Cartoons: Raise Hell

Asking for (and getting) a raise has never been easy!

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“Didn’t get the raise, eh?”
Brad Anderson
May 17, 1958

 

“No need for that, Trumbo. You had the raise coming.”
Roy Fox
April 27, 1957

 

“He couldn’t give me any more money, but he’s moving my desk nearer the window.”
John Albano
April 13, 1957

 

“The raise in salary will become effective just as soon as you do.”
Irving Hagglund
April 5, 1958

 

“We all got surprise raises. Then he declared himself into bankruptcy.”
Chon Day
January 10, 1959

 

“Murray! You Got the raise!”
George Wolfe
June 1, 1963

 

“It’s just that Marxism has been making a tiny bit of sense to me lately, and I thought that perhaps a little raise might straighten me out.”
Dana Fradon
April 18, 1964

 

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Comments

  1. Those top three are the best. It’s funny in a way when you have such a fancy title and earn so little $. I think their was a comedian once that would have stated “there ought to be a law against that.”

  2. Number 4 down tells it like it is, or at least the way this boss sees it. At my own job in 2026, I’ve thought about asking, but don’t. I do accounts receivable and one of our clients had to close their business for 2 weeks due to cost cutting.

    In this case (on their $11k balance) I offered them the unusual ‘split’ option of 2 payments of $5.5k, 2 weeks apart, which worked out just fine. Client retention is very important, and so are the right judgement calls. I get $120 for gas on the company ARCO card, and the iPhone paid for, so I have to look at that as a built-in raise of sorts, right? I think so.

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