This short YouTube clip (Ramit Sethi) gives a concrete script and process for asking for a raise: don’t ask tentatively; schedule a meeting and ask how to be "extraordinary" in the role; jointly set two–three specific goals, put them in writing and email them; provide biweekly updates; at the performance review present achieved goals plus market-research-backed compensation request.
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First thing you want to do is avoid what most people do, which is walk in and say, do you think maybe I could get paid a little bit more? No, that's not confident. And that's just basically putting your hand out and saying, can you pay me more? Don't do that. Here's a much better approach. You set up a meeting with your boss. You walk into her office, you say, look, it's really important to me that I am extraordinary at this job, and I want to know what it's going to take for me to do an extraordinary job. Can we talk about that? You and your boss jointly come up with a list of two or three goals. You write it down, you send an email, you make sure it's in writing, and then every two weeks, you update your boss. When it comes time for your review, let's say six months down the line, you walk in, you say, six months ago, here's what we talked about. I achieved those things. I've been updating you and now pull out your sheet of research. I've looked at what other people in my position are making, and I'd like to discuss a compensation adjustment.
