You can display data on salary.com by city, though I’ve found that sometimes you’re better off not knowing!

I’ve never compared them. I would guess salary.com uses the fedral government’s data which really is the sum of each provincial association data.

I always prefer the local data as it reflects the market I’m looking at better.

Tim

Maybe others should get the hint?

Kim, my company gives everyone a raise each year because we keep breathing. If they are trying to give me a hint to keep breathing then I guess I’ve gotten it.

Mike

For that to be the case, each of the ten employees would have to be generating $40/hour of profits per employee! That’s a pretty huge number!

Otherwise, 800k basically covers 10 salaries at 40k / year

Cheap:
… once a company has a person in a set position at a set salary, they don’t want that to change… keeping things the way they are seem to be more important that keeping that person.

I honestly think that this is directly related to the fact that most employers are just bad at employee development. The best companies are constantly looking for ways to raise everybody’s salary, the best companies are offering their employees pay raises and drafting annual performance plans.

But most companies are just trying to fill gaps. The reason that most people only get pay raises from company jumping is that most companies don’t have a plan to give them a raise. The average company isn’t in a growth phase, they’re trying to keep costs down. So they (mistakenly) figure that stalling promotion is a good way to do this.

Many companies ignore the cost of finding good employees (just like the people who ignore the cost of car ownership when they figure out the size of their car loan). And let’s not forget that most people inherently fear change.

If you’re new to an industry, you’ll likely have to accept the short end of the stick. But keep your resume ready. I wouldn’t accept “future consideration” unless I was really comfortable or in control of the risk.

Maybe others should get the hint?

My personal experience is totally opposite of Mr Cheap. I feel I’ve always been treated well salary-wise (10%+ rise per year, topped with stock options and bonuses). My bosses have always recognized my performance and contribution to the company without me having to negotiate anything.

Maybe I got lucky to work on projects which were higly profitable for the company, but I do believe I deserved part of that success because of my implication and work. I do work in a highly competitive business where talents are scarce (video games programmer), so that helps.

One year after my annual performance review, the HR girl told me quite frankly that if I got an offer from some other place, that they’d try to match it. I was surprised that she was so direct and proactive. I never used the strategy though, they always treated me fairly, I was never compelled to.

I guess it’s 80% luck. I got hired at the right time in the right company, in the right industry, with the appropriate skills. YMMV.

Emp

If they offered you some future increase in salary, I would have that put in writing including the criteria and when they will give you a raise. Everyone knows that the situation may change but if they can’t back the concept of a future raise in writing then they were never serious to begin with.

The whole “we’ll give you equity” is something I would only do if they offered a management positions and you got to look at their books. After all, if you are going to own a piece of the company, shouldn’t you know everything about it?