[rammstein]

My wife gets all of her superiors' calendar appointments. One of them today got an appointment for a call at 5:30 to discuss knocking the analyst headcount down from 3 to 1 for 2009. She is an analyst. She is also the highest paid, due to her being extremely smart and hard working. Unfortunately, in my experience corporate restructuring looks at $ and she will be gone.

It goes without saying that her resume will be hitting the pavement tomorrow morning, maybe even tonight (better than waiting to see what happens).

My salary will not cover us indefinitely. We have some savings (finally, after 5 years of trying), but I'd really really like to not step backwards and spend out of it.

That brings us to me. I am horrifically underpaid, but it is my first year and my plan was to walk in on my 1 year anniversary to discuss a hefty pay raise, which in and of itself may seem ludicrous in this age of layoffs and cutbacks. The reality is that with the hours they get from me, I could quit and probably make more working hourly at subway and be under a hell of a lot less stress. The question is, would it be too soon (9.75 months) to ask for increased compensation?

This just sucks like unbelievably.

I should probably get my resume together and look around too, in the hopes of a better paying position. Thing is, people here would likely get wind (its a small world). Perhaps that would benefit me, as maybe this would serve as a catalyst for a salary increase. Then again, it could backfire, although I honestly think that they could not functionally afford to lose me. Then again, companies don't always make smart decisions.

Did I mention this sucks?