Lately I've been experimenting with asking for raises quarterly and so far it's worked out great. My tips for people:
1) obviously know who is in charge of how much you make. Like actually get to know them.
2) find a way to stand out amongst your peers. For me it was a dedication to learning new tools that have benefited us and actually being good at my job.
3) go out of your way to get shit done and do stuff right.
4) ASK for a raise from the person in charge of your $$$ directly. Don't waste anyone's time and don't wait on the sidelines hoping people will take notice of your efforts. If you don't ask to get paid more it won't happen.
5) be so good that if your company looses you it's really going to hurt.
Quarterly that's very pushy - how's that working out I could see there being a risk of -ve outcomes
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#3 I fixed a multimillion screwup at British telecom Neither I or the Company accountant got even a thank you.
#5 Cemetery's are full of indispensable people
Well I'm at a relatively small company ~40 employees. I interact daily with the CEO - which helps a lot. And it can be risky but the worst you can get is a NO. Which I've gotten. But who cares.
All I've got to say if the company you work at doesn't appreciate you I'd look somewhere else. Somewhere where devs are actually appreciated.
If in a corporate type job, everything I've said is irrelevant. But who wants to work in corporate America anyways?
I'm all for doing what you can to up your pay because, at the end of the day, that's the only concrete way a company can show that it values you.
However, quaterly seems a bit extreme to the point of being nagging/needy. Consider how your relationship with someone changes if they kept asking the same question. I would think at some point you would become the "ugh, he's asking for a raise again" guy. So the worst case isn't a NO. The worst case is you get filed as "that guy".
Maybe space it out while asking for bigger ones?
How many times have you asked for a raise with this schedule?
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Lately I've been experimenting with asking for raises quarterly and so far it's worked out great. My tips for people:
1) obviously know who is in charge of how much you make. Like actually get to know them.
2) find a way to stand out amongst your peers. For me it was a dedication to learning new tools that have benefited us and actually being good at my job.
3) go out of your way to get shit done and do stuff right.
4) ASK for a raise from the person in charge of your $$$ directly. Don't waste anyone's time and don't wait on the sidelines hoping people will take notice of your efforts. If you don't ask to get paid more it won't happen.
5) be so good that if your company looses you it's really going to hurt.
Quarterly that's very pushy - how's that working out I could see there being a risk of -ve outcomes
re #3 I fixed a multimillion screwup at British telecom Neither I or the Company accountant got even a thank you. #5 Cemetery's are full of indispensable people
Well I'm at a relatively small company ~40 employees. I interact daily with the CEO - which helps a lot. And it can be risky but the worst you can get is a NO. Which I've gotten. But who cares.
All I've got to say if the company you work at doesn't appreciate you I'd look somewhere else. Somewhere where devs are actually appreciated.
If in a corporate type job, everything I've said is irrelevant. But who wants to work in corporate America anyways?
I'm all for doing what you can to up your pay because, at the end of the day, that's the only concrete way a company can show that it values you.
However, quaterly seems a bit extreme to the point of being nagging/needy. Consider how your relationship with someone changes if they kept asking the same question. I would think at some point you would become the "ugh, he's asking for a raise again" guy. So the worst case isn't a NO. The worst case is you get filed as "that guy".
Maybe space it out while asking for bigger ones?
How many times have you asked for a raise with this schedule?
As someone who runs a small company, I agree with this 100%. You don't want to be that guy.