00Dawg said:
on this board who works on a contract basis and signs extensions has ever referred to that as a raise. Back when I had a job like that, a raise meant I got more money for the same amount of time (i.e., an increased hourly rate). When I got told I had a job for another six months (or whatever), I can't say calling it a raise ever occurred to me.
Perfectly said, i had thought the same thing.
I am contractually employed, and i dont consider an extension of that contract to be a raise.
Now that buyout of his changes things, and while he may get more due to more years left on the contract, i dont consider that a raise in any way because if he isnt fired, then that pay is never an issue and he works those years for the same $$ as he already was earning.
If a contract extension with buyout for firing is a raise, then why isnt he paid more when he finishes out that contract?
Say it ends in 2015 now. And say he makes $1mil right now(i know that isnt correct). So he could work thru 2015 for $1mil per year. That isnt a raise because he will have made the same per year as he is currently making.