Salary increase is not always about money

Ever worked in a company where no one got a salary increase in ages? What this tells you about this company? I recall talking to a small business owner about the low salaries he is paying his employees, he said “they don’t deserve any more than what they are getting paid since their job performance is really low”, so I asked him “who hired them”?

If the company doesn’t have a fair system of salary increase, it means the company either, not growing or the company is not appreciating its employees.

In the same company above, I met a laborer who has gotten no pay increase in about three years, I have talked to him and studied his case and I found out that the company’s management actually failed to communicate with him about job performance expectations and what the company wanted from him.

As a manager, I see myself as a failure if I see my employees not advancing in their careers, if their pay remain the same year after year it means either the company is not growing or the management is not appreciating the work of the employees who will eventually leave.