to CharlieTiger
I work for a large company in Healthcare. We make pharma, OTC, and equipment. Just sucks that wages haven't kept up and don't seem like they will with inflation. To make matters worse, my wife's clinic (veterinarian owner) is struggling with the rest of that industry. We are just getting squeezed all around. Hopefully tax season starts with things turning around overall. I was hopeful at the end of 2025, going into 2026, but now doubting things will improve much this year.
Posted on 2/27/26 at 9:59 am to LSUSUPERSTAR
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I feel poorer in 2026 than 2020. I hope everyone else is doing better.
Save this post for when AI sends you home for good.
Hope not. Really do!
Just be ready. Big picture suggests 2% raises are not the biggest worry.
Posted on 2/27/26 at 10:05 am to LSUSUPERSTAR
I got a 5% raise this year only because my boss fought like hell for it. Most at my org got 0-2.5%.
No bonuses company-wide, rug-pulled at the last minute.
Morale is, not great.
No bonuses company-wide, rug-pulled at the last minute.
Morale is, not great.
Posted on 2/27/26 at 10:46 am to NfamousPanda
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I got a raise, but with the insurance increase, my take home went down
Same. Healthcare is getting stupid.
Posted on 2/27/26 at 11:15 am to LSUSUPERSTAR
80% sounds great for a bonus
Working for a PE owned company our corporate team was getting about 30-40% at best of bonus for last year because didnt meet goals so only got individual ones.
Every company is different how they do raises, the ones that just a flat amount across everyone are doing it very wrong. Previous company did merit increases based on performance. Maybe the pool was 3% for everyone but top performers would get 5% and lower performers 1% and the like. At this company our corporate structure is pretty small though, I got an 11% raise going into this year without even arguing for it but i didnt get one last year (started working here in Oct 2023), so didnt have a raise for about 26 months.
They have kept employee only healthcare cheap (well, its free for HDHP), but family/spouse went up a bit, but employee only pays 20-30% of total premium so hard to complain
Working for a PE owned company our corporate team was getting about 30-40% at best of bonus for last year because didnt meet goals so only got individual ones.
Every company is different how they do raises, the ones that just a flat amount across everyone are doing it very wrong. Previous company did merit increases based on performance. Maybe the pool was 3% for everyone but top performers would get 5% and lower performers 1% and the like. At this company our corporate structure is pretty small though, I got an 11% raise going into this year without even arguing for it but i didnt get one last year (started working here in Oct 2023), so didnt have a raise for about 26 months.
They have kept employee only healthcare cheap (well, its free for HDHP), but family/spouse went up a bit, but employee only pays 20-30% of total premium so hard to complain
This post was edited on 2/27/26 at 11:17 am
Posted on 2/27/26 at 11:27 am to thunderbird1100
I work in IT and my company is staring to tighten things. Raises were pretty typical this year (2% - 4% range). Performance bonus (based on corporate metrics) was below 100% for the first time ever that I am aware of (except for 2021 when Covid crushed earnings in the preceding year). Rank and file are getting around 83% of normal and upper mgmt around 73%. With the job market down, they are getting more draconian with in office attendance. They haven't talked (openly) about layoffs but they are definitely expecting attrition without backfilling.
Posted on 2/27/26 at 11:41 am to LSUSUPERSTAR
I make 18% more than I did in 2021, but after inflation my 2021 salary is more than I make today. 
I've expressed concerns to upper management that our salaries are not competitive and we may lose employees, but it seems salaries have also become stagnant at most other companies.
When I was in highschool, everyone preached that the goal should be 100K a year. With that income you could support a family with a stay-at-home wife, decent house and cars, and go on a vacation every year. Seems like you need 200K a year for that lifestyle these days. And few make that much.
I've expressed concerns to upper management that our salaries are not competitive and we may lose employees, but it seems salaries have also become stagnant at most other companies.
When I was in highschool, everyone preached that the goal should be 100K a year. With that income you could support a family with a stay-at-home wife, decent house and cars, and go on a vacation every year. Seems like you need 200K a year for that lifestyle these days. And few make that much.
Posted on 2/27/26 at 12:12 pm to Naked Bootleg
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I'm just praying that we either get bought by a competitor, or I get a fat package based on tenure. All the other options are no bueno.
Get the lube ready for the PE. They don't provide that for you.
Joking aside, my company got bought by a public company that was in a different vertical that is a dying market. They wanted to add a growth business which is what we are. Went through 2 or 3 PE's before that. Being a public company is a little different world mostly not for the good, but it's opened the door for some stuff I didn't consider while we were looking for a buyer. I didn't consider this as an option when we were for sale. Hope for the best for you.
Posted on 2/27/26 at 12:19 pm to thunderbird1100
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Working for a PE owned company our corporate team was getting about 30-40% at best of bonus for last year because didnt meet goals so only got individual ones.
When we were PE owned, they set the company goals that bonus is structured around so unrealistic that the 100% mark would have been a crazy return to the investors. It was quite the sham job.
This is the first year I've hit 100% bonus and I'm waiting on merit to be announced. Should be known in a couple of weeks. Standard is 3% but I've taken on a whole other department with way more problems than the previous so I expect more than the standard. If it's just the standard, I've got a standing offer somewhere else I can consider.
Posted on 2/27/26 at 4:54 pm to WhiskeyThrottle
Thank you, WT 
Posted on 2/27/26 at 10:00 pm to WhiskeyThrottle
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Standard is 3%
I'm coming from a world where this was unheard of until the last year or two. Is this the norm in most industries?
Posted on 2/27/26 at 10:08 pm to H2O Tiger
I’m 6 months in with a new employer. Got 3% bump and I’m grateful.
Posted on 2/28/26 at 12:03 am to LSUSUPERSTAR
I have been given a 4% raise the last 12 years except for the Covid year when they froze all raises but we had record profits that year.
Wife got a 6% raise last year.
Wife got a 6% raise last year.
This post was edited on 2/28/26 at 12:04 am
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