Should I ask for pay cut at work?

[Muttocracy]

I just found out (via email) that my employer is not giving cost-of-living increases for the next year, except small one-time bonuses to people under a certain income level. I am a couple hundred dollars over the income cutoff. Should I ask for a pay cut of a few cent an hour so I can end up a few hundred dollars ahead? :crazy:

Sigh. I'm glad to have a job, and I guess I should be glad they're warning us.

[LeftyFingerPop]

1. Oooops....gotta read this again to understand. n/t

[Muttocracy]

2. no, it wasn't noble - I was trying to get ahead in the long run

lower my salary so I get the pity bonus. I should be ashamed :blush:

[LeftyFingerPop]

3. Sorry, I misunderstood. n/t

[petronius]

4. You should figure out the difference between your salary and the

cutoff salary + bonus (e.g. if the cutoff is 30k and the bonus is 1k, but you make 30.5k, the difference is $500). Then, ask for a reduced bonus of that much. If you don't get it, steal stuff until you're even...

[JVS]

5. Gotta go with that advice to steal stuff until you're even.

[Muttocracy]

6. I swear I always fall into parts of the tax brackets where this happens too

(if I made $5 less I'd pay $10 less in taxes sort of thing).

There was a Dilbert book called Build a Better Life by Stealing Office Supplies.