{"id":697,"date":"2014-02-25T14:58:26","date_gmt":"2014-02-25T14:58:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ec2-34-242-84-40.eu-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com\/?p=697"},"modified":"2014-02-25T14:58:26","modified_gmt":"2014-02-25T14:58:26","slug":"work-in-it-heres-how-to-ask-for-a-pay-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomgeraghty.co.uk\/index.php\/work-in-it-heres-how-to-ask-for-a-pay-rise\/","title":{"rendered":"Work in IT? Here&#8217;s how to ask for a pay rise."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Either ask for a review or 1-1 with your manager, or wait until the next scheduled one. I&#8217;d prefer one of my team to ask me for a chat about salaries rather than ambush me with a request, but whatever works with your company culture.<\/p>\n<p>In terms of negotiating, use the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What have you achieved in your role in the business, and what benefit has that returned? Ignore your standard duties &#8211; that&#8217;s what you&#8217;re employed for anyway. If you do something that clearly makes\/saves the business \u00a3100k pa, a few k raise is an easy decision.<\/li>\n<li>What&#8217;s the pay grade for your job across your industry? If you&#8217;re good, I don&#8217;t want to lose you just because I didn&#8217;t pay you enough. Equally, be careful of earning over industry average &#8211; you&#8217;ll be stuck in a job.<\/li>\n<li>Be aware of any mistakes or failures you&#8217;ve had. It&#8217;s no good shouting about the \u00a3100k project you managed if you also ran one that lost \u00a3150k.<\/li>\n<li>Look at the financial status of the business. If the business is doing well and has turned a sizeable profit, highlight it. This not only shows that the business could afford to give you the raise, but that you&#8217;re savvy enough to understand the commercial world you operate in. If the business turned a loss, be very wary of asking for a raise.<\/li>\n<li>Have a backup plan. Could you ask for an additional training course? A performance-related bonus instead of a flat raise? If times are hard for the business, could you suggest a post-dated raise, or extra holiday in lieu of pay?<\/li>\n<li>Be aware that with a raise comes extra responsibility. Don&#8217;t make your manager regret their decision to invest extra money in you. If taking that raise means working an extra few hours a week and extra pressure to hit targets, do you still want it?<\/li>\n<li>Play the long game. Don&#8217;t suddenly start putting in a few extra hours here and there a few days before you ask. Be consistently excellent long-term.<\/li>\n<li>Be aware of the rest of your team. It&#8217;s potentially worth suggesting not just a raise for yourself, but a blanket raise for the team, or certain members. Do you want to be the one on \u00a310k more than your team-mate?<\/li>\n<li>Ultimately, make the decision easy to make for your manager. They&#8217;re going to have to justify it in their budget, and potentially go to ask their boss for the money to pay you anyway. They don&#8217;t want to regret their decision.<\/li>\n<li>Finally. Don&#8217;t forget to actually ask for the pay rise.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Either ask for a review or 1-1 with your manager, or wait until the next scheduled one. I&#8217;d prefer one of my team to ask me for a chat about salaries rather than ambush me with a request, but whatever works with your company culture. In terms of negotiating, use the following: What have you &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tomgeraghty.co.uk\/index.php\/work-in-it-heres-how-to-ask-for-a-pay-rise\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Work in IT? 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