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Watch: It’s your right to share your salary, not doing so could be holding you back.
At my last company, one day someone in accounting approached me at lunch and quietly told me I need to ask for a raise because I was way underpaid.
They gave me a number to shoot for. It was about twice than what I had been making at the time.
So I went online, did some research, found some figures backing up my claim, put it all together and went to my boss.
I got what I asked for.
If it hadn’t been for that person in accounting telling me I was way underpaid, I’d have never known. I went from barely scraping by to being able to have a savings account and getting all my debts paid thanks to them.
You should at least check sites like salary.com to start the process of seeing what you should be making.
Because this is crucially important
I have no idea how to tag this but it’s important.
Also, as nice it would be to yell at your boss about this, don’t walk up to them and go ‘so-and-so told me they’re making more than me for the same job.’ In the U.S firing or punishing someone for talking about their wages is illegal, but that doesn’t mean it still doesn’t happen, so make sure to cover your and your coworkers’ butts.
Instead, do research on the industry like Annakie said. Find sources on what you should be paid. Give those to your boss to make it seem like you came to this conclusion through educating yourself.
howprolifeofyou:
saoirse-callaghan-blog:
brianadeshe:
annakie:
micdotcom:
Watch: It’s your right to share your salary, not doing so could be holding you back.
At my last company, one day someone in accounting approached me at lunch and quietly told me I need to ask for a raise because I was way underpaid.
They gave me a number to shoot for. It was about twice than what I had been making at the time.
So I went online, did some research, found some figures backing up my claim, put it all together and went to my boss.
I got what I asked for.
If it hadn’t been for that person in accounting telling me I was way underpaid, I’d have never known. I went from barely scraping by to being able to have a savings account and getting all my debts paid thanks to them.
You should at least check sites like salary.com to start the process of seeing what you should be making.
Because this is crucially important
I have no idea how to tag this but it’s important.
Also, as nice it would be to yell at your boss about this, don’t walk up to them and go ‘so-and-so told me they’re making more than me for the same job.’ In the U.S firing or punishing someone for talking about their wages is illegal, but that doesn’t mean it still doesn’t happen, so make sure to cover your and your coworkers’ butts.
Instead, do research on the industry like Annakie said. Find sources on what you should be paid. Give those to your boss to make it seem like you came to this conclusion through educating yourself.
