#SalaryNegotiation #CareerAdvice #ConfusedEmployee
Hey everyone! 👋 So today at work, my manager and I had a chat about my salary. Long story short, he gave me a raise that I don’t think is enough. I mentioned my concerns, but he told me it was an above-average raise and to “think about it” and come back tomorrow if I still feel the same way. 🤔
Now I’m left wondering… What does this mean for my salary? Is he expecting me not to come back tomorrow? I’m feeling totally confused about the whole situation. Have any of you been in a similar situation before? Any advice on how to navigate this?
Possible solutions:
– Research industry standards for salaries in your position
– Consider negotiating for additional benefits or perks if a salary increase isn’t feasible
– Seek advice from a mentor or HR professional to help guide you through the negotiation process
I’d love to hear your thoughts and experiences! Share away! 🌟 #CareerGrowth #SalaryNegotiationSuccess
The confusing part of this is you thinking a pay raise is a negotiation
This dude just put himself on top of the layoff list
He is telling the you it is what it is. You can either accept it or quit.
You need to decide if the pay raise is enough or not. You also need to know what your position pays industry-wide, your location, whether the company is making money (if not government). I hope you are not eliciting comments for the fun of it. I think a lot of people here do that or they are average. Just had to put this unsavory thought on the table😳
The initial post does not have enough detail for anybody to make a reasonable comment.
1. What is the percentage increase being given?
2. Your level of experience and time on this job?
3. Why you think it’s a negotiation. If you don’t like it and think that it’s not enough then you may not get a raise at all.
4. Are you dramatically underpaid?
5. Do you have a job offer in hand to use as leverage to “negotiate” a better raise? If not then you may be negotiating yourself out of a job.
6. Do you have a reason to believe that someone doing the same job as you and doing it no better than you are, is making a lot more than you will be making?
7. The current job market is literally flooded with people just looking for a job. Your manager can find someone to replace you fairly easily.
Unless you are literally in the top 1% of CS folks around then you are probably deluding yourself.
some great advice i heard last night, I’m paraphrasing:
> “Let’s say you are searching for a new job, and a company likes you and makes you an offer that puts you financially where you want to be.
> Never take your current company’s counter offer. They didn’t respect you before. They only appear to respect you with the counter offer because you forced their hand.”
So if you know what your fair market value is, ask for that, just believe that you are that.
Start updating your resume
You just told him you plan on leaving so he’s asking you to reconsider
He’s hoping “thinking about it” changes your mind about it not being enough.
It means if you are leaving he wants to give more raises to people who are staying. He only has so much budget for raises.
The rest is up to you, if you think it is worth staying stay. If it isn’t get your resume ready, and hop.
In either case, say thank you, and keep the raise. Money is money.
I’ve asked for a cost of living adjustment when the raise didn’t keep up with inflation. Specifically, I said that the merit raise they were giving me amounted to a pay cut in real terms and that since my skills have grown over the past year, a pay cut hardly makes any sense.
When it comes to a new offer, you can negotiate all day OR if you have a competing offer from another employer. If you don’t have anything to negotiate with, can you afford to refuse? What’s your alternative? Think about that before you decide to go to war with your employer over a pay raise.
Numbers of current and proposed raise If you don’t mind me asking?
Your manager wants to know if you accept the raise or going to quit because you don’t feel you are being paid fairly.
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>I already know it’s not sitting right with me & that’s why I’m asking for more.
You told your manager you don’t think the raise is it’s enough they said there is nothing they can do. So what is your plan here moving forwards?
You either accept the raise as presented or you quit. There is no such thing as accepting under protest in an official manner. You can accept, put on your happy face every day, and start looking for a new job, but that’s about it.