Negotiating a Salary (Promotion)All, I'm looking for resources available (articles, advice) that will help me prepare for a discussion I will be having with my current employer next week. I've been told that they will be approaching me about a new position they are creating which would represent a promotion. I asked for a raise (significant) during my performance review as I've had no adjustment in two years - and have taken on double the work. I'm excited about this discussion, and intend to research AFTER I hear about the position, and decide I'm interested. My intent here is to learn more about how to approach this discussion of a promotion, what I can do to leverage my accomplishments as an internal candidate and how to get the best salary. I fully intend to express my desire to be paid competitively for the NEW position, and not simply x% more than what I'm being paid now as a salary increase.
You can express yourself all you want, but I think it would be a lot smarter to listen and move cautiously. This is a promotion. That means they're hiring you into a job that no one else would hire you for since you haven't done it yet. That's at least as important as the pay. If nothing else you can take that higher title and responsibility elsewhere. If you turn down a promotion, you won't see another one. If you come off greedy and ungrateful, you won't see another one. Tread carefully, ask politely if it is negotiable then move from there.
Tess I tend to agree with Tess. This may be your employer's way of increasing your compensation based on your overall job performance over the last two years. I think you need to listen very carefully to what's being proposed in terms of the new position and the compensation that goes with it. Promotions aren't all that easy to come by, so I would think twice about trying to negotiate more if the promotion is otherwise one that you'd be pleased to accept. It probably wouldn't hurt, however, to prepare a list of not only your current responsibilities as compared to what your responsibilities used to be AND a list of your accomplishments - goals met, objectives achieved, responsibilities assumed, initiatives taken - anything that will clearly show that you're not only doing more, but accomplishing more as well. But I wouldn't assume that the promotion isn't going to be satisfactory and that no matter what it is, you're going to demand more. That could look totally disingenuous and cause them to think twice about whether or not they've chosen the right person for the promotion. Paul W. Barada The Negotiation Expert | |
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