Please tell me your opinion... I am scared.. it would be nice if a manager answer me?

Question

Hi
I want to present my problem and i appreciate if you tell me your opinion honestly. I have made a discussion with my manager about my salary because i have finished my trial period. During the discussion, i tried to have higher price but he insist on his number so i said ok. when i went home, i felt that this price is really unfair and do not satisfy me. So in the next day i went and discuss him again to have higher price. He was little surprised and i felt he didn't like it and wasn't happy. So, he told me that he will give me an answer in few days. Is it very bad that i came again in the next day? is it very negative for me? how i can fix it ? what he may say about me?

Answer 1

You are only worth what you delivered in the recent past. Your track record must be one of continual delivery of value. If you cannot point out how you have delivered more value during the past review period and shown this to be a continual value improvement, no manager will care to hear from you in regards to higher income.

Managers hear your complaint all the time. They are sick of it. They often become upset with the complainers because they want more income but do not deliver value consistant with their wishes.

The key word is deliver value. Value varies by department; in sales it is higher sales volume; in operations it is lower operating cost and lower inventory while shortening fulfillment time; etc.

Your written skills, as shown above, and your description of the matter suggests to me that you have not delivered value but want more income. Nowhere in your writing did you outline delivery of value and an increased in the value delivery.

Further, your writing skill shows that you have at best a high school diploma and that you were not a stellar acadamic performer - due to your improper word useage, grammar and punctuation. This means that there are several equally quallified people easily found to replace you.

You can turn this around. Simply add value. Find out what value means in your organization, increase your productivity, take on tough assignments, avoid water cooler chatter, always arive early and work until past quitting time. Clean your desk before you leave but don't start the clean up until AFTER the specified end of day. Outproduce your peers. Be optamistic and cheerful. Communicate professionally both in writing and orally. Bosses like people who are self starters, who take on tough jobs, who feel they can and will "figure it out" and who are not clock watchers. They get the job done and take home more of the bacon.

I have been a site manager, plant manager, technical manager, engineering manager, as well as supervisor for well over 30 years. I beleive I have the skill set to answer this.

Answer 2

It all depends in how you presented it. If you went in and said you know I have slept on it and decided that the offer doesn't work for me. Is there a way we can agree on something suitable to the both of us?

Then it wouldn't be such a bad thing. Start looking for another job though, if you stay after you fought for more and didn't get it...then you'll just loose respect and self respect.

Answer 3

You need leverage to succeed. Rather than ask for more money, you need to suggest there are other places willing to pay you more for the same work, and offer better opportunities for the future. If he values your services, he will have to negotiate. Make it a bargaining session, not a request for more money.

Answer 4

I think you need to show him that you are a good worker and you deserve a higher price.