Tips to get a raise with an upcoming promotion?

[Anonymous]

Our company is notorious for not giving salary increases when you are promoted but I feel strongly I deserve it. I have a very unique skill set and have a proven track record of success. I have worked at this company 7+ years and the only way I ever got a meaningful increase was leaving and coming back a year later. I now have invested stock options so would prefer to fight for what I think I am worth. Any suggestions? I know my boss is trying to discuss with HR and indicated he was not pleased with where the discussions were going, I will be assuming his position and reporting to a new manager. Do I go right to HR, my new boss, the exec running our department? I don't want to make any threats of leaving but I don't want to accept an offer that I feel is unfair.

[Anonymous]

Don't threaten leaving but do get an offer from another employer and use it to leverage pay raise. That's how its done.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our company is notorious for not giving salary increases when you are promoted but I feel strongly I deserve it. I have a very unique skill set and have a proven track record of success. I have worked at this company 7+ years and the only way I ever got a meaningful increase was leaving and coming back a year later. I now have invested stock options so would prefer to fight for what I think I am worth. Any suggestions? I know my boss is trying to discuss with HR and indicated he was not pleased with where the discussions were going, I will be assuming his position and reporting to a new manager. Do I go right to HR, my new boss, the exec running our department? I don't want to make any threats of leaving but I don't want to accept an offer that I feel is unfair.

Do you really want the promotion? I wouldn't accept it until you come to terms on salary. And decline it if you're not happy with the result of the negotiations. Your bargaining power depends on how many others are available to do the job. The more people who can do it, the harder it is to get the raise you want.

I accepted a promotion after being offered only a tiny raise and unsuccessfully bargaining for more. I still feel resentful about it sometimes. Don't be like me!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our company is notorious for not giving salary increases when you are promoted but I feel strongly I deserve it. I have a very unique skill set and have a proven track record of success. I have worked at this company 7+ years and the only way I ever got a meaningful increase was leaving and coming back a year later. I now have invested stock options so would prefer to fight for what I think I am worth. Any suggestions? I know my boss is trying to discuss with HR and indicated he was not pleased with where the discussions were going, I will be assuming his position and reporting to a new manager. Do I go right to HR, my new boss, the exec running our department? I don't want to make any threats of leaving but I don't want to accept an offer that I feel is unfair.

Do you really want the promotion? I wouldn't accept it until you come to terms on salary. And decline it if you're not happy with the result of the negotiations. Your bargaining power depends on how many others are available to do the job. The more people who can do it, the harder it is to get the raise you want.

I accepted a promotion after being offered only a tiny raise and unsuccessfully bargaining for more. I still feel resentful about it sometimes. Don't be like me!

I do want it and know that it is unlikely they could find anyone qualified internally to do the role, however I know what a hard line they draw on salary increases. I do fear resenting them if I do it but I also know it's an important next step in my career so unlikely that I would turn it down.

[Anonymous]

I was in a similar position last year. I took the promotion anyway, and then lateraled to another organization for a significant raise (which was market value for the position).

FWIW, my old organization did counter when I turned in my resignation. I left anyway. The time to pay me what I/the position is worth was last year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Don't threaten leaving but do get an offer from another employer and use it to leverage pay raise. That's how its done.

Don't do this unless you are willing to follow through (i.e. leave if they don't match the other offer). Many employers will not negotiate in such a situation. Of course, if OP has a unique skill set, it's more likely that they would consider it, but still not worth the risk in my opinion. My current VP, for instance, will not negotiate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our company is notorious for not giving salary increases when you are promoted but I feel strongly I deserve it. I have a very unique skill set and have a proven track record of success. I have worked at this company 7+ years and the only way I ever got a meaningful increase was leaving and coming back a year later. I now have invested stock options so would prefer to fight for what I think I am worth. Any suggestions? I know my boss is trying to discuss with HR and indicated he was not pleased with where the discussions were going, I will be assuming his position and reporting to a new manager. Do I go right to HR, my new boss, the exec running our department? I don't want to make any threats of leaving but I don't want to accept an offer that I feel is unfair.

Don't pull out the gun unless you are willing to pull the trigger. What you feel fair/unfair is irrelevant. You work for them. They don't work for you.

[Anonymous]

Take the promotion and use that to get a better paid job elsewhere.

[Anonymous]

Op here - yes, I imagine I will do what is suggested and take the promotion, add to my resume, and leave. It just sucks when I am fairly confident that my male counterpart makes significantly more than me. My boss has several times commented that he wants to "right some wrongs" in my pay.