WTF are you trying to say sittingidly, FFS (For F&$k sakes) speak English man. John Howard might be right based on that rant.
Anyway minimum 8 weeks, max 15 weeks. Don't expect much of a pay rise as the mis managers are never very original and will likely follow EYs ill founded example.
The barnacles (HR) usually base their decisions on lame articles written by other HR idiots in lame magazines like Arabian business and the like, as they are usually lacking for ideas of their own.
Well that's my rant now back to my Laphroaig.