I am an RN who makes a good salary. Our annual pay increase is 2% (below cost of living) and has been since the 2008 recession. I work for a private, for profit hospital and we are very profitable as per public records. Our CEO has been with the company for 40 years (only place of employment) and is tightening the purse strings across the board. I do agree with some of the changes as I believe them to be smart and reasonably prudent moves to keep the company healthy. In making these decisions she has laid off hundreds of long term employees who were getting close to retirement.
2 days before the paychecks with the annual increase came out my VP, who I directly report to, pulled me aside in a busy hallway and said "While we have never had a salary ceiling before, we are going to have one now and it will affect you as the highest earner on the team." It does not affect anyone else on our team. I am not the longest employee- I have only been there a little over 10 years. But I always negotiated for increases and always supported my arguments with productivity and profits, etc. and I have done well.
So now I am 8 years from retirement. If I stay I will never get a raise. There are some small bonuses that are team driven (not individual). I would get probably 1-2K a year in bonus. If I quit I won't be able to get another job at this salary as I am making quite a bit now.
I can't help but feel undervalued. I am sad and angry. Part of me says to suck it up and just take it and part of me says well you can have my ass in the chair but don't expect me to continue the late nights, weekends, & holidays that I have always worked (uncompensated) because I was exempt. Was I just being an idiot thinking I was part of a team? What do I do?
Submitted August 05, 2018 at 07:00PM by mrythern https://ift.tt/2Kuk4G3
