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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/Lassie-girl on 2025-06-30 19:24:27+00:00.
I wrote this post the other day after I learned I’m getting a $2,000 this year. Long story short our team was cut so the company could save money, and yet our goals to get our bonuses are higher than when we had more people on staff.
$2,000 equates to less than a dollar extra an hour. My rent is going up $800 this next year, so after taxes, I’m not even going to feel that raise at all.
“bE gRatEfuL yOu GoT a RaIsE” yeah that’s basically what my manager said. This is a slap in the face. After we had the most difficult year since I started here over 6 years ago.
The company essentially gave us two quarterly goals: X% growth from this quarter last year is half a bonus. Y% growth is a full bonus. We’re JUST under the bigger growth number and the quarter ends tomorrow. There were external factors that messed with our growth for about two weeks last month, or we would have cleared that number by now.
The company doesn’t care how hard we work. If external factors fuck our numbers then we didn’t hit what they wanted us to.
So my manager mentioned the goal to me today and I responded, “it would be nice getting the full bonus after seeing what my raise was.”
Their response? “I’m surprised raises weren’t frozen this year so every little bit helps.”
They were in the same position as me a year and a half ago but got promoted. It’s so funny how as people work their way up in companies, they suddenly start defending all the corporate bullshit and invalidating how their team feels. Especially if their team feels negative.
And yes, I’ve been applying to other jobs for 18 months now.