What turns you away or has made you say no to someone who is asking for a raise?

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I don’t judge another person’s pocket or self worth.

If it’s warranted, I’ll do what I can to facilitate it.

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They position it in terms of their need (I need to buy a new car etc) vs the value they provide. (When I started I was doing ABC, now I’m doing XYZ, and my current salary doesn’t reflect that.)

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Woah.

Their overinflated sense of self-worth.

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The ‘it’s my 6 month (or 1 yr) anniversary, where’s my raise’ - bonus points for when this request comes in after a conversation on improving performance and learning to temper the sarcasm and rudeness towards other teammates.

p.s., this is a true story that actually happened

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I got a raise and it was hardly a raise and my boss handed me over the letter and expected me to be beaming. I laughed and said “I need more. I know my worth and the need this agency has for me” and he snapped and said “I heard you live alone. Maybe you should get a roommate”.

In hindsight, I feel a bit awkward about how I handled it knowing what he probably went through asking for a promotion for me but I stand by my reaction and feel it taught me to know not to ever settle. They gave me more. ;)

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I'm not making it personal. Either I think it's worth it and I can make the numbers work, or I can't.

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Needs vs. performance/value

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I’ll flip the premise on you. I’ve had more disappointments from people who quit and jumped jobs for more pay without even trying to get a raise (which they likely would have gotten.)

If you’ve established your value and you believe you’re under compensated, make the case to your superior. But as others said, being at a company for 6-12 months is not enough reason to demand an increase in salary.

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I agree with the responses above; if it’s “I’ve been here six months and have done all of my assignments,” I’m not going to be very motivated to get that person a raise. And it can’t be “I need more money.” And, “I heard my partner gets paid more than me” isn’t a legitimate reason either. My goal is to make sure people who deserve raises get them before they ask. Ideally, people should never have to ask.

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It’s kinda messed up for two partners to be paid differently though, no?

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Turn off for me is entitlement or tenure based requests.

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Leading with “I need to buy (thing)/lend (friend or family member) money/get myself out of this financial hole” instead of “I brought unexpected value to what we do by doing XYZ.”

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Entitlement

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I've had a request of “my husband thinks I should make more money” and “my wife is having another kid.” I advised life choices don't justify increases. Consistent, dependable work, or going anove and beyond with success does.

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