Questions tagged [raise]
Questions regarding increasing one's salary.
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Getting a bad raise due to idolizing the job too much
(Some details omitted/modified for obvious reasons.) I'm a member of a research project, which is a collaboration between a university and a company working on extremely state-of-the-art technology in ...
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Do I ask to have my job title updated as soon as possible?
I'm a junior developer at a company that doesn't seem to have a formal process for reviewing or updating job titles. Recently, my manager told me they see me doing the work of a mid-level developer. I ...
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Starting salaries for juniors: based on current value or future potential?
I started as a Junior Software Engineer a year ago with limited experience, though I've improved since then. I'm curious about how employers determine starting salaries for inexperienced hires: do ...
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How should I tell my manager that he could delay my retirement with a raise?
What's a good way to tell my manager that the timing of my upcoming retirement will depend partly on how big my next raise is, without giving him the feeling that I'm extorting him or giving him an ...
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My SO is due a raise, but they refuse to give it to him. How can they handle this?
My boyfriend has worked for his company for over a year. Before that, he had worked for a similar field and had several years of experience in this same field. He is still yet to receive his yearly ...
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When is it appropriate to bring up asking for a raise again?
My boyfriend has been at his job for three months. He works in construction. He asked his boss for a three dollar raise. His response was they’re not bringing in enough money right now. He said he had ...
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Outperforming as a freelancer
I started working on a project last year as a freelancer. I didn't like this project at all: messy architecture, unconventional project structure etc. There was a precondition which was: a mission of ...
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Is it appropriate to ask for a raise? [duplicate]
Last year, I landed in a messy project. I started by sharing suggestions to make things better. I brought in a tool that allowed parallel resources availability etc. I was hired to work for three ...
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PTO listed as monetary amount in my offer, contributing to my final salary figure. Shouldn't it be paid on top of my normal salary?
I was recently promoted at my workplace and went from hourly to salary with what seems like a nice pay bump. However, I am regretting not asking these questions that I'm now thinking about post ...
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Raise requested [duplicate]
Our company restructured our pay scale (in a good way). But I'm now at the bottom of the scale for the specific job description as they didn't adjust my pay. New employees coming in are being paid ...
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Boss revoked promised pay rise because I decided to leave in about two months - Is this something to be expected?
I have been working at a software development company with ~10 colleagues for approximately 1 year now, and in the last couple of months I have decided that, for reasons relevant to my (lack of) ...
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Assigned to a senior role without salary raise
Situation: I am working as a product manager on a product that is designed and implemented by our software engineer contractors. Due to insufficient delivery quality of the contractors and given that ...
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Is asking for details of a future raise alright even if it's months away?
I theoretically had a contract review (salary raise, etc.) on December last year but it was not performed. I was told that it made no sense to do so as for that time I had only been there for half a ...
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Should I ask for a raise I know I won't get?
Recently, I've been told (both verbally and in writing) by the managing director of our small nonprofit* that he's really impressed with how much extra responsibility I've been taking on of my own ...
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Asking a BIG raise from employer whose company is in serious trouble
How can I ask my employer for a BIG raise considering the fact the company will run out of business if I left? I'm working remotely for this super small business firm (IT), but due to high turnover ...