Pretend you are overdue for a raise and the agency you work for doesn’t hold regular review/coaching sessions because the founder is the sole decision maker despite being unorganized and overwhelmed. Oh and they’re also incredibly awkward to talk to. How would you go about the compensation conversation?

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Get another job offer at the higher salary. Threaten to resign unless they beat your new offer. Leverage, my friend. Leverage.

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Even better, do step 1 and then accept that job and quit the one that shows they don’t appreciate you.

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If you choose MRM’s advice know that leverage is gone and be prepared to take the offer since in this current market, unemployed people will do your job for $20k less.

If they bite and you stay, know that you opened yourself to the chopping block when the next round of layoffs come.

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Depends on how familiar they are with you and your work. If they don’t have visibility to you, I would get your E/G/CD to champion you.

If they’re know you, it’s pretty straightforward. Complaint the agency and your experience. Touch on your performance and how the trajectory of that performance is undeniably headed upward. State the number you need. This is not about anyone else or any external factor. This is your monetary value. You want to get this resolved quickly so you can spend 100% of your mental energy on the work. Thank them for the time and say you will recap this in an email and follow up in two weeks.

Good luck!

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