Squiggly Shortcut: How to ask for a pay rise

Hi, this is Sarah from the Squiggly Careers podcast and this is one of our shortcut episodes. These are designed to be short, as you'd hope, really specific, with actions that you can put into practice straight away. And today we're going to be talking about that slightly knotty topic of how to ask for a pay rise. So before we dive in, asking for a pay rise for most people. does feel hard and uncomfortable.

And I think almost if you expect to feel uncomfortable, then you know you're getting it right. I think very few people go into these conversations and are cool, calm and collected all of the time. So it it will probably feel a bit anxiety inducing, it will feel difficult, but that doesn't mean that you're getting it wrong. Firstly, don't wait. Don't sit there doing a brilliant job and just thinking it's okay because someone else will just automatically realize that I'm as amazing as I am and sort my pay out for me.

That in my experience very rarely happens. You have to advocate for yourself and kind of talk about the impact that you're having. So create not wait when it comes to your pay. So three tips for you. Firstly, before the conversation, before you have a conversation typically with your manager, understand the pay rise process in your company.

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