Excuses Employers Use To Not Give You A Raise

You’ve got to respect them at least a little bit for being honest.

At least you know you can’t hope for better elsewhere.

They can tell you overstated golf conversation skills on your résumé.

Well, that is pretty hard to argue with.

Yes, fresh fruit is expensive, but margins can’t be that tight.

To be fair, your boss’s arsenal of smoke bombs and flash grenades is pretty impressive.

You’d only do something pathetic with it.

On the bright side, you’re so close to earning a 5% discount on that time-share in Florida.

Too many employers would rather blow your mind than pay you enough to eat.

Pretty unfair considering you asked before they did.

For some reason, your promotion is coming in Q5, too.

At least they’re being honest.

This is a common excuse administrators make even though they know hospitals make money when the patients die, too.

Don’t let them faze you; you’ve got moxie spilling out your ears.

But definitely check in next year, when your boss may have a better hold on his demons.

If that’s the case, then they should have no problem giving you a modest raise.

No one really knows what this means. Nod your head and accept it.

Well, if they don’t got it, they don’t got it.

They may have a point there.

That sounds bad. You’re lucky you have a job at all!

Your boss may try to minimize your tenure by saying you didn’t start until the Carter administration.

Not so tough now without your little job, are you?