[oh8eleven]

a) Your boss is too stupid to know what’s really going on elsewhere in the company.
b) Your boss is lying to your face.
c) Your boss doesn’t have enough influence to get you a raise.
d) Your boss can’t be bothered to get you a raise.

And when all is said and done, he/she will still be the boss.

[NEMDF]

And you still won’t get a raise. You will just be lucky if the boss doesn’t just remind you about how hard times are, how fortunate you are to have ANY job, how you can always go to work at McDonald’s for $15/hour if you don’t like it here, how he DID let you leave 1/2 hour early on Christmas Eve, etc., etc.