Hardworking person without raise

[ls7878]

Hi all,

I have a question. My manager always say thank you for my hard working, but she did not give me minimum raise this year and even did not explain anything. 
 

Should I ask? It is a sensitive topic I never raise up always appreciate whatever I received. However since she is my manager, I always get the lowest raise. Since this year I put good rate for myself for the year end review questionnaire and I get a good bonus, but she cancelled the minimum raise on me for this year...

yes I went to school and she reimburse a course fee for me. I still have another passed course, I asked her one time but she did not say anything yet...

Are they the reason she cancel the yearly minimum raise on me? It is supposed to be a good new but I am sitting here feel so sad... it is not the money thing. You know minimum raise is really little actually but she did not mentioned anything...I do not know how to explain my feelings... in this team, I am the only one do whatever she asked... other people just ignore her and every year she gave me the project no one wants to do...and even herself says I always finish the task that is even not possible to finish.... she always thanks for my dedication and hard work...

I did not want to go back school, she encourage me to do so in order to increase the competition between peers... right now she even do not want to reimburse my passed course... and then today I know there is no minimum raise for me...

 

am I being greedy to ask for too much? Honestly I really feel bad for this thing and do not know it is my issue or what kind of issue it is. Please give me some advice.

 

 

[clia]

You should sit down with her and ask what specific things you need to achieve in order to achieve the raise.  Tell her it is your goal next year to get a raise of "whatever it is," and ask what you can do to achieve that raise.  Once she tells you, you do those things, and then you can also check in with her during the year to see how she thinks you are doing.  

Do you have any kind of annual review with her?  That's always a good time to do it, and to tell her your goals for the year, etc.  But if you've already had it, now would be a good time.  

It's also possible that raises were minimal across the board this year due to other factors, e.g., economy, coronavirus, etc., and had nothing to do with you.

[d0nnivain]

Do you know anything about the company's revenues in the pandemic?  if they are not making a profit that is why you aren't getting a raise.  Merit & hard work can't magically make money appear in the company coffers.  

If money is not an issue, you do need to speak up.  Be prepared about all the ways you helped the company & why you earned the increase  

[ls7878]

Thank you both for the reply. I do not know how to reply your post...so I just reply here.

 

yes, we have review twice a year. I never really request anything so far. This year I asked for more work experience because the program in school require certain experience but she hasn’t given it to me yet.

Ask for raise seems a really hard thing for me. So I never asked. I guess it is the thing I need to learn in my workplace. It is very hard for me somehow...

COVID-19 did not affect my company a lot. We are really a profitable company even during the pandemic, we are still in good status. Money is never our issue. 

 

my husband ask me to ask her about the minimum raise and my reimbursement for my passed course. I have same feeling that I should speak up and stand up for myself or this kind of things will always happen to me. But it is too rough to say why there is no minimum increase and also mention my reimburse my passed course?

[clia]

I would probably say something along the lines of "I was disappointed to see I didn't receive the minimum raise this year, because over the past year I accomplished A, B, and C.  Can you please help me to understand what, from your perspective, I can do this year to get the raise next year."  A, B, and C will be your accomplishments, things you contributed to the business, major contributions, etc.  You can parlay this conversation into a discussion about why you didn't get the raise this year and ways you can improve.  It's important to make sure you understand your manager's expectations of you, because it seems there might be a mismatch going on.    

[ls7878]

Thank you for your suggestion. I will put it in my email to try to have a discussion with her and see what she is expecting from my performance.

 

thank you for your help!

 

 

[Dork Vader]

On 8/24/2020 at 11:35 AM, ls7878 said:

Thank you for your suggestion. I will put it in my email to try to have a discussion with her and see what she is expecting from my performance.

 

thank you for your help!

 

 

Yes I would definitely talk to her about the raise. Personally I don't mind if employees ask me about raises and why they have not received one. Sometimes there are reasons for it they don't know about and often have nothing to do with the person/employee performance. When they ask I'll typically explain what's going on and why. Sometimes they have capped out what my business is capable of paying them for their specific job duties. if they want to advance and there are openings for it and I think they are capable of handling more, I will offer to start training them. If that's not an option, I'm honest and tell them, if they want more from a career then it's on them to find a job with another company that can provide advancement opportunities. I will help them with that as well, pointing them in the right direction.

Typically after a few years with me, they have capped out what I'm capable of paying. I do make adjustments to their wages based on increases in minimum wage and inflation. 

Edited September 8, 2020 by Dork Vader