How to request a salary increase?
Want a raise but don't know how to speak? If the company's efficiency is not good, will there be no other equivalent incentives? Why should we be careful about the "gratefulness" mentality? Heather McGregor, author of "Workplace Advice for Business Women," teaches you tips on asking for a raise.
After a year of hard work, at the end of the year, would you consider rewarding yourself? Boldly propose a raise to your boss. The following tips can help you.
Want a pay rise? Here's how to ask for one. Do you want a raise? The following will teach you how to speak.
First thing they need to do is they need to know what raise they want.So, it means you know what you’re paid at the moment.I know what I am paid at the moment.And I know what pay I would like in another job.So you need to have a definitive number.
They must first figure out how much they need to raise their salary. That is to say, you know your current salary level, I also know my salary, and I also know how much I want if I take another job. Therefore, there must be a clear number.
There is no point going in and saying: “I’d like a raise.” You need to go in and say: “I earn X, I’d like to earn Y.” And how do you arrive Y.I think that’s the more relevant thing.
You can't just walk in and just say "I want a salary increase". You should tell your boss, "My current salary is X, I hope I can get a raise to Y". But how can you get Y? I think this is the more relevant element.
You need to have a sense of your own worth in the market, and you also need to know what the factors are that might apply discount or premium.
You have to have a judgment about your market value. At the same time, it must be clear which factor makes this value discount or appreciation.
What about non-cash incentives? How to request non-cash incentives?
In my life, flexibility is very valuable.You may ask to work from home a couple of days a week.You may ask for more vacation.These are non-cash items that are possible for someone to give you, which are valuable.
For me, flexible office is very valuable. You can ask to work at home several days a week. You can also ask for more holidays. These are valuable non-cash benefits that employers can provide.
There are things about titles and positions that you want.You may make your life easier if you had a managing director title.
There are also things, such as job titles and positions, that may also improve your life, such as the position of manager director.
Think about what kind of training you need and is it possible for your employer to support that.Because training paid by your employer doesn’t track to employer’s national insurance, so it’s cheaper for them to give you than the pound or dollar in your hand, and also you don’t pay any income tax on it.
Think about what kind of training you need and whether your employer can provide support. Because employer-funded training usually does not affect the social security fund paid by the company. So it’s more cost-effective for the company than giving you money directly. At the same time, you do not have to pay personal income tax.
Beware of "abject gratitude": an attitude of "abject gratitude"
The “abject gratitude” is not always the right approach actually.Because abject gratitude means that you are almost too frightened to ask for anything.
The "grateful" mentality is not always correct, because it means you hardly dare to make any more demands.
You should never ask for a pay rise when you’re tremendously upset or irritated because the person down the hall just got a pay rise or promotion and you didn’t.
You can't offer a raise when you are desperately desperate or troubled, such as when you just heard that a colleague in the office has received a raise or promotion instead of yourself.
What to wear? What to wear when asking for a raise?
When you go to ask for the pay rise, or in fact more importantly, the promotion, dress as if you had already got the next job.
When you propose a raise, or more importantly, apply for a promotion, you should dress as if you have been promoted.
They have to take you much more seriously if you dress like a serious person.
Because you dress seriously, often others will take your request seriously.
Vocabulary summary
abject ['æbdʒekt]
adj.Despicable; poor; unfortunate; (situation) miserable, desperate
The “abject gratitude” is not always the right approach actually
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definitive [dɪ’fɪnɪtɪv]
adj.Decisive; final; limited
So you need to have a definitive number. So you need to have a definitive number
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irritated ['ɪrɪteɪtɪd]
adj.Angry, angry
You should never ask for a pay rise when you’re tremendously upset or irritated.
You can't offer a raise when you are desperate or troubled.
incentive [ɪn’sentɪv]
n. Motivation; stimulating
adj. Encouraging; stimulating
What about non-cash incentives?
How to request non-cash incentives?
income tax
Income tax
And also you don't pay any income tax on it
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Long Difficult Sentences for Postgraduate Entrance Exam 61~65
Grammar and Long Difficult Sentences 61 [True Example Example] Getting a table at Manhattan' s hot new Alain Ducasse restaurant used to be impossible. (2004-3-4)
Sentence structure:
Getting a table at Manhattan' s hot new Alain Ducasse restaurant is The gerund phrase is the subject.
High-frequency words:
hot, popular (economy, restaurant, business).
It used to be impossible to reserve a table at the popular new Alain Ducasse restaurant in Manhattan.
Grammar and Long Difficult Sentences 62 [True Questions and Examples] Narrowing your criteria, for example, may work against you. "Every time you answer a question you eliminate a possibility, says one expert. (2004-1-2)
Sentence structure:
Narrowing your Criteria is the subject.
High-frequency words:
criteria, standard.
work against, counterproductive.
Eliminate.
Possibility, possibility.
For example, narrowing your criteria may be bad for you. An expert said that every time you answer a question , You have ruled out a possibility.
Grammar and Long Difficult Sentences 63 【Exemplary Questions】Strengthening economic growth, at the same time as winter grips the northern hemisphere, could push the price higher still in the short term. (2002-3-2)
Sentence structure:
Strengthening economic growth does subject.
High-frequency words:
strenghthen, strengthening.
grip, grab.
At the same time, with the arrival of the northern hemisphere winter, strong economic growth (momentum) may still make prices higher in the short term.
Grammar and Long Difficult
Sentences 64 [True Questions and Examples] But to be fascinated is also, sometimes, to be blind. (1998-1-1) Sentence structure:
to be fascinated, is the subject.
to be blind is a predicative.
High-frequency words:
fascinate, infatuated.
But sometimes, the fascination becomes blind.
Grammar and Long Difficult Sentences 65 [True Questions and Examples] It takes more than a brief encounter on a bus to distinguish between courteous convention and individual interest.
Sentence structure:
it is the subject of the situation. to distinguish between courteous convention and individual interest is the real subject.
High-frequency words:
brief, brief.
distinguish, difference.
convention, tradition.
individual, personal.
To distinguish between polite customs and personal interests, a brief encounter on the bus is not enough.