Your Future Belongs in My Trash Can
Language: en
I was sitting in the bathroom stall when I heard the new hire, just outside at the sink, loudly telling his family the good news. He’d officially been made permanent. Base salary: one hundred and twenty thousand dollars. I went silent. I’d been at this company for six years. Year one: sixty thousand dollars a year. No raise. Year two: sixty thousand dollars. A five percent raise at the end of the year. Three thousand dollars. Years three, four, and five: sixty-three thousand dollars. No change. Year six: HR just finished my review today. Next year’s raise would be five percent. Sixty-six…