33 cent 1 year merit raise….

The side job I currently work started at $15, after two months and a permanent hire offer, $17.

I am a top performer on the team. My yearly review meeting was nothing but singing praises on my high reviews, work ethic and always showing up in the top 3 with daily numbers. That same week, at our weekly meeting, I was #1 in interaction numbers across all three team shifts and csat score for the week. So I took the opportunity to reach out asking for a raise to $20 and was denied. Ok that’s fine. Just shooting my shot.

I get a message a month later saying I’ve been given a merit based yearly pay increase and it’s 33 cents…I was kind of shocked lol. Not even 1 dollar?? I didn’t even reply to the message in slack.

Would you say anything about this or just stop putting in effort and start doing only the bare minimum instead of being an over achiever ?

Unfortunately I need to keep this job due to needing the health insurance.