Many employers are bracing to see frowns, not smiles, when they hand out employee pay raises in 2005 ñ if they hand them out at all. Thatís judging by the results of an online poll conducted by HR.BLR.com, a website for human-resource professionals.
Asked to finish the sentence, Employees will react to our planned raises for 2005 with.., 43 percent of the poll participants answered, Disappointment. Another 6 percent said, Anger. Nineteen percent answered with, What raises?
On the bright side, 31 percent said they expect their employees to react with satisfaction to their raises. One percent said they expect glee.
The poll, conducted January 13-20, drew 348 participants.
Disappointment will be the most likely response to 2005 pay raises
Many employers are bracing to see frowns, not smiles, when they hand out employee pay raises in 2005
