The answer is always just "No" if you don't ask.
But what do you do when you know that if you ask, that you may get an answer you like even less than a No?
The Sitch:
I want a raise at work. I'm the second highest paid hourly employee in the entire company and I really don't answer to anyone but the owner.
I'm more experienced, better at the position than the guy making more, and my projects tend to turn a higher profit, always finish ahead of schedule, and I have people from other companies asking that I run their projects.
The Deets:
I run a tight ship, and the guys below respect me even if they don't always enjoy my management.
My counterpart (who is the one making more) is more personable and has a friendship with the owner that predates our employment there.
He's been there 8 months longer than I have.
It's been a year and a half since my last raise.
The story:
About 3 months ago, the other guy (who I'm super friendly with) came to me and said it's about time "We" got a raise. He railed on and basically ranted that "We" deserved it. I listened, sympathized, and agreed.
Jump ahead a month and another employee came to me asking me if I was happy with my raise ? (the one I didn't get) I didn't reply other than to pose the question right back to him. It brought on a conversation where I learned that all the employees below me got a raise of 2 or 3 dollars depending on the who and stuff.
The next week I was working with my counterpart and I started probing to see if he got a raise.
His answer was that he hadn't and that after thinking about it he's just fine where he's at.
It's been eating at me since.
That bring me to a conversation from today with yet another employee about the same subject where he stated that he had asked my counterpart about all of this stuff and my counterpart told him that he didn't get a raise but that he and the company worked out a deal that remains unspecified.
It's been a year and 8 months now since my last raise and the entire employee base has seemed to get some type of compensation months ago.
The questions for those that read this:
How would you handle this situation and how would you go about asking for the raise ?
What would you do if the answer is worse than a no ?
The Sitch:
I want a raise at work. I'm the second highest paid hourly employee in the entire company and I really don't answer to anyone but the owner.
I'm more experienced, better at the position than the guy making more, and my projects tend to turn a higher profit, always finish ahead of schedule, and I have people from other companies asking that I run their projects.
The Deets:
I run a tight ship, and the guys below respect me even if they don't always enjoy my management.
My counterpart (who is the one making more) is more personable and has a friendship with the owner that predates our employment there.
He's been there 8 months longer than I have.
It's been a year and a half since my last raise.
The story:
About 3 months ago, the other guy (who I'm super friendly with) came to me and said it's about time "We" got a raise. He railed on and basically ranted that "We" deserved it. I listened, sympathized, and agreed.
Jump ahead a month and another employee came to me asking me if I was happy with my raise ? (the one I didn't get) I didn't reply other than to pose the question right back to him. It brought on a conversation where I learned that all the employees below me got a raise of 2 or 3 dollars depending on the who and stuff.
The next week I was working with my counterpart and I started probing to see if he got a raise.
His answer was that he hadn't and that after thinking about it he's just fine where he's at.
It's been eating at me since.
That bring me to a conversation from today with yet another employee about the same subject where he stated that he had asked my counterpart about all of this stuff and my counterpart told him that he didn't get a raise but that he and the company worked out a deal that remains unspecified.
It's been a year and 8 months now since my last raise and the entire employee base has seemed to get some type of compensation months ago.
The questions for those that read this:
How would you handle this situation and how would you go about asking for the raise ?
What would you do if the answer is worse than a no ?
