Anyone ever ask for a raise when MegaCorp prescribes a paycheck date that the new raise will go into effect....ie. everyone gets merits on the first paycheck of Jan. (this year I was told max was 3% I am new, I received 2.5% because only top 5% of resources receive 3%).
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asking for a raise outside that period after you did something exceptional to add value, perhaps obtained some certifications, volunteered to help co-workers, lead your expertise in a few important projects, and created processes that reduced labor hours...
and...how did you approach this? Did you first determine if peers were even executing something similar at times...I would imagine...I've seen promotion emails come through.
I don't need a promotion with the raise..but I could see how peer's who have more tenure and have not received promotion might roll eyes at a 1yr newbie getting one... thoughts?
Some might presume a promotion yields the larger raise, but in my career it hasn't been the case, but when the big raises happened I was at a small start-up...and titles had less of a purpose.
What are your thoughts knowing the little bit about my particular megacorp culture, process and protocol?
vs
asking for a raise outside that period after you did something exceptional to add value, perhaps obtained some certifications, volunteered to help co-workers, lead your expertise in a few important projects, and created processes that reduced labor hours...
and...how did you approach this? Did you first determine if peers were even executing something similar at times...I would imagine...I've seen promotion emails come through.
I don't need a promotion with the raise..but I could see how peer's who have more tenure and have not received promotion might roll eyes at a 1yr newbie getting one... thoughts?
Some might presume a promotion yields the larger raise, but in my career it hasn't been the case, but when the big raises happened I was at a small start-up...and titles had less of a purpose.
What are your thoughts knowing the little bit about my particular megacorp culture, process and protocol?