It is hard to believe that I have been working for Medstat for a little over a year now; I have had so much going on this past year that the time has just flown by. Sometime last month was the official one year mark, I had meant to make a post acknowledging it, but with everything else going on that didn’t happen. So more to the point, somewhere around the end of January I filled out my yearly review and submitted for my supervisor’s review, which started off the process for yearly merit raises. This morning before I left work I was happy to find out that I am in fact getting a raise. While I am not going to go into detail as to the amount of the raise, I will say that I am both happy and slightly disappointed as to the amount of it. I am happy that I received a raise in the first place, as being rewarded is always a nice feeling. However, I was slightly disappointed at the amount of the raise; this is mainly due to my own hopes and, in a way, expectations. The amount I received was consistent with what the market and industries were forecasting, I was just hoping for more. But then again who doesn’t hope for more money? All in all I am happy with my raise though, and I still very much enjoy my job.