Another worse case is they offer you no pay rise or peanuts,
Heh, I *heard* this has happened before to a few folks...because I'm already in the mindset for :
Be prepared to jump ship.
I'm prepared and willing. From speaking with some of the more senior developers, its quite apparent that the only way to garnish a higher salary for yourself in the IT field is just swtich jobs every few years. I'll wait and see how it goes tommorow....may not be so bad after all, or maybe it will.