level

"levelling the playing field".

man, i'm beginning to hate that concept - you would too, especially after finding out that you received the short end of that particular deal.

my theory was that you studied hard in school to get good grades. and when you graduate, you get a good salary. you work hard at your job, your superiors give you a good rating and you go on to receive big bonuses and salary increments.

and then reality comes back to bite you in the ass and blows your theory right out of the water.

you studied hard in school and get reasonably good grades. and when you graduate, you get a good salary. you work hard at your job, your superiors give you a good rating. but that's where the theory starts to go wrong. instead of receiving a bigger bonus and increment than your peers who got a lower rating than you, you get a smaller one instead while they get a higher increment. why? "to level the playing field" - because their starting salary is lower than yours. aw, how nice... everybody getting that nice and tingly feeling yet?

wat a bunch of bullcrap..