after all these years, i came to realise that salaried workers should never equate fix pay with wealth. anyone who wants REAL wealth, go be a self employed. it is silly to push HR so hard for a pathetic $300-$500 increment and end of the day, the real wealth increase is not even worth 1% to a self employed.

if a worker's salary is not ridiculously low compared to the mass, leave it. fight for minimal increment for the sake to expand "wealth" is silly. fight for "acceptable living allowance" sounds better to me.

bonuses and director fees are different altogether.