Raise talk

I am still on the fence about whether to talk to my boss about my raise. I found out that I got a much higher raise than my collegues. (Some of them offered the information of how much of a raise they got, I wasn't going to ask). But, 2 of them offered the information. One got zero raise, one got 2%. One of my coworkers who has been around for many years said that once, when there was a different leader to our group and things were really good, she got 7%. I got a 10% raise for each of the last 2 years. My raise is looking really good compared to what others got! I have never heard of anyone getting as high as I did, the highest I've heard for someone else this year was 2%, and I got 10%! So, I'm thinking I should just stick with what I got.

The fact that they have been giving me such a substaintial raise the last 2 years shows that they really value my work and think I'm doing a great job. I am still a little below the OSPE's salary survey range for my level of experience, but oh well. I figure once you add my bonuses and the awesome pension plan and health plan, those would put me into that range. I'm not working in Toronto, so that would make a difference. One more year and I should make it into the range for my salary. And, it's only a little more than a year now until I can get my P.Eng.! Yay! Then, I should get a massive raise! And money is only part of it. Job satisfaction is really important too and I do love my job! So, I think I will decide to accept the raise I was given. I don't want to seem liek a whiner, especially since I got way more than most people.