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The year end review process in almost any organization can be arduous, long and somewhat frightening; it can propel your career forward or ground it into dust. A lot of it is beyond your control and as objective as it can get, there will always be interpretation involved. You cannot control what other people think, [...]

We recently had our annual compensation meetings, and while a part of me hoped that management had somehow come to their senses and would give me a giant raise, I’m still making less than my peers, despite higher performance ratings.
The meeting started off with the usual pleasantries and the obligatory explanation of the numbers; basically [...]