Just got a 33% raise!

[olivia]

I just got a promotion after busting my ass for 6 months, and the raise was a lot larger than my director originally told me it would be.  She told me that she went to bat for me with HR because she said I deserved the extra amount.  A 20% raise was the original number floated to me, but it ended up being a 33% raise! 

After I finish paying off debt with the extra money, I'm going to start socking it away and pretend it never happened.

[b4u2]

Awesome! Pound that debt into the ground!

[abuzzyisawesome]

Congratulations!! That is wonderful.

[boy_bye]

woo! good for you, lady!

[soccerluvof4]

Awesomeness!

[olivia]

Thanks everyone!  It's by far the biggest raise I've ever gotten and I'm REALLY glad I got it post-MMM!  Otherwise I know I would have just pissed it away.

[EK]

Wooooo that is awesome!! Use it wisely! ;)

[LanceBurkhart]

I'm in the same situation--got the biggest raise of my life just about a week after stumbling onto MMM. Very good timing. Here's to crushing our respective debts!

[FIreDrill]

Wow, that's an awesome raise!  Congrats!

[olivia]

Whoo hoo!!! Not only are you awesome, you have an awesome boss -- love stories about people who go to bat for their team members.

Thank you!  And I totally agree about my boss being awesome!  Our HR is notoriously difficult, and raises aren't supposed to be more than 25% for internal promotions, so I'm sure she fought hard for me.  Makes me super happy to work where I do!

[olivia]

I'm in the same situation--got the biggest raise of my life just about a week after stumbling onto MMM. Very good timing. Here's to crushing our respective debts!

Well that is some good timing!  Congratulations, and let's do this!!!

[FrugalZony]

YAY!! Congratulations!
And love your thinking on pretending it never happened!

[2527]

Congrats!  How did you do it?

[olivia]

Congrats!  How did you do it?

Thank you!  I just worked my ass off and interviewed for and got an internal promotion!  My director went to bat for me to get me a higher than usual raise for the promotion.  Since I've been at my current job I've gotten a masters in a related field and a professional certification, which I think also helped.  And overall I work really hard and take on most of the more complex work which I think helped me tremendously.  Plus I let it "slip" to my director that a former coworker was trying to recruit me, which I think also helped motivate her decision to get me a bigger raise than usual.  ;)