Are you happy with your pay increase?

[Gandalf]

Yes, job security is far lower in developed nations than it was in the past and in the West the emphasis on cost cutting (wages, lay offs, longer hours/harder work) and maximizing shareholder value is the priority. Then you also factor in the global economy and I think workers as a whole are suffering. It is interesting how executive pay never seems to stagnate.

An increase of 81% over 8 years is very good. In 9 years I have doubled my income and along the way halved my working hours and maximized my time off, so to then go back to increases of a couple of percent like in my UK days is a bit of a downer.

I miss the freedom of my freelancing days, but I couldn't get the time off that I now have. A case of taking the rough with the smooth.

[Master]

No pay increase in 3 years should get one this year and I work in the public sector.