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Memo to the universe: Don't make promises you can't keep.

I left my place of employment to focus on the business for a couple months. My last day was last Thursday. My former boss had promised me about two months ago that she would put through a raise as part of our annual increase when the fiscal year began July 1. It was only 3%, and for me only one month at the higher salary, but she created a clear expectation that it would happen.

Turns out it did not happen. She never put the paperwork through, and never told me. So when my final paycheck arrived in the mail showing my "old" salary, I politely contacted payroll and notified them of the "error."

It was only until this moment that my former boss emailed me to tell me of her decision.

That is pathetic. Your integrity is your ability to deliver on the promises you make. If you cannot deliver, don't promise.

Lame.

company that i used to work for haddnt give out annual raises for the past few years. So about a week before christmas they told us all that we would be getting a christmas bonus and a raise at the first of the year. The normal christmas bonus was half a paycheck. Well we get paid after xmas and we got a $25 xmas bonus and then when we returned after the new year they laid off about 1/3 of us. There were alot of people that went out and spent alot of money on xmas that they didnt have because they were told they were getting a raise.

Srtangely enough the boss that told us we were getting raises was out of town when they did the laying off. It was just easier for him to lie to everyone instead of growing a pair. I guess they just didnt want to layoff a bunch of people right before xmas, but they didnt have to tell us we were getting a raise.