I promise I’m not as full of myself as I sound…

so I got another raise.  I didn’t even ask for it… I just got it.

my boss called me into her office today just before 6, and I thought I was in big trouble because I was just screaming, literally screaming, (luckily her office is not close to my desk… ) about how ridiculous her requests are. 

she asked me to sit down (I was all freaked out… like I got sent to the principal, but an all-powerful principal who could fire me from my job….) and she said she wanted to thank me for working so hard, and for doing such a good job and for having such a good temperament (bwahahahahahaa!) and so on.

she said I was the only person who was getting a raise now – ‘year end’ raises haven’t happened, they went into effect in may last year – she had actually gone to the owner of the company and petitioned for a raise for me.

I guess this is the sort of recognition you look for.  not only did my direct boss think I deserved a raise (without even asking for one) but the other vp and the president / owner to give me a raise when no one else (in my department) was getting one.

this was so not what I was expecting today.  we are all just waiting to see our checks on friday, to see if raises happened like last year… and I now know that they aren’t going to… except for me… and I’m not supposed to talk about it (for obvious reasons).

maybe I’m not as useless as I seem.

hooray for me!

I kinda don’t like that I am the only person getting a raise… I know that I am the lowest paid designer in the whole company (although I suppose I am at least close to some others now…) but I have always hated being singled out for any reason.  I mean, it sucks to get something good when the people around you aren’t, even if you deserve it, and need it badly.

meh.

-kitten =^_^=