Ask for a raise: What to do when you get refused
August 19, 2010 by admin
Filed under Getting Ahead
Whatever be the reason, there are some important considerations to keep in mind when you receive “no” as an answer to your request for a raise:
1. Keep your cool and think logically, even if colleagues you perceive as incompetent get a better deal that you got. Fretting and fuming about this will only damage your health, and making an issue out of it will not go down well with your bosses.
2. Never resign in haste. If you think you are indispensable, you are mistaken. If you walk away, the company might be put at inconvenience for a brief while, but will eventually recoup.
3. Analyze the reasons given while being refused the raise in an objective manner. Try to understand the management’s side of the story, and do not rely on your perception alone.
4. Even without considering the reasons given, review the work you have done and how you could have done it better…
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