The company I work for is a fairly large (for the area) EC,nobody asks for a raise when they get praised for a good job because well, we'll never get praised for doing a good job, that's besides the point though.
Nobody asks for a raise because we all know raises come once a year, it's a cost of living raise and it's across the board. We all make the same amount of money after a 90 day probation period so theres no complaining about who makes what.
Ive been at this company right around two years, this year was the first time they gave a bonus in the last three or four years, we all got $600 minus taxes. Nobody expected it and nobody knew about it until we opened our checks, LOL one guy thought he was fired and it was his last weeks check.
They do give out $100 on your first year anniversary and I believe up to $500 for 5 years and above. They also give out a $50 gift card around Christmas.
I'm in a service department so we don't have a foreman or job sup on our jobs, obviously they would have to be paid more. On the new construction side of the company there is two payscales, journeymen and foremen. Apprentices get yearly raises as they go through school.
