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You never want to ask for a raise because "the other person with same job description makes more". It will never work. Make a case based on your own skills and
by codegeek 4y ago
You never want to ask for a raise because "the other person with same job description makes more". It will never work. Make a case based on your own skills and value and go from there.
If someone comes to me and says "Hey, why is John paid 20k more than me when we are both doing the same thing in the same team?", I may counter that with "Well may be John brings more value than you. So instead of comparing with JOhn, why don't you make a case for getting the additional 20k or whatever. What if John does a better job than you?"
Yes some people are underpaid because they don't know any better but it is a losing battle to compare with co-workers. Compare with your own value and make your case. If you are worth it, they will do it. If not, they will tell you and you have the choice to go find something else that does. In IT, there are plenty of options.
- aborsy 4y agoHow do you determine the “value” you bring in? Comparison with others implicitly helps find one’s value.
- mytailorisrich 4y agoIf two people are on the same team doing the same job then you should be prepared to describe what "more value" means in detail. In fact you should always makes this clear because setting expectations helps people to work towards them and it also then obviously helps justifying pay differences or why someone is promoted over someone else.
- codegeek 4y agoThere could be many things: - One person is more reliable than the other - One person does more than bare minimum (you can love it or hate it but employers do care and pay attention) - One person solves more problems than others - One person owns more and complains less Lot of things that can make one person different than another even though they both may have the same job titles and responsibilities on paper.