<prompt> Human: Hi everyone!Im a 24 year old structural design engineer. I graduated may 2014 with both a bachelor and a master. I started working August 2014. Last week was my 1 year review. The review went decently well. The general vibe and consensus that I got out of the review was that I meet or slightly exceed expectations and any technical issues I have is due to my lack of experience.At the end of the review, the told me my raise. It was only a 1.8 raise. I felt very insulted by that raise, but said okay and shook their hands and left. I made 27.70 and now make 28.20 an hour. Im not happy with that raise but not sure what to do. Do I tell them Im not happy? Do I ask for more money? Do I let it go? Do I ask if theres something wrong?Also, for what its worth, its a small firm with about 30 employees and is doing very well financially. Thanks!  <response>: I would recommend getting your resume in order, activating your network, and beginning a new job search. Simultaneously, Id have a sit-down with your direct boss and basically lay it on the line that youre not happy with meeting expectations or receiving what is, in effect, a cost-of-living adjustment instead of a raise. Objectively - you got a middling performance review and no real raise. Subjectively - I dont know how your company operates or what the standard expectation is for salary increases for good first year employees. You had a performance review with no useful feedback or recommendations for growth, and then you got effectively no real raise. Thats either a very very weak manager who is trying to tell you to find a new job but doesnt have the stones to do so, or a company that treats junior employees like crap and probably has high turnover as a result. 