Originally Posted by aklim

Here is the problem I see. Did the prediction make a guess under the current (at that time) conditions? Take the nursing shortage. If you calculated your worth after X years like one of the wife's old friends did, she was worth more later on because there was a shortage and companies were willing to pay signing bonuses. Take what a friend did as a computer programmer and he is worth less than predicted because the market didn't perform as predicted and there were more programmers than thought at that time.

So this begs the question. Can you walk yo to your boss and tell him that you are making too little? I know there were 3 computer people in the section I was in. 2 of them were good and got job offers that paid more. They went to the boss and told him that either they see some "kick ass" raises next eval or they will consider their options. 3rd guy was less than mediocere. When raise time came, they got almost $2 in raises and he got $0.15 in a raise. So, is there any way you can petition your boss? If you are as good as you say you are, why would he turn down a REASONABLE request? Obviously if your request is out of the world, he'd laugh you out of the office.