re: Sign on bonuses with no matching raise the next year

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There is something intrinsically wrong about being paid less than what you made the previous year, unless of course we're talking about top dollar contracts. This is a job straight out of college.

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First of all, a sign on bonus is exactly that. A bonus. It's not part of your base pay.

secondly, as you move up in most careers, your total comp includes larger and larger variable portions, so numerous times in your career you make less in total comp than the previous year.

thirdly, you sound extremely whiny considering you are a year out of college so you have probably cost your company more money than you've made them.

My advice to anyone under 35-40 is to focus on taking jobs that will grow and advance your career and worry less about what your getting paid. What you make in your 20's will be small potatoes compared to what you could make in your 40's and 50's. This obviously applies only to people who plan to climb the ladder. If you plan on being a sales guy for life, then just take the money.