Salary Blackmail!

Have you ever been a situation where your employer makes you feel that your salary is a Favour done to you. That the salary is like a gift to you? Welcome to this conversation.

Salary blackmail is that act that makes an employer thinks your salary is too much, a gift or just a leakage in the company’s purse. Believe me or not, most employers groan at the point of paying salaries and I understand.

However, making an employee feel they are being favoured for being paid salary is a huge concern. No wonder people don’t get pay rise when they stay too long in an organization.
If you don’t work for your salary, it is a gift from the employer to you. However, if you justify your pay, be bold to ask for your pay.
Be honest, do you justify your pay? If not, close your eyes!

QuinModah:
Requesting for a well Deserving Salary Increase is not a Do or Die Affair: Ask for it Anyway.

Asking for a raise shouldn’t be daunting if you have done your homework well and made yourself indispensable.

The talent war is such that only those with the right skills, qualities and competencies can negotiate what they want.

Most feel it’s impossible to do. First thing is the mindset, I have coached several and it’s no brainer that once your result can do the talking, half the task is done.

However, before you walk into that office and command the numbers you want, take a moment to ponder these:

1. Have you consistently met targets and goals?

2. Did you rise to any new challenges that the company faced and over delivered on the task?

3. Did you subsumed other people’s work as a result of their exit?

4. Have you added any relevant skills that would impact on your job?

5. What can you bring on board this new year?

If you answer “yes” to at least three of these, you are fit to request a raise as no good organization wants to lose its talent.

You have two outcomes- the request is granted or you gain experience on how to negotiate with a win-win mindset.

How then do you ask for a raise?

� Research salary trends. Every job has a corresponding market value. Ask colleagues from other organizations.

�List out your achievements in writing.

�Choose the right time to ask.

� Set a meeting. It’s ideal to ask for a pay raise in person and in private. If you can avoid it, don’t ask for a raise in an email.

� Prepare what to say and rehearse your pitch.

� Remember the goal is to engage positively and not get aggressive.

�Thank your boss. Regardless of how the conversation goes, thank him/her for the opportunity.

�Send a follow-up email that summarises your conversation.

If decline, you may request a raise at a later date,and if you do, you can reference the email.