Another name for a merit raise?
Caroliso
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Don't laugh, but we are struggling with what to call our raises.
Our system uses a formula to compute what we call a "standard" raise. This is something which most staff are awarded if they have a good solid year's performance. Staff who perform exceptionally during the year can be recommended for a "non-standard" raise.
You can imagine why folks aren't excited about the "standard" raise. I know it's not all about what it's called (if people's "standard" raises were 15% there would probably be zero complaining) but there has got to be better terminology. Any ideas? We've considered "merit" raise for standard but really, they are both merit raises.
Our system uses a formula to compute what we call a "standard" raise. This is something which most staff are awarded if they have a good solid year's performance. Staff who perform exceptionally during the year can be recommended for a "non-standard" raise.
You can imagine why folks aren't excited about the "standard" raise. I know it's not all about what it's called (if people's "standard" raises were 15% there would probably be zero complaining) but there has got to be better terminology. Any ideas? We've considered "merit" raise for standard but really, they are both merit raises.
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Good luck!
Nae
Many of our workers call our raises inadequately, cheap, piddly, hardly worth the effort . . .. Times are tough.
I checked 'exceptional' in the dictionary, found it to mean 'not normal,' so how about 'abnormal?' That should make your staff feel better about 'standard.'
"Standard" in our case implies typical raise that most folks receive. We use "Merit" because it almost always is more than cost-of-living raise. For those that receive more than the standard merit raise, it is a "step-up" raise.
I realize this won't work for all, but it works fine for us.