As a person who decides salary and raise and bonus I would like to hear about your impact. Many requests are because "you need it" or its what's paid elsewhere.

As a person who decides salary and raise and bonus I would like to hear about your impact. Many requests are because "you need it" or its what's paid elsewhere. Open with: I built the good thing that saves us $5k/mo. My design is clean and easy for a new guy to maintain. My work-product is obviously valuable and from that I deserve financial recognition. When I used to negotiate my own salary I used that approach. one time (in 2001) it worked to take my salary up by $3k/mo - I had only been there 3 months. Be prepared to walk. Remember that recruiters can get you a new gig in weeks. Hold that for 6mo while finding the right one