'My raise was 0.5%': Plant operator quiet quits after receiving "insulting" low raise

Getting denied a raise stinks, but at least you've left your thoughts and intentions on the table for consideration, hopefully setting yourself up for a pay bump in the near future when the next round of budgeting is finalized. Of course, this isn't always the case, and your employer may go the route of stonewalling you indefinitely—or gaslighting you by dangling the potential of a raise in front of you like a carrot on a stick in order to get you to do more work. Still, in most cases, it's almost worse to be granted the raise, but an insultingly low one, because that takes the idea of a proper raise off the table, and you've been given mere pennies to shut up and go away.

That's exactly the kind of raise that this plant operator reported receiving from the company for which they had worked for 12 years. In their time with the company, they have become experienced in "half" the jobs in the entire plant, making an effort to go above and beyond and contribute to other areas of operation. Now, whereas previously there would be cost of living increases in remuneration on offer, their employer has decided that they will no longer be providing these pay increases. Instead, the worker received a 0.5% raise, a figure which they felt insulted by. They took to this popular online workplace discussion forum to share and vent their frustrations and detail their plans to "quiet quit" their job, receiving feedback and advice from readers.

See their original post below, along with a selection of these responses.

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Posted by Brad Dickson