If your company is publicly traded, just go to http://finance.yahoo.com/ and type your stock ticker into the search box. Click on the profile link and the information should be listed. For example, here is the profile page for Microsoft: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=msft.
Some people simply despise dealing with people-oriented problems and they recognize that fact in themselves and choose to stay in their chosen fields. It is also my belief that a lot of engineers go into management because they can't deal with the abstract, ambiguous, and more idea-oriented responsibilites of new product development.
Ten years sounds about right. You're due for a three percenter in the near future. It doesn't matter how many new things you learn or how well you do your job, after so many years of 10 percent raises, you reach the top of the salary curve and raises start to suck.
My experience for the last few years has been for take home pay to decrease even though salary increases average around 3 to 4 percent. This is due to inflation and the fact that every year, the company passes a greater portion of health care costs off to the employees.
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If your company is publicly traded, just go to http://finance.yahoo.com/ and type your stock ticker into the search box. Click on the profile link and the information should be listed. For example, here is the profile page for Microsoft: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=msft.
Amen brother. The best way for a company to show how much they love me is to share what they hold most dear: their money.
Some people simply despise dealing with people-oriented problems and they recognize that fact in themselves and choose to stay in their chosen fields. It is also my belief that a lot of engineers go into management because they can't deal with the abstract, ambiguous, and more idea-oriented responsibilites of new product development.
Ten years sounds about right. You're due for a three percenter in the near future. It doesn't matter how many new things you learn or how well you do your job, after so many years of 10 percent raises, you reach the top of the salary curve and raises start to suck.
My experience for the last few years has been for take home pay to decrease even though salary increases average around 3 to 4 percent. This is due to inflation and the fact that every year, the company passes a greater portion of health care costs off to the employees.