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Can I ask for a raise when I add staff


I'm currently a manager with no direct reports.  When I add staff, is it acceptable to ask for a raise?
Not until you've had some time under your belt and proven you are doing a great job managing others. You don't get a salary increase simply by having another person added to your responsibilities. You earn it by demonstrating you are more than up to the task.

If I were you, I'd wait until I'd been supervising the work of others for at least 90 days before asking for a performance and salary review.  As Anne Marie wrote, prove you can handle the extra responsibility - and handle it well - before asking for more money.  Not to be blunt, but earn the increase based on your performance in the newly defined role.  Make sense?

Paul W. Barada

The Negotiation Expert

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