A few months ago, the company's president asked my boss if I would be willing to take on new responsibilites. My boss cam back and asked me if I was interested and implies that there would be more money for me. Of course I said I would be willing to learn new skills and take on new responsibilites as welll...hoping that the company would give me a pay riase. Unfortunately, I have not received a pay raise at this time. My boss and I get along very well and he's a very easy going person. I'm sure if I bring this up to my boss he would try his best to get me a riase. But I have a feeling that the president of the company might just say he can't grant me a raise due to the bad economy. Would you ask for a raise? How should I approach this subject to my boss. I love this site and am very thankful to all you M. out here with all your wonderful advice, suggestion, thoughts and opinion.
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I've been FIGHTING just to get a title change with NO RAISE!!! I'm NOWHERE NEAR what my title is anymore.
If you are doing substantially more work than previously, you could ask for a raise. If it requires you to work more/different hours or outside of your general "responsibilities", you could ask.
If not, probably not going to happen. I would talk with your immediate supervisor and get his feel on the situation. He would have a much better idea of the company's recent "raise" history!
Good luck with that.
They've learned they can get twice the work out of you at your current rate.
Why would they mess that deal up?
In many cases, workers are laid off and those who remain end up working 2 jobs for one salary - and being employed IS the reward.
Very few are getting raises these days.
I haven't had a raise in 4 years and my husband is not getting one for something like 2-5 years.
If you need the job, don't make waves.
Do you get an annual review? That's the time to bring it up.
In these times, jobs are being eliminated and people are ALL picking up the slack and additional duties. (At least where I work, anyway.)
So--if you get a review--do it then. If you don't get O. every year, I'd wait til the 6 month mark & ask him if he's H. with your performance.
Ask your boss when you will receive a raise that reflects the new jobs you have taken on. It's been long enough to know if you are performing at the skill level that was expected. He is the one that needs to speak to "HIS" boss on your behalf.
Keep us posted!
Blessings.....
Build a business case for why you should be paid more.
What do others that do your work (or similar) make? Translate the cost of time savings from hiring another person vs. you doing the work.
Unfortunatley, in their eyes, you've already demonstrated that you'll do the work for free, so there's no real grounds for them to *have* to give you a raise.
But if you can show them numbers, and give your boss something solid to pesent to the President...that's your best case.
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I was in a similar situation. I supervise events, but when someone was let go not due to the poor economy but due to poor work ethics my boss asked if I wanted their responsibilities of order supplies, plan out intermission food and then shop for the food. I was thrilled, payed to shop of course! We talked about the new responsibilities and that I was on trail run of these responsibility to see how it went then getting a small raise if everything worked well for both my boss & I. After a year of doing those added responsibilities I felt that I did deserve a raise since I was doing more then what I was originally hired for. Now I am paid hourly and have work part time at this place for 5 years, and decided to ask for a $2.50 raise to my hourly pay.
Now I did a lot of research first on how to ask for a raise, what others in my positions were making, wrote everything down and how I wanted to approach it with my boss. Then I set up a meeting with my boss and told him it was to talk about my position and compensation (this gives him time to prepare for the meeting, otherwise he will say he needs to think about it). During this talk I made note of what I was hired to do, what currently I was doing, asked for a raise with notes on how much others in my position make according to my years of experiences, then asked for a $2.50 per hour raise (after my research I found that with my years of experience I could be making any where from $1-$5 more). I ended up with a $1 per hour raise, I was ok with this because that was at least in the range (even if low end) of what I should be making.
Here are the websites that I went through to help prepare me.
http://humanresources.about.com/od/salaryandbenefits/a/as...
http://careerplanning.about.com/od/negotiatingoffers/a/ra...
http://www.yourofficecoach.com/topics/how_to_ask_for_a_ra...
http://www.forbes.com/2006/01/04/careers-work-employment-...
http://www.businessinsider.com/asking-for-a-raise-and-sal...
If I am at the same place in 3-4 years I will be asking for another raise, same tatics, same raise asked for and hoping for at least $1 more per hour :)
I would start with your boss, if he comes back with a no go up a notch to a person who can actaully give you the raise. I would ALWAYS make a meeting not just a are you busy as you walk into his/her office.
All you can do is ask. This is how I've done it, and I've been successful.
Do the research to see what the going rate is for your new position, in your area, in a company of your size, etc. Use Salary.com and other resources. Print out everything or make a presentation, or whatever style would make best sense in your situation.
Then ask for a meeting with your boss, and also be prepared to show some recent good you've done, some measurable result that made money, saved money, saved time, etc. Maybe show what the company would have had to spend to get the work you took on done by a contractor, etc. As your request, you can either show the salary range you think you should be in, or request a specific number--I'm not sure which way to go on that. When I did it I stated the range. Good luck!
I would say ask. Make sure it's not a busy day for your boss and that he's in a good mood. Mention you are honored and H. they asked you to take on additional responsibilities
I think just as you have explained it here is how you will ask your boss for a raise. Tell him that you love your job, that you were H. to take on the added responsibilities, and would like to discuss the possibility of a raise. Do it confidently, positively, and respectfully. If the answer is no, ask when he believes the issue can be revisited. Good luck!
