Originally Posted by
Dobbs18
…people that keep throwing around “inflation” numbers as a baseline for pay raises I think is a little unrealistic…if we negotiated in 2015-2018 timeframe when inflation was basically flat would we have expected raises in line with that? No, I don’t think so.
No, because raises are increases above inflation. Keeping up with inflation is breaking even, or a cost of living adjustment (COLA). Not keeping up with inflation is negotiating a pay cut. Raises would be inflation+. When inflation is flat, 3-5% would be a pretty good increase. When inflation is double digits, it’s not.
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