[Rick Lee]

I have my performance review talk with my boss in a few hours. I just read the review on our Intranet and my numeric score doesn't make a strong case for a raise (though my boss's comments do).....and that was all done before my horrible December numbers came out last Friday. Our scoring is very tough and you have to be a rock star to get anything above "meets expectations." I got a "meets expectations" once when I was at 103% of goal and I protested that above 100% was, by definition "exceeds expectations." Boss agreed to change it, but later said it was too late. I have never gotten a raise at this company in the four years I've been there, yet I've improved on every metric year after year. I'm not prepared to walk, so I can't demand a raise. How to tread here?