<prompt> Human: The company I work for bumped me up approximately 25 in salary after I asked for a raise. Unfortunately, theyre extremely slow at making any changes because theyre a huge company. In fact, it took them over 6 months to hire me after I accepted the offer. That was 4 years agoHow long should I wait before asking my boss about it? If the raise doesnt take effect in a month, should I explore other options? Is this normal for a company?  <response>: Just ask. My last company another big US firm would announce raises but it wouldnt get to the payroll for a month or two. Once it did, you got a nice big check for the first one including the backdated raise that you didnt get on the previous few checks. Then going forward it was your normal rate.Dont feel afraid to ask, every company works differently. 