How often did I hear people complain: “Dude, I just got my raise. Just 200 measly bucks. They don’t value me at all.”

You might be the same. You think: 200 dollars is nothing. I have seen people get 500. With inflation 200 it is more like 50. I should quit my job and find something else.

Yes, it is always possible to get a better raise, but before you start complaining, let’s take a minute and think about what it means to get a raise of 200 dollars per month.

Let’s assume that you get that raise every two years.

$200 per month is $2.400 per year. So for the first two years it’s $4.800. Then you get another raise. The sum total of raises is already $14.400 after another two years.

Add this up and you have staggering $576.000 dollars in 30 years!

Invest your money wisely and you will retire a rich man.

The question is: Are you willing to give that money to your company? If not, then negotiate regularly. We’ll talk more about that in articles to come.

Don’t underestimate the accumulation of wealth.

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