<prompt> Human: Details... I work in IT as a business analyst in a larger company 5,000 in IT alone, and 30,000 employees nationwide, even more if you count contractors and all our non exclusive sales associates. I graduated in May, started as in intern in June, started full-timing at my salary X in August. Our annual review is coming up in February so I started feeling around about how its handled and expectations. The coworker I talk to about these more sensitive topics has a different manager in a different department. She told me that no one negotiates here. You have to take what they give you. I find that very hard to believe, but is it the usual for a large company like this to completely base your salary off of performance scores and some internal calculation? This bothers me because:1. If this is just culture and not the rules then Im worried for all the other young woman in this company not asking bc their mentors told them not to. Do you think I should ask another coworker her take? I dont want to get a reputation as salary hungry at a very pro-work life balance company. 2. I wasnt expecting more than a 2-3 increase for cost of living because I am just now at 6 months experience on the job but now Im second guessing that Im selling myself short because Im too conflict averse. I didnt negotiate my starting salary because it was 4000 higher than the upper bracket I got on some salary estimator online. Im a good employee with a lot of ideas but Im still learning the ropes and havent implemented any of them yet or completed a certificate training I started. 3. Newbie question.. if everything I do is brand new to me how can I tell if it constitutes above and beyond behavior that deserves more financial recognition than a 2-3 cost of living salary increase. tl;dr. Is it ever the case that HUGE corporations simply calculate your raise and will not negotiate? Or am I being kept down by my coworker?  <response>: That means your COWORKER doesnt negotiate, not necessarily the company. Ask. 