After a year at my agency (1st job out of school) I got an 8% raise without asking, but not a promotion in title. Very grateful of course but seems a bit odd and wondering if it could be indicative of anything.

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Might have been to put you over the overtime limit?

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Regardless, I’d look at this raise as a positive thing that shows they value you! I’d just thank your boss and talk to them about what you need to do to get a promo.

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indicative of a recession, lol. better than a title switch with no raise.

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This is not unheard of. My agency does this to bring an employee’s salary up to present day market value.

There’s also LOTS of growing chatter in the labor market today about paying people what they’re worth to keep good talent from jumping ship.

Either way, congrats on the extra monies!

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It’s a merit increase! Aw it’s a good thing. If you want the title promotion, check out what the next level up is doing and work together with manager to reach your goals ❤️ you’re already on the right track if they approved a merit increase ☺️

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Not to be pessimistic but you may have been severely underpaid and HR had to adjust your pay to avoid any potential red flags to auditors with the pay scales you are in for the role. But maybe not - who knows?

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You got a raise. Perfectly normal. You should get one annually

I echo AD1. They might have realized they’re losing money on you because you were making so much overtime given your income threshold in NY. So they decided to bump you so they don’t need to give you overtime anymore. Sorry. But the fact that they gave you the raise is a great sign they have confidence in you. They want to keep you. But they’re losing money on you.

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