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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Last year's was historically high.  So we all got a morale boost and now it will average out to just normal bump in COLA.  We really can't complain, that combined with reliable step increases not tied to performance is a pretty sweet deal.[/quote]

It is? Maybe for a middling run of the mill employee. High performers are underpaid and will continue to be. The 5k max bonus at my agency for a 15 is sad.

The cola wasn’t a morale boost either. It didn’t even keep up with inflation. We need a few more 5% increases just to do that. [/quote]

30% of employees in the US are satisfied with their pay. There has also been an explosion of dry promotions, where more work and a higher title come with little or no additional compensation.

The current hiring rate is the lowest it has been since the US emerged from the financial crisis and there are cracks in the labor market.

[b]Why are you entitled to a 5% increase every year when this is not the norm by far for most sectors?[/b] Many nonprofits and public institutions keep pay flat for employees for years on end and many private corporations provide in place of COLA “merit” increases that are based on performance (both of the individual and the company) and have nothing to do with inflation. [/quote]

People in the private sector are often encouraged to switch jobs to increase salary, while government’s goal is more to retain people with institutional knowledge. If they want to change the whole incentive structure of government, then it would be different. 
Besides, data shows government employee pay has fallen 25% below inflation over the past few decades.[/quote]

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