It's hard to ignore merely keeping pace with inflation, if that.

We have a constructive, collaborative and respectful culture with shared goals aligned with company and customer interests. I am aware of essentially zero office politics. We put blame on processes, not people, if things go wrong.

A constructive environment where blame is placed on processes, not people. This allows us to continually improve our systems instead of trying to decide on who to blame and/or punish, which would lead to fear, toxicity, and coverups.

I think it's very healthy and helpful that we have a culture that completely avoids assigning people blame for problems. Even when something does go wrong, the question is how to improve our systems and procedures. We never throw whoever is left holding the bag under the bus.

We seem to have doublethink around overwork. On the one hand, we talk up how important work-life balance is, and then turn around and give awards to someone for working weekends. Is working long hours a shameful symptom of planning failure and something to avoid, or not? Pick a lane, please.

My salary has not kept pace with inflation, and from talking with friends I make half as much as some. My managers always seem to call the raise budget low. Even as I save the company money I see none of it. I feel that calling us owners is patronizing because we don't have the power an owner would.