DH has worked for them for just over two years, first on a temp contract then made permanent. He's now got a team of people he's in charge of but still earns just over minimum wage. In the summer he and his immediate boss had a meeting and agreed the boss would look into getting him a raise. Boss came back to DH saying that other people doing the same sort of job in other companies are being paid a lot more and so he was confident of getting DH a raise.
Company said he'd get a raise in October. Come October, they said actually they'd backdate it to October because they still hadn't agreed how much it would be. So they said for convenience they'd give him the backdated raise money on the 23rd of December along with his Christmas bonus, and they'd let him know how much it would be in November.
Come November, they say no, still haven't decided how much it will be, they'll let him know the end of this week (ie. tomorrow). Today they've said no, sorry, it'll be on Tuesday, promise.
I keep mentally reducing how much I'm hoping it'll be and getting more and more nervous they could keep on fobbing him off/turn round and say they won't give him a raise. Do you think that's likely? No experience here so I don't know! DH would look for jobs elsewhere if he felt pushed but he's too easy-going and I suspect they know this. And if it's true other places pay more they must feel they're onto a good thing with him. AIBU to feel fed up?
(Yes, I know we're very lucky he has a job, etc. etc. It's just getting me down because he works so hard for not much.)