<prompt> Human: I just started working at one of the largest companies in the U.S., and Im currently a low level engineer. They still call me a level 1 manager, even though I dont have anyone reporting to me I think this is to separate the corporate jobs from the retailunioned jobs, but Im not sure. As far as promotions go, it seems like I can both be promoted horizontally within the level 1 manager level and also vertically to manger level 1,2, and so on. My question is this: I just graduated college and started working, so I dont know how this works. Are standard yearly raises of like 3 or 5 a thing? Or do you have to be promoted usually to get a raise. I know that this is probably specific to my company, but I work at a large corporation, so I assume its pretty close to the industry standard and I was wondering if other people have experience with this. Also, is there a way to tactfully as this question to those I work with?  <response>: If its a big company theres a written policy about it somewhere. Try your intranet, look for info on annual reviews. For a big company, there is bound to be a regular review process. Then, make sure you get a positive review.How do you do that? Well. Step one is making sure you know how your performance will be measured! Ask your manager something along the lines of So, Im getting oriented and Im really enjoying working here so far, and I want to make sure Im doing a great job. What are the goals that you have for my performance this year, and how will we be measuring them? 