re: Do you prefer to find a better paying job or just request a raise at your current?

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bitch and complain to anyone who will listen that there's just no loyalty left today

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When things were bad, they told me they couldn't give a pay raise, but I wouldn't be fired (5 of 100 were fired, mostly as a "These were the worst people").

When things got good again though, basic 1% raise. Maybe you got lucky and got a promotion. Unlucky, and they complained that times were actually tough.

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As a small business owner there are absolutely some employees I'd bend over backwards to keep and others I'd let go rather quickly in a downturn.

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then give those you'd like to keep promotions and pay raises today. Otherwise, they're going to look else where. Especially if you treat them the same in this regard as the one's you'd layoff.