Happy Monday! I wanted to pick your brains on promotion/ salary. I'm up for a promotion and I plan on leveraging salary level. My concern is that I don't have kids to justify a higher pay. What should I say aside from, look at what I contributed, and I get along with everyone, and I'm reliable because they know. I hope this will be helpful for someone else.

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Hello! Your contribution and being a team player is what should dictate this discussion. I have kids, and I firmly believe that having kids shouldn't be the reason you get paid market rate.
Go into the meeting with a list of your:
1. Contributions
2. Leadership skills
3. Plans for the team/product (goals)

Research the pay range inside and outside your company and go for it. Tell them what you found and you think you should get such and such pay bump to match that market research and use your list to make the supporting case.

You should get fairly compensated for your work and skills 😊

All the best!

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Thank so much!!! I appreciate you and your comment! I'll keep you posted 😉

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hi, congrats on your upcoming promotion!! I’ve had this conversation for negotiations for new roles and have been there. I don’t have kids to justify a higher pay, but there are other circumstantial things to bring up, like inflation and costs of living going up. bring up that you’re mindful of these things and the soon-to-come recession and would hate to be put in a position where salary is that big of a priority that you’d have to get another job. like the above comment, use levels.fyi to take a look at what others are being paid at your same/similar role and level. this is your life and you deserve equitable pay!

good luck and congrats again!

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Thank you for your kind words, I appreciate it! I'll keep ypu posted!

Hmm is kids often used as a way to justify higher pay? If you are getting good reviews, are well respected you should be able to negotiate your salary based on your contributions regardless if you have kids or not. Research market rates, push them to define what you need to do specifically to get a higher pay if they say no.

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