re: Hit your salary cap at work

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The whole salary cap makes zero sense to me. If you are worth more to your boss, you should explain to them that you are worth more and are leaving to go get it. If you truly are worth more, then he will pay you to keep you.

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It's usually set by HR, not your manager. If you even look at enlisted and officer (and warrant) pay scales in the military, there is a base salary cap from E-1 to O-10, but it is indexed to years in service, at least.

It was likely put in place to keep a lid on intra-office fighting over why Billy as an Engineer 4 makes 40% more than John, who is an Engineer 4 (probably years in service, value to the business, etc., but juries don't care about that shite.) Hence HR/Legal "rules."

But like I said, his boss should have seen this coming at the end of the last performance grading period and opened up a slot for an Engineer 5, and shutting down the Engineer 4 slot OP held, but then he'd have to explain the budget increase, and that's some level of work manager didn't feel incentivized to do. TL;DR: lateral transfer to another company, or to another division within current company as an Engineer 5.

Hit it many times, they've increased the cap quite a few times obviously.

I'm 61, not starting another job. Riding it out till the end...

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Hit your salary cap at work

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well, you typically can make more as a manager? That being said, more money, more problems.

I’m maxed in my salary range but I get my merit increase in a single cash check every year plus a bonus check.

I stayed because I work remote and getting closer to retirement.