let’s imagine you’re doing great work and contributing a lot to your company as a top salesperson, a brilliant accountant, or a clever engineer. In your first year you might get a 10 percent raise, but the next year you’ll get 7 percent, and then perhaps 5 percent, and soon enough you’re either getting the same increases as an average performer or you’ve been “red circled” (as the HR people call it) and you won’t get salary increases at all! And similar limits apply to how bonuses and stock awards are managed in most places. A well-timed promotion can buy you a bit more time, but you’ll soon
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