What was I thinking?!?! *waaah*

I couldn't take not knowing why they started my latest salary increase in September instead of May so I opened my big mouth had my library HR person contact university HR. *wimper*  They're "researching it." I know the answer is going to be bad for me because it's taking so long to get an answer.  I'm about 99.99% sure HR just never bothered to verify each and every anniversary date.  Um, did I mention that I already used almost all of the lump sum backpay check to make a credit card payment?  *bangs head on desk* 

Yippy skippy for me!

I got my answer about the raise, and it's a lovely one.  I remember during the hiring process that the Dean told me the four months I would be working before the 2003 academic school year started wouldn't "count" towards tenure and whatnot. Well, that apparently translates into an effective anniversary date of September 1st.  Who knew hire date could be different than anniversary date?   I'm extra happy because I also learned I wouldn't have been eligible for the raise at all until next year if my anniversary were truly in May.  

I'm not taking back all my insulting thoughts about HR, though :)