I've had many years of 0% pay rises, most recently when inflation was sky high and companies were advertising 5-7% inflation adjust merit increases.
In my experience, you only ever get an above inflation pay rise when you get promoted or kick up a fuss about pay and come with an external offer or provide some market data. As long as your bigger jumps are OK then i wouldn't worry about small annual changed. Getting 3% vs 2% vs 0% increase wont change your life much.
At the same time, inflation is not that noticable if you have a high salary. Groceries, utilities etc make up a small percentage of income.
In my experience, you only ever get an above inflation pay rise when you get promoted or kick up a fuss about pay and come with an external offer or provide some market data. As long as your bigger jumps are OK then i wouldn't worry about small annual changed. Getting 3% vs 2% vs 0% increase wont change your life much.
At the same time, inflation is not that noticable if you have a high salary. Groceries, utilities etc make up a small percentage of income.