What To Do When An Employee Asks For A Raise 

Best way to get a pay rise. Ask your manager/ boss “what do you need me to do to hit the next pay bracket or x amount a year” they will list things. Email them confirming the list agree a review date and follow it up. Never failed me when I worked for others, everybody won. Now I run my own business I encourage my staff to push themselves and do the same.

Good video. One thing I have noticed though is employers confuse a cost of living adjustment with a raise and want the employee to do more work to get the “raise” when in reality inflation was 8.6% so the first 8% is just to keep up with the cost of living. That is not a raise. Not getting a cost of living adjustment each year is a very real pay cut. But employers want to make you feel like you need to work harder to get cost of living adjustments and not actual real world purchasing power raises.

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All valid points but I believe employers also make the mistake of taking good employees for granted too. Always a 2-way street. Most mid-size to large companies love the great storytellers and not necessarily loyal or hard workers. Most middle managers just know how to turn a 25% true story into 110%. Hardest part for me being in management was seeing how colleagues “add-Value” by being great storytellers, I couldn’t bring myself to drink that coolaid and sleep well at night. There are still good companies out there but there are a lot of bad ones too that can do the talking but not the walking.

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I started a new job, 7 weeks later was off with a sickness bug for 3 days. 2 weeks after that was off with covid for 10 days. 2 days later I asked for a raise (in a roundabout way asked if he would be open to me going back self employed as things were not working out for me due to me having been self employed for 10 years previously) To my surprise he accepted, then went out his way to ask me to come into his office a couple of months later and gave me another raise. Best employer I have worked for and I have went above and beyond for him. It’s good to know you are appreciated

Employee here, I've been at the same S&P 500 corporate job for 7 years now, I just focus on trying my hardest to be that category 1 employee that you were talking about, and it works pretty good. I've said yes to every assignment and take on more work all the time, I never say no, never complain, never ask for anything I don't absolutely need, I never call in sick, and was even back in the office Phase 1 2020 during covid. I've got at least 5% raise every year, sometimes as much as 9%, as well as performance bonus every year. At this point I'm making almost twice what my starting pay was. I don't even have very desirable skills, by all accounts I would be easy to replace. Don't necessarily buy all this talk about don't be loyal to your employer, if you have a good employer, good coworkers, good area to live in, then give it your all, show them you are a good guy and a hard worker, and they will reward that.

A funny story happened early in my career when a highly specialized guy found out he was being underpaid after a rival company offered him a 50% increase on his pay check. Alarm bells starting ringing and after several management meetings they offered him 30% above the 50. Guess what happened? He left anyways because the trust was broken as they could have payed him 80% more all those years. No need to detail how much more this cost the company. The moral of the story is you have to be proactive in offering raises so whoever wants any should ask other companies.

The storytelling in this is awesome, everyone wants to hear a good story

If your employees are _asking_ for a raise, you already effed up. It means they've already been thinking about it for months, stewing in discontent. Keeping your people happy is priority one.

What I witnessed in my work life as a construction worker, welder, or whatever, the more money the company pays you, the more they expect from you in such ways as producing more products at a faster rate, selling more products, handling more and more other employees, etc. Companies don't want to give you more money based on what you have done for them in the past. It's always what they want you to do in the future and if they don't think you can handle more work, then it's hard to get a raise. I always climbed to the top as fast as I could getting the best pay because of my hard work ethics but when I could no longer provide more of what they expected of me, I didn't get anymore raises. So any employee that is loyal to the company and not getting any raises is what companies love to see. I don't play that kind of game.

Asked for a raise last year and I was told No. I then asked my boss to let me know when she was available to talk over lunch. I then spoke to her and told her I was offered another opportunity elsewhere and opened up the offer and showed her so she can see it and believe it. I then showed her why I deserved it. I increased and surpassed my numbers by almost 1 million dollars. During a shortage of material and pandemic in 1 single year. I then showed her how people have been in the same territory for 5-6 years and still haven’t increased there territories numbers like I did in a single year. Plus I should her how much of team player I was and carried so many co workers on my back without asking for credit. All I can say is I got my raise.

I worked for place in which I absolutely loved everything about but I was literally living in a crappy old camper in a real bad place. I asked the owner/manager for a raise so I could improve my living conditions. First he responded with "It isn't in the budget" but later approached me and asked me to write a list of what makes me believe I deserve a raise. Are you not aware of how I perform or how I complete my tasks? It made me uncomfortable and whether I made the right decision or not, I gave my notice about an hour later. That experience has made me focus on a better starting wage instead of expecting financial growth within a company.

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Once upon a time, if an employee had a competing job offer, it meant you've already lost their loyalty. And no amount of money could buy that loyalty back. Nowadays the only way to get a raise above cost of living increase is to have a competing offer. Why? Because over time loyalty became a one-way street. Companies demand loyalty of its employees, but don't give it back. Because employees are treated less and less like an asset, and more and more like an expense. Once you understand the way corporations view their employees, you see through the corporate bullshit and realize that most of their praise is lip service and rhetoric. A month ago I left a job because of poor management. From the CEO to the lowest manager, completely mismanaged. Now I'm self employed in a specialty of which there are only a handful of high skill level people in the country. Earlier this week they hired me as a consultant/sub-contractor. For one job I made the same amount that I did working as an employee for two months. The moral of the story: Work hard, work smart, become an indispensable asset. Then go into business for yourself. If you're really good, you'll do fine.

Thank You Pat

Just got a raise yesterday after one year of quality work and attitude, I didn't threaten to leave at all, I just said I make you more money than the other employees and I work harder, and care about the company more, and we are paid the same, and I deserve a raise , 2 sec I got more of a raise than I was asking for. Be honest and don't be greedy .

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Imagine working through the pandemic, being told you are essential and risking your health just to be told no to a raise during a period of high inflation.

Great content!

Glad to see the entrepreneur videos again

When I do in my company, is I have what I call a personnel qualification system. Basically I have a list of objectives and qualifications that a person has to achieve and when they achieve them they get a raise automatically and move onto the next level PQS. This way whenever somebody wants more money all I say is how are you doing on your PQS. I then remind them that I do not control their raise, that they do. The more they know, and the more value they become, the more they make.

Excellent teaching after many days

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The message here is not a good scenario for the employee that works for, lets say a bigger company.

Amazing.

Great topic, thank you for sharing. Do you have any book suggestions for people management or raising performance? Thank you again

Was just thinking about this and this helped alot… Im currently on a commission and salary pay. Been with my company for 5 years, top sales performer, but still feel bad for asking for one….

My guess is he’s going to ask the employee to prove why he’s worth the raise. I’ll be back to update this after watching. Edit: Ok that was actually pretty good and much more info dense than I thought it would be. Def worth watching.

Given the current economic conditions in the US, be prepared for the employee to get another job if you don’t give them what they ask for or more

You should also use a third party service like Pay Scale that gives you salary ranges by market, industry, and job description. If they want more money than their role merits, them you can make a plan to increase their skills or responsibilities.

if I'm not mistaken there is one more video of PBD , how to pay employees . best video of valuetainment

It's an employee's market. Although I agree there should be measurable metrics, remember it's a 2 way street. At the end of the day, employment is a business transaction. If you're not getting paid what you think you deserve for your current skill level, then move companies. Either be learning or earning. If you can do both, perfect. I generally don't ask for pay rises. I didn't get a pay rise this year, and I have had offers from other companies for $20k increases. I like the company I work for, and it hasn't bothered me because I understand we are a new company and operating very lean. However, if I don't get a pay rise in the next year, I will move companies out of necessity. If my employer isn't paying attention and pro-actively coming to me with a pay rise, then me coming to him asking for one is coming from a position of weakness, and this isn't a game I'm interested in playing. I simply take action. This is the art of the deal. Be willing to walk away from the table. I also never take a counter offer. Once you make the decision to leave, leave. Never let them entice you back into the company with more money. If they valued you, they would have offered it to you before it got to that point.

You should have a raise system in place with competitive prices so people don't leave. And don't rely on 1 person where if he leaves the company is in trouble. redistribute work accordingly so you don't depend on 3 people leaving the company. People should be fired based on performance, not the bottom but the top management.

Wow, this is great. I just got a promotion at work. Here’s how I did it. 1. Consistency: every week play like I’m in the super bowl. 2. Reliable: I am always early to work, first one there, last one to leave. When people needed time off, I offered to work for them. 3. Work ethic: every day I went into work I thought about how I could make myself better. Often I took this mindset home with me and thought it over on my time off as well. 4: Loyalty: I have only called out a handful of times, and when I did, It was only when I was contagious with the sickness. 5. Leadership: my boss noticed that the staff often came to me when They have questions, or had to get something off your chest. I lead by example, so as they’ve watched me work, they’ve picked up my strong work smarter not harder habits. 6. Citizenship. I’ve been with my company for a long time. 7. Trust worthy: I am more than proven that I am a trustworthy employee. With the list of qualifications I shared above. Thank you for this video, Patrick. I started watching you during the pandemic, and your content has done a lot of good for me. It is inspired me to be the best I possibly can at my craft, and in life. God bless you, and god bless America.

Had to see this😂😭

It's just leverage. That's actually good negotiating tactics which is great for business. It just stings when someone uses their leverage against you. Doesn't make them a bad apple.

For the employees, never be loyal to your employer, ever. Do a good job at work, and be a good representative for your employer. However, ALWAYS be looking for a job with higher pay, better benefits, and more job satisfaction. NEVER EVER be loyal to your employer, it's business for them, and all about the bottom line and it should be for you as well. Employees need to have the same mentality, and always make it about your well-being and the bottom line. DO NOT let them own you, because most small business owners will take advantage of you in every way they can. Changing employers is often the fastest way to increase your pay, benefits, and job satisfaction. If it makes your boss mad that you are negotiating, they are the type you don't want to be employed by. Your employer is not a spouse or a personal relationship, it's a business deal. Stop letting your employers take advantage of you. The bad employers will eventually have all of the bad employees, and the good employers will get all the good ones. It's like chick-fil-a vs Popeyes where I live. The Chic-fil-a employees are courteous, friendly, and very helpful. The Popeyes is horrible...the employees are rude and they are never professional. The food is now terrible, and if they don't feel like cooking something they just say they are out of it.

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It's crazy how many people do not know how long a qualified manager has to study to become a manager with anything and supervision is better than for managers that get promoted on the job as a manager, and it's even more important to know how to know if a person is a qualified manager other than there certification numbers that provide their amount in studies in managerial anything It's insulting that those who say they are qualified but all managers of career status must have five years in skills I won't mention but it lets professionals know if the persons are hired on the job promoted by anyone for any reason not known to everyone else; again I say career professional know that managerial career positions require a certain amount of skills in another career before being able to pass the other exams that must go with the one certification they got from an online class that is more than twenty-hour study Again all managerial positions require a five-year career experience and that qualification to even be considered for the actual career managerial positions that are career positions, not some few weeks of online studies or hours of it It's best to have supervision that had to be managerial before that position and rather a career positions or not those have to be learned and known Again if the person or persons are not career managerial. The best choice is supervision that supervised the number of people who need to be supervised versus paying all employees that get together to outsmart everyone else out of their raises The only person that should be getting that pay is a supervisor with a career qualification and not the certification of it and on the job promoted as one Too many people are wronging those that are actual students who have to have those learning in the career of it to do everything else they study 📚 People treating e anything like a computer of studies and not, people and computers are different in e every way and that should never be confused and that is what supervisors are there to do, making people who work great productive at what they do and yet to do better as people, not the computer people who think there is no difference between them The difference is qualifications with on-the-job skills to not certification with knowing how the computer... The real managers and supervisors of people not computers Learning skills at work is wrong that is in the classroom for whatever subject that is discussed with career objectives according to your grades not talking ability They have professional phone operators for that or secretaries that are qualified in the multi taking for just the boss that supervises office staff too So who is asking for a raise in a position that is a career position but can be promoted into a job position but job positions do not ask for raises y less they are the most productive of everyone including the business itself and they have their in office Not pay request, get the career requirement for the positions with the required book studies of it and them to ask after the number of years it is studying any career position...

Pat was is your last two 6 and 7 of the 7 pointer employee? Sorry I missed that. Thank you.

I missed these video

What if an employee was not searching, but was contacted by another company or recruiter with a substantial offer, and they were in a position where their money was tight or were falling behind. If they took the time to put together a spreadsheet to outline a minimum amount they could stay for (not necessarily a match of the offer), would you consider it?

If you're not offered a promotion after 3 years, leave the company. Don't even bother asking your current employer for a raise. Get it somewhere else.

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Where is the video where you are giving employee reviews and it was funny as hell! More skit like.

What I learned is that it took 4 years for Pat to call a guy on a bluff

I work for a global corporation company as a trilingual bussiness analyst, I have build my department from 0. Asked for a raise and my leadership said: " I cant give you a raise because you have been working in here for too long" I only make 40k after taxes, I feel ripped off. Whos hiring?

As an employee, I feel super smart getting inside info lol.

As much as I appreciate the insight, being loyal to your employer is something a owner would say. Hard disagree that I as a employee need to show loyalty while I get underpaid and if inflation goes up like it did the company wouldn't give me a raise. Just to clarify I like the video but most employers don't give a shit. If they can replace you with someone cheaper they will be tempted to do it even if you are loyal. In the Netherlands this isn't really possible because we do have safeguards to ensure that if you get fired you still get paid for a time (even until your next job). The reason for this is business owners tend to appease their own pockets or their shareholders so the entire company will be run on that mindset. employees will always suffer. I do agree that job hopping is not a good idea. some are just unhappy and that's fine but if ur job hopping every 3 months ur going to hit a brick wall...

I’ll have to talk to My boss about it 😂

Great video from the employers point of view. The employer will get you for free if he could. Best advice, is work smart and hard, improve your skills and knowledge by working for a company, built up your resume, and look for a better paying job. Begging for a 10% raise(which doesnt even cover the cost of living increase) and being treated as they are doing you a favor, isnt worth it. Just move to the next one

What I've noticed is most people value the extroverted alpha males. I find a lot of employers value the employees that they like to go golfing with or can story tell. Also they tend to like the overconfident almost classic salesman type. I find a lot of these employees don't do the most work. They command the room and can talk the loudest and a lot of people listen to them because they confuse confidence with capability. Based on the Briggs Myers personality types I'm an INTJ (Introverted, Intuitive, Thinking, and Judging). I tend to value efficiency in the workplace. When I work for a company I find the processes that are not working or are wasting time then eliminate them. I organize people to do tasks they are best suited to do. I don't need nor want to be micromanaged. I value rational logic behind decisions not emotional feelings. When I'm in charge of projects they are finished on-time or less and under budget. I also normally the projects or jobs no one wants and do all of the dirty work to get them done. Another issue is the alpha mangers above me tend to take credit for the work I'm doing even though they really have not contributed anything. I think they take advantage of me because I don't like to be managed so they don't and stay out of my way. My company also likes to do team building and events centred on outgoing personalities such as beer nights and gatherings. Part of my personality though is I find social interaction very taxing. Which means the enjoyable experience the employer is trying to create is not for me. Generally I tend to not go to these activities. This puts me as more of an outsider with my company. That is why I've seen a few people move past me in terms of promotions because they are being seen. I think employers or perhaps society at large should value introverted people more. Many of them like myself are the cogs that keep the engines running smoothly. The quiet accountants, architects, engineers, scientists, and programmers are the under valued unsung heroes of the workplace.

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Always interesting to hear this guy’s perspective. No argument against high standards. That’s always valuable. The next decade will be interesting though. Labor will have the leverage due to demographics. Recession will make some people really need work but there will be a labor shortage for years.

What if I am the manager and I need a raise.

Owner told me 20k is a lot of money. Was paid 50k. Inflation hits and work load went up. Is salary adjusted, dude. A guy with few cars, yacht and millions in the bank, who spent 20k on weekend holidays telling me I am crazy. Forget it dude, you are not worth of time. I drove home and got a job for the 80k in better company.

Pat, I've been a subscriber for years and the only thing I've produced for this channel was comments. I deserve an 8% raise due to inflation

I need to learn how to ask for a RAISE

Joined a company 9 months ago, was told by owner after 6 months I’d get a pay review & did I agree to cutting lunch time & pay adjusted instead we all agreed. After 7 months I ask my boss (not the owner) I’m here 6 months owner said I’d get a pay review? Was told he’d email him. Still haven’t gotten it, was then told oh yeh you got the extra month worth 5.2% pay increase 25 quid, so that’d be your pay review. Utter bs, owner is down next week & I’m going to say it to him then, get the answers I need, if not new year I’ll show up looking for him. Why say you’ll get this extra 2.5hr pay & a pay review, then say through middle management that oh yeh the extra 2.5hr pay is your pay increase. From next week I can’t afford to heat my home nor keep up maintenance on my vehicle to get to & from work.

Commission jobs are great but it's exactly that commission for reasons of not promoting It's what you do for whatever it is that person does in that company not self

It’s real simple, get a better offer, ask for a time to talk with those who can make it happen, and plan your future with the company together, based on what the market value is for your skills. As an employer, I need my average employees. They don’t have to come to me, I give them raises every year.

If you care please talk about employee retention as Well. Or get someone with high degree in Human Resources management .my wife is one of them she can teach better your audience on this topic

First of all these bots…. Second yeah I’ve done all those pointers went above and beyond and yet never got a raise and when I did ask for a raise, they made it super difficult to even consider one and shortly after I was fired when I wasn’t doing the above and beyond and just doing the minimum like everyone else yet I was the one who was let go after numerous days of OT, extra work, doing the work of 3 people etc.

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So what can we do about that employee that is highly specialized but is also the bad apple?

I like how I'm watching this like a sofisticated business owner who is thinking of my employees, but I really just work at a Taco Bell in Nebraska.

I'd love to work for you!

The best way to get a pay raise is to go to your bosses competition.

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Anytime an employee comes to me asking to match the pay of a head hunter position, without hessitationI tell them good for you - you should work for them! I have never seen a truly high value employee to play that game...

People who are working full time for you, are hourly or salary based and are under middle management should be given readjustments based on inflation without they ask, specially if you are making them come to the office. Readjustments are not raises

My company has a union and we have a contract. How do I ask for a raise? Lol

The problem is raises hardly ever keep up with the market rate. It's better to just switch to a different company if you want a decent raise. The x company will pay me this is risky better to just go to another company. Personally I say get all you can when you can because the company will eventually start to screw you. They will ask you to do double the work for a small raise when usually you aren't even at market rate.

Imagine being the rockstar and watching everyone including multiple new hires get promotions instead of you. Living it.

Some small business cant afford to pay more so they either have to get fired or the worker quits.

I find the best way to get a raise is, show the numbers. Explain and show how you produce more capital than your peers. Than ask for a peice of the pie, that doesn't exist without you. Emphasis your not greedy, just hungry too.

Good video to know how corps and ceos are going to try and use you and manipulate you.

If you had to fire 1 person but could only choose between 2 employees. 1st employee has been with you for 15 years with average performance but has proved they are loyal. Or the 2nd employee who has been there 3 years and is a rising star crushing it. Which one would you choose to fire?

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I doubt the boss watches this self help channel lol

Only way you get a good raise with my company is put in your 2 weeks notice. My last raise for last 18 months was 3%. Record profits for company. Other technician and even management quit. Hiring new techs close to what I make and more than I make. With no experience and I get to train them with my 10 years of experience.

You give it to them if you want to keep employees

Never could stand the thought of “climbing a greasy pole”. That kind of work life drains the humanity out of a person.

Can you speak on the employee side of things rather then the employer?

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if you dont want to lose him, give him

an employee will never ask a raise unless he/she's been working there for years with exemplary performance without having a salary increase. Some companies these days will layout the career path and that includes the salary increase, bonuses , etc. while on-boarding, some even discusses these during interviews. So if an employee asks for a salary increase it means the issue is on the employer. A lousy employee will never ask for an increase (that's based on my experience at least)

In my worker coop business, everyone is entitled to all the money they made (minus the common cost of running the business) and all the profits.

Ohh you better value your employees as assets to your business, and ohh hell yeah you better give them some incentive to stay loyal to you. And ohh yeah you'd better get rid of them scamming lil leeches.....I always get the employers who tell me how well they look after good employees, only to wind up burnt out n struggling not to flip it everyday after about 6months in.

yes ,if they say no then move on, the market will probably pay you more anyway.

Family ownes a buisness of 12-17 payroll employees, and when one comes up and asks for a raise by saying they could be making x over there we always say take it bluff or not. We're happy if they can make more and do better for their familys. Not going to get us to give you a raise going that route, but hey youre welcome to stay.

To the troll employees in the comment section....The best raise is to start your own company, quit complaining.

Disagree. Working the system will always make you more money than hard work. There’s too many opportunities out there. See so many people I know making over $200,000 a year that aren’t worth $40,000.

Move on if the boss can't see ur value. plenty of work out there

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