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[–] 15 points 1 year ago (7 children)

if inflation made my paycheck go up, that'd be great. As it stands I have a LOT less buying power and my industry is waffling so I'm only seeing 2% increases for years.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    It exists. In Belgium and I think also Luxembourg inflation in prices of common consumer things automatically triggers wages, unemployment money, pensions to rise too. For most jobs it triggers when it hits 2%. Life got 2 % more expensive, wages rise 2 % a few months / a year later. Using a basket of consumer prices, excluding things like fuel, alcohol, tobacco prices

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Heh I stopped in Belgium years before the Euro money conversion, chill place. I remember going to an atm to get some local currency to shop and the options were something like 1000, 5000, 10000. It was pre smartphone so I had no idea what the conversion was or what to choose. So I just hit something in the middle and had WAY too much money to buy some fresh fruit and chocolate.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Yet they still manage to fuck us over by "jumping" an index. 2% may not seem much now but compounded we lose a lot over the years

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    You (and every step angle other employee at your company) should be demanding AT LEAST an inflation adjustment every year from your boss.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    In other countries EVERY index gets jumped unless they successfully negotiate/strike for the raise. Yeah, jumped index sucks but it was still a rather occasional thing. There's been only 4 I think, 3 times in the eighties, 1 time in 2015...

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