How to get a pay rise?

Question

I have been working for over a year now in the same job, and have not had a pay rise. My bosses are the sort of people who don't offer, you have to ask (tight in other words). And I really hate asking. I have definately improved, and I feel I deserve one, i'm just not sure how to ask. Anyone got any suggestions? I have a meeting tomorrow and was hoping to discuss it then even tho i'm nervous as hell. I really need one especially since petrol, food, rent and everything around me has gone up in price, but I still get paid the same.

No i'm not from the USA so where I come from it is called a pay rise not raise.

Answer 1

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You have to use the S.T.A.R. approach. Situation, Task, Action, Response. Have specific examples of problems that you have faced, what the task was to address the problem, what you did to accomplish it and Response, how it worked out well.

You should have 5 or 6 (if not 7 or 8) that fit this profile, have specifics on hand. The trick is that these can apply to multiple questions, you just have to determine the right ones in the interview - example - "Give me a time when you disagreed with your supervisor and what was the outcome". If you have 5 or six examples ready, one should fit the question, then you answer with This came up, I saw this needed to be done, so I did this,and the outcome saved the company, $1,200 immediately and was implemented as a best practice and produced an annual savingsof $52,000. I used this approach for an interview once with a professional HR person who told me afterward "I wish I would have taped your interview, cause, I'd have sold the tape as "This is how you interview for a job" and be retired on a beach somewhere. It's the having the specifics at your fingertips that impresses them. Figure out which examples you are going to use, get the details, and learn to phrase it in the STAR method I mentioned above.

Answer 2

For starters, it's a pay raise, not a pay rise. Maybe you are not from the states.

With the semantics out of the way, and secondly, understand your employer probably doesn't give a hoot about your personal financial affairs. Petrol, food, and rent all being higher. That is your business. Not his.

If you really feel as though after a year on the same job you are a more valued asset of the company, proove it to him.

If possible, quantify a scenario with facts and figures, or a list of accomplishments and achievements, that are not debatable. You either did it or you did not. No weaseling around with ifs and buts.

Choose a time when you can talk to your boss with this subject as the topic as the primary topic of conversation of the meeting and not an addition to some other agenda going on.

If you must, schedule the place and time, with your bosses availability considered, and some kind of announcement and forewarning to him as to what you wish to talk about. Don't catch him blind sided. Be prepared.

As you plan your presentation, consider making the focus of your theme your performance and increased value to the company as an employee, rather than a simple 'I deserve' and a laying out of how everything else in your life is more costly.

As you conclude your presentation, interject the notion of 'compensation'. You say pay rise, (raise) when indeed your boss may be in a position to do something other than a pay raise that would realize you a better deal, eg more benefits, participation in a 401K or something similar, in lieu of the pay raise (direct compensation).

Be ready for some possible discussion about your job performance. You may think you are doing a much better job than a year ago, but indeed your boss is the one who knows what he expects of you, and what you are actually doing. He is the judge and jury. You might even ask in your presentation what his opinion is of your performance? Is he satisfied with your work? Is there more that he has expected in the past year that you have not accomplished? etc.

It's tough I know.

Choose a number you think is fair and reasonble. How much of a raise do you want? He might just say, "what do you have in mind". If you are too high, he may just say "no way". "Meeting over". But I doubt it. If you are too low your personal financial dilema will not be remedied to the point that you may have hoped. The number in your mind needs to be realistic and in some way, hopefully, associated with and related to your increased performance.

If all turns to the worst, and he gives you the "the company just can not afford any salary increases at this time" be prepared to discuss the future; in a polite and understanding way. Without seeming pressing, ask when he might think increased compensation could be in your future.

Even if the two of you do come to an agreement and you get a raise, ask him if it would be possible for a periodic performance appraisal in the next six months or so. Not another pay raise. A performance appraisal.

This will tip him off to be thinking about what it is he wants and expects of you, and a chance for the two of you to evaluate how you are doing at a time different from any possible pay raises, but set the stage for you to ask again for a possible raise a year from now, without having to do all the prework and preparation like we are doing now. Assuming you are performing well.

If tomorrows meeting is not set up to specifically discuss your compensation, do not usurp the meeting with this hidden agenda. It tends to upset bosses catching them off guard and it doesn't get you the pay raise you need.

Hope this helps.

Answer 3

Take a deep breath, smile, and talk to your supervisors. "I've worked here over a year, and I have worked hard to improve in that time, would you agree?" Explain why you deserve a raise, not why you need the money. Give concrete examples of how you have worked hard to provide value to the company, why you like working there, and how you will continue to be of service. If, for some reason, they don't agree with your reasoning, ask them what you should do to earn a raise or promotion. "Where can I take on extra responsibility?" You may be nervous asking, but it is worth the risk when your raise does get approved.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

First of all, you need to find out from your colleagues when is the company's annual performance appraisal exercise held?

If the company do not have such practise, then you have to highlight to your boss how you feel about not getting an increment. Or ask your boss why are you not getting any increment?

But you have to be prepared that they might see such approach as being demanding.

If the company doesn't do anything about it. Get ready to look for another job. But keep this in mind to ask the interviewer whether the company conduct annual performance appraisal exercise before joining the company.

Answer 6

Take it from me... you will rarely get a decent raise unless you ask. But you just can't say something like, "I've been working here for one year and I'd like a raise." You must first plan how to ask. You begin by making a list of everything you do in your job and how well you do it. You'll need to list your accomplishments. You will need to list what is expected of you and how you have met and surpassed those expectations. If you can't put together a list of what I've mentioned, you might consider one reason you haven't had a raise is that you haven't earned one.

Answer 7

Write it down and bring it into the meeting. You could either ask orally, using the info as reference, or you could give it to your boss.

List all the reasons why you feel you deserve a raise.

Answer 8

Well u could just ask in person or wait til the time is right

Answer 9

Just walk right up an ask

Answer 10

Take from the register...don't tell anyone you took the money...Pingunes named Robboy!