How to Ask for a Raise

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Lindsay,

A couple of things:

If turned down for a raise, better question than "why?" is "what stood in the way?" Why often feels like a challenge.

Also if reason for turndown is performance, in addition to asking what can be done for next time, employee needs to request more frequent reviews. Performance issues should never be a surprise at an annual review.

Dani Ticktin Koplik of NJ 2:48PM November 27, 2011

Awesome post. But can I put just this one on my website? I'll make no changes.

Thanks

SAIF

sAIF 12:38PM September 30, 2011

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