Wednesday, September 18, 2019

How to ask for a pay raise

Get ready for a conversation

The phrases in the style: “And colleagues have higher salaries,” “And I work late until the weekend,” will not help to resolve the issue. As well as complaints against colleagues, threats of dismissal.

To successfully build a dialogue with the employer, you need to understand that for him the value of an employee is determined by:
significance of work for the company and achievements,
real and potential skills
the average cost of specialists of the same profile.
Your task is to prove that you deserve a revision of motivation. Remember the initiatives and proposals that have been implemented and have benefited the company: justify the words with facts, figures, documents that confirm success. Specify what you learned during your work, how you expanded the functionality.

Monitor the market - look at Rabota.ru competencies, duties and salaries of specialists with similar functions. Compare with yours, identify benefits. So you can justify the wishes for the salary, if it is below the average market.

Make an appointment in advance

So you will have time to prepare. Communication with the boss will take place in a relaxed atmosphere.
Good time in the afternoon. In the morning, everyone has many tasks.

A suitable period for meeting and discussing the increase is the successful completion of the probationary period, completion of the project, closing of a profitable transaction, etc.

Handle the excitement

Rehearse a dialogue with the imaginary boss (friend, relative) in front of the mirror. Answer questions, comment. So you lose the conversation options, including rejection.

Reasons for refusal and your actions:
the company has no way to raise salaries. Ask when it is better to return to the question.
the leader was not satisfied with your arguments, the quality of work. Specify what you can do for the company to expect future increases.
Dialogue example: “Roman Alekseevich, thank you for your time. I want to discuss my work and opportunities for revising motivation.
I like work in the company, tasks, team. During my time at the company, I managed to implement 5 successful projects, attract 12 regular customers. All this allowed to increase the company's revenue by 5%.
I expanded my functionality: responsibilities of a pr-manager and event-manager. I want to further develop in the company, to bring maximum benefit. The only thing is that the market offers specialists with my skills and experience a salary of 10% higher. And it’s important for me to know your opinion, is it possible to reconsider my salary? ”

Get ready for the conversation, choose the right moment, deal with the excitement. This will increase your chances of getting an increase.

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