The meaning was quite clear to anyone not manically commited to seeing the worst in every thing.
There are ten steps. They are each 3% larger than the one below them. Each step is worth 5% more than it was. If you are not on the top step, and have been here more than six months, you move onto the next one up.
Anyone care to bet me the difference between 3.15 and 8.15% of their pay for the next year that that is the case?
Answer me this Smiffy- Apply the letter to people here less than six months who don't go up a step, and guys already on the top step- what will their pay increase be?