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Before you go in to discuss your raise, first sit down and try to write down the exact economic contribution you have made to the firm - ideally link cost-savin
by kitcar 17y ago
Before you go in to discuss your raise, first sit down and try to write down the exact economic contribution you have made to the firm - ideally link cost-savings or revenue-generation directly to the activities you have performed.
This activity will serve two purposes:
1) Provide you with additional confidence that you are justified in asking for a raise
2) If during the salary discussion your employer asks "why should you get a raise?" rather than responding "Because elsewhere people make more money!" You can say "Because I made (or saved) the company $XX,XXX amount of money last - hence it would be cheaper to give me the raise than to not have me around next year!
- auston 17y agoIn my experience, employers are not particularly happy when you do this kind of thing. I can't tell you for sure, but my assumption is it's make them feel weak or helpless & the last thing they want is to seem like that, especially to a key employee. Maybe find a more subtle way to push this, but being very direct (for me) has only ended up with an employer who is upset that I know my role is delivering 5-7x my salary.