Your Raise Now Comes Out of Your Coworkers' Hours - Prayer Before Work
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Your department gets one fixed pot of money for payroll. If someone gets a raise, the hours come out of somebody else on the team. And your manager says that should make you "more thoughtful" about asking.
Now wanting to be paid fairly feels selfish. You asked if the pot grows when the company does, and the answer was basically no. So why bother getting better at your job at all, if growing just makes you a budget problem for everyone else?
Paul gives a surprising answer in 1 Timothy 5:18: the ox that treads the grain gets to eat, and the laborer deserves his wages…
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