<prompt> Human: My boss told me at my annual review he requested a salary bump of 15k, 50k-65k and since it is a Chinese based company it would go into effect in April. So today my boss comes to me and tells me Hong Kong only approved an 8 raise which brings me to 54k. He was very apologetic and kept saying I regret this because you are valued much higher than that and that I failed you. I am very upset because I moved into an apartment under the assumption I would be making 65k come April. He mentioned there are ways around it meaning I can expense living expenses to the company but hed rather it reflect in my salary. Any advice or opinions? Has this happened to anyone else? I work in New York btw.  <response>: Id probably just ask more about the expensing living costs.See if hes serious about that and how far you can take it.If hes not or has no intention of following through, then you know he was bullshitting all along about the 15k raise, and you can play it off cool while you look for another job. 