There's a tendency here to excuse any such request with, "there's no budget", and, "these are tough times", which frustrated me when I was in the same position as you. Unfortunately, my advice isn't that good: I wrote a nice letter explaining why I deserve a raise and ended it with a threat that if I don't get it, I'm gone. Then, all of a sudden, the money was there ;)
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There's a tendency here to excuse any such request with, "there's no budget", and, "these are tough times", which frustrated me when I was in the same position as you. Unfortunately, my advice isn't that good: I wrote a nice letter explaining why I deserve a raise and ended it with a threat that if I don't get it, I'm gone. Then, all of a sudden, the money was there ;)