[johng]

I hate to be the one to bring this up, but seeing as how I've been a "boss" before who decided pay raises... perhaps you are underperforming your teammates?

The pay that we've given out has always been related to performance and determined by market value/supply and demand.

The coddling answer is to say: Oh, that sucks... maybe he doesn't like you. And that may be true. But it may also be a cause of you needing to work harder/longer, more efficiently, less mistakes, etc... we can assume there is always a nefarious reason but it is just as likely that there are very real performance reasons for the raise.

I'm sure there are people out there who have worked alongside people that are lazy and get paid just the same, and it irks them. That isn't fair. Pay should always be based upon performance.

[DanBC]

> The pay that we've given out has always been related to performance and determined by market value/supply and demand.

Every employer says this, and then it turns out that many of them pay women less, and they then say "oh but women don't ask for pay rises".

Eliminating bias is hard.

[johng]

I've never had an employee ask for a raise... but we've always been proactive with bonuses and raises. I agree with you 100% that eliminating bias is hard.