increase your salary

China
November 5, 2007 9:02pm CST
When you passed your probation time in your work, do you dare to ask your boss to raise your salary ?
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8 responses
@hyzz1982 (1040)
• China
6 Nov 07
i am afraid i cann't. but i think when you are a worker in due form, your company will raise the salary. if the company doesn't do so, you can go to ask the boss raise it. i think he will have no excuse to refuse your request. every company has its rules. in the rules how to paid you must list clearly.
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• United States
6 Nov 07
I think it's possible. Some employers when they hire or during the interview may say that in so many months if you hold up your end of the bargain...they will give you a raise. In some instances, you may have asked for more money to begin with but they didn't offer you that much and will offer as a trade-off a review within so many days after hire and perhaps consider a raise then. How far into the probation period? I think 3-6 months is a good time to ask for a raise if one wasn't mentioned in the beginning.
@mylory (64)
• China
6 Nov 07
Many Company would do it like this,I think is the best time to ask for a raise is one year later.
@youless (112131)
• Guangzhou, China
7 Nov 07
No, we can't expect it. Our boss is very rich, but he won't pay extra money for it anyway. Even we have a too low salary raise for a year or two years. So I always tease everything's price is getting higher and higher, except for one thing...
• Philippines
7 Nov 07
It's right to ask if you are working for almost a year.. and im glad if there's such a company like that. Since i am working now and turning three years my employer still not increasing my salary and it's so unjustice. I enjoy my work here.
@doli64 (20)
• China
28 Nov 07
In my company,there is a different between probation time and formal time.Usually is more higher.I advice you need to learn the company culture,that means to learn what about other colleague. and to know your boss. That will make thing more easy.trust me.
• United States
30 Nov 07
I have never been in that position before as my confirmation usually came with an increase previously. I do not work anymore but I guess you should discuss it with your boss whenever you feel you are due for a pay increase. You never know until you try; no harm trying and you might be pleasantly surprised.
@Soniasony (1827)
• India
6 Nov 07
If you re3ally feel you have worked to your potential and really deserve then go ahead and demand...
@Minesky (245)
• Philippines
6 Nov 07
As a standard, when you are about to be employed by the company, they would give you a job offer, and the salary rate, which, because you would undergo probation period, is lower by a certain amount against your co workers of the same level/position. After the probation period, you would now be stated under a salary that is based on your performance, which was starting salary plus % increase. Some companies instill a yearly evaluation program wherein it is a baseline of the increase of your salary. Rest assured though, your salary would not anymore be decreased due to legal constraints. If your company does not have the yearly evaluation program , your basis to ask for an increase may be either of the two suggested scenarios: (1) Another 6 months after you pass your probation period. In other words, your first anniversary since joining the company; (2) If your performance has a great impact on the increase in profitability / income of the company, i.e., if you were able to bring in a lot of new customers, and you are not working by commission. If your boss is not the owner of the company, it should be easy to try to request for a raise under these 2 circumstances. On his position, it would also be easy to answer you back, since, he is not the one who makes the final decision in the first place, though, but have some say on it even for a bit. Safest thing to do, is while on the negotiation of being employed and offered a salary amount, you should already indicate there your expectations on when your salary would be evaluated for any increase in the future. Cheers!