Salary negotiation tactics for internal promo?

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One of us is a liar 🎲 Good luck OP.

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Never ever ever leverage another job offer. Seriously.

Counteroffers extracted this way rarely end well for either party.

Cite Glassdoor salaries and marketing salary guides for your market.

And be correct in your facts. If you get caught cherry-picking, don't expect to ever have leverage again.

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“Leveraging” another offer translates into “I’m only in this for the money, and now I’m presenting you an ultimatum.” If that’s the message you want to give to your boss, go for it.

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Be careful. Drive at what you are seeking and be authentic about it with your boss. If promo just happened, you really don't have leverage. Better question is: if you're looking to make more money, a jump to another agency or firm probably would cut it in the short term but risky for the long term. An internal promo should be an indication of your firm's interest in rewarding and keeping you in the near or long-term though with upside. Did your promo happen to late in your eyes? To earlier point made, what is your story for this?

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I put together a letter that contrasted the job requirements for my job and the job one level above me with verbatim glowing remarks from my supervisor feedback. Basically showing I was doing my job, plus more. Also, don’t go in with a sheepish attitude. Have a number, and be firm about it

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Very rare to have the ability to negotiate raises in our company. It’s almost always the first offer.

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Leverage a job offer. Alt, put a short deck/argument on contributions. Helps to break it down into numbers and year-over-year return. You’ll be taking to numbers people. Put the numbers in front of them.

Earn it with hard work! If you get an offer elsewhere be ready for them to fall your bluff and say take it. Then you move to a new agency and start at square one

The one instance where leveraging another offer can work is if you've been at the company for a long time (since you started your career, for instance), and have skewed comp because you stuck around and grew with the business instead of jumping ship. And you have to frame it as "I want to stay but I need to right-size my salary against the market," not as "I got a better offer, match it"

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