a little better. look at what economists are saying, they are saying they expect more than 2 million jobs will be added this year. that might make your current employer worried that you re preparing to bolt. but experts say, you know what, there s a lot of uncertainty out there, and really a lot of competition, because there s more than 14 million americans out of work. so there are plenty of people lined up to take the job you re in. that s one reason why people are feeling pretty pessimistic about the salary outlook. a new survey founds 45% of workers don t expect a raise in the next 12 months. bottom line. even though the job market may show signs of improvement. employers have the upper hand as things stand now. don t they always? yeah, i think so. we know that companies are sitting on a lot of cash these day, those that are doing very well. might that help out in the salary outlook in any way? well, we do see from the surveys that there s a suggestion here that most companie