Mid-year review just wrapped. My manager called my work "exceptional" and said I'd "exceeded expectations across the board." Then came the number: 3%.
I'm a Senior Marketing Manager at a mid-size agency, was at $95K. That raise brings me to $97,850. Inflation is running higher than that. I'm not keeping up — I'm falling behind.

Has your review score ever felt completely disconnected from your raise?

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Those raises in the low single digits have become standard in the corporate world, not just in marketing. You're right that with prices rising, it's like we're slipping backwards. The only way to get a real raise is to move to another company, which can be difficult in the best of times. In this job market it's really a problem.

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If you get a YOY salary increase, 3-5% is standard practice. Let’s say your midsized agency has 30-ish employees, that pencils out to 4.5-5 million in staff costs, taxes, benefits, etc. Any idea what profits were last year? Because it’s not always your performance that dictates the size of your raise, but also health of the agency.

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I think that inflation is the cause for this, and in general, in this world, everything costs so much more, which is making companies guard their money more fiercely.

I’ve been living that same exact experience the last 3-5 years. Anyone break out of this pattern? What’s working for you?

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