When's Happy Hour?: Work Hard So You Can Hardly Work by Betches

Author:Betches
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Form, Business & Professional, Personal & Practical Guides, Women in Business, Personal Success, Reference, Business & Economics, Humor, General, Parodies, Topic
ISBN: 9781501199004
Publisher: Gallery Books
Published: 2018-10-23T00:00:00+00:00

SHOW ME THE MONEY: HOW TO ASK FOR A RAISE

Let’s start this little section off with a disclaimer: the three of us have been asked for raises by employees many times, but we’ve never personally asked for raises (at least not in the traditional sense). We did, however, once run a social media campaign in partnership with a cosmetics brand where we encouraged women to ask for raises, called #SlayYourPay (clever, we know). So basically, we’re either the worst or best possible people to be advising on this topic; you decide.

Much has been said about the wage gap and why it exists (most reliably by men’s rights activists in the comments section of our Instagram), and while we’re not exactly labor economists, we can surmise that asking for more money will make you more likely to get it versus not asking for it. In all seriousness, one of the most surprising things to us about our own employees has been how infrequently they’ve asked for raises. We assumed, given all the publicity around the equal-pay issue, that we would be getting more raise-asks. I guess your “feminist fact of the day” Insta stories aren’t really moving the needle, Jackie.

We get it, asking for a raise is scary. You don’t want to come off as entitled or piss off your boss, and you definitely don’t want to hear the word no. It’s super awkward. I mean, your rent is about to go up and you’re trying to finally adopt a puppy, and you need this raise to be able to pay for her shots. If the answer is no, you won’t be able to adopt the puppy for another six months and who knows if Fluffy will have found a forever home by then. The stakes couldn’t be higher.

Which brings us to the golden rule of raises: it’s not personal, it’s business. This goes for both the asker and the askee. For your employer, giving you a raise is not some kindhearted decision because you’re always good for a compliment and you bonded at happy hour last week. A raise is a financial decision by the company tied to your performance, based on if you’ll be contributing financially to their business in proportion to the raise they’re giving you. End of story. (If this isn’t the case, then whichever fashion blogger you’ve been “project coordinating” for is truly an idiot.)

In light of this knowledge, the way you ask for a raise should never, ever be personal. Seriously, don’t even think of bringing up Fluffy. We’re going to make asking for a raise insanely easy for the rest of your life by telling you the exact argument that we, as bosses, want to hear when you’re asking us to pay you more. It’s called the Show Me the Money Method and we’ve made it really easy to remember:

Show: Come prepared to your boss with a concise and persuasive summary of what you’ve achieved and contributed to the company since you started working

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