Excuse me, boss. I'd like to discuss my pay. Would you give me a pay rise?
Unfortunately, things are pretty tough right now, so I can't afford to give you a pay rise. Sorry!
Please do not say that when asking for a pay rise at work. But how do you ask for a rise to
get the highest figure possible? Well, if you want to get the biggest pay rise achievable,
make sure you stay tuned and watch this tutorial from start to finish, because I will give you a
brilliant script to use. And just very quickly, if you are new to this channel, please make sure you
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into the tutorial. Let me now show you how to ask for a pay rise at work. Make sure you take
notes. This is a live scenario. Once you watch the scenario, I will then give you the script to
write down. Here we go. Excuse me, boss. I'd like to discuss my pay, please. Yeah, sure. Go ahead.
Thank you. I've been working for the company for 18 months now, and I feel I'm worthy of
a pay rise. I've worked on various projects that I've increased sales, and I often carry
out duties outside of my job description. Please, would you consider increasing my pay?
Okay. You've worked really hard this year. I agree. I'll increase your pay from $40,000 a
year to $41,000 a year. How does that sound? I appreciate the offer, but we've increased
inflation and cost of living, that wouldn't equate to a pay rise. Can you increase it higher?
Okay. Well, you've clearly done your research. I'll increase it to $46,000 a year. Okay. That
would be great. Thank you. Can we also schedule in to review my pay again in another 18 months’ time?
That would really motivate me to achieve great things for the company. You're smart. Okay. Let's
meet again in 18 months’ time, to review your pay. Make sure you work hard. Thank you. Okay. So that
was a really good example of somebody asking for a pay rise at work. And you could see how confident
they were. And they also gave examples of strong work performance to justify the pay increase. Now,
what I'm going to do is give you some really important tips to consider when asking for a
pay rise. I will then give you a script to use when asking for a pay rise in person, and I will
also give you another script which is perfect for when asking for a pay rise by email. Let's get
started with those tips, first of all. So tips for negotiating a pay rise number one. Be confident
in your abilities. Don't be arrogant, but be confident when asking for a pay rise. You have
to be respectful, but be confident at the same time. Because if you show weakness when asking
for a pay rise, your manager might pick up on this and refuse to give you one. Tips for Negotiating a
Pay Rise number two. Make sure you give examples of excellent work performance, especially where
you have helped the company to grow, improve, or increase profits, for example. So let me give you
some examples of excellent work performance you could include in your discussion when asking for
a pay rise. Perhaps you have delivered consistent excellent customer service during your time with
your employer. And as you and I know, delivering excellent customer service can help to increase
customer longevity and also increase sales. Maybe you've received positive reviews online
following your work for the company. Maybe you've helped streamline processes to help
the company save money. You might have helped the company win a lucrative sales contract. You might
have brought in more customers or clients to the business. Maybe you have carried out excellent
performance during your time with the company and that performance has been reflected positively in
your appraisal reviews. You might have carried out duties outside of your job description. Say,
for example, when a coworker is off sick or on holiday. You might have carried out their work for
them. And also, finally, you might have helped the company train up new members of staff as and when
they join the team. So those are some examples that you can use when discussing a pay rise.
Tips for negotiating a pay rise number three. If they refuse to give you a pay rise, ask to book
a date in several months’ time, for example, to review your pay again. That's really important.
So if they say no, we can't currently give you a pay rise, then make sure you do book a date in the
future, soon in the future, to review your pay again, because that gives you something to work
towards. And it also focuses their mind in the build up to that meeting! Tips for Negotiating a
pay rise number four… this is really important. Do not threaten to leave the company if they refuse a
pay rise or offer you one that you are not happy with. That's the worst thing you can do. Don't do
that! If you are going to leave the company, then I recommend, first of all, finding alternative
employment and then going back to them when you've been offered a job with a higher salary,
because that then gives you something to negotiate with if you do want to stay with their company.
Okay, so I am now going to give you two scripts to use when discussing a pay rise. The first one is
for when asking for a pay rise in person, and the second script is for when asking for a pay rise
by email. This is the in-person script. You can write it down, use it and tweak it as you see fit.
Here we go. You start off: Can we discuss my pay, please? They say something like: Yes, of course,
go ahead. You then say: I've been working for the company for eighteen months and I feel now is a
good time to ask for a pay rise. I have worked on various projects that have helped increase sales,
improved customer service standards, and often carried out tasks outside of my job description.
I feel I am worthy of a pay rise and request that you consider increasing it. So your manager says:
Okay, I agree you have worked hard over the last 18 months, so I would be prepared to increase your
salary from $40,000 to $41,000 per year. How does that sound? And then if you're not happy with it,
you can go back and negotiate. So you could say: I appreciate the offer. So you are being respectful,
but that amount barely covers inflation and the cost of living increase. Please can you go higher?
The manager says: Okay, it's obvious you've done your research. I will increase it to
$46,000 per year. And this is important… you then go back, accept it: That's great. Thank
you. Please, can we also book in another date in the diary, say in 18 months’ time to review my
pay again, because that will really motivate me to do great work for the company during
this period. Thank you very much! That gives you something else to work towards. And it's
pretty good for the company as well, because if they review your salary again in, say,
12 months or 18 months’ time, it's then on you to prove that you are worth another pay increase. So
they should get better performance from you during that period of time. That's a script you can use.
You can rewind the video, watch it again, and write it down. Let me now give you a pay rise
script to use If you want to ask for a pay rise by email. And by the way, there's nothing wrong
with asking for a specific figure that you would like. So you could say I would like a pay rise
of 5%, but I prefer that method where you are putting the onus on them to give you a figure,
and you can negotiate it. Here's the email script for asking for a pay rise by email at work. Here
we go. Dear sir or Dear Madam, (if you know their name or you are on first name terms,
then you can put their name in there) RE: Pay review. I am writing to request a review of my
pay. Over the past 18 months. I have thoroughly enjoyed working for the company on various tasks
and projects that have assisted the organization in its commercial and financial goals.
Most notably, I have delivered outstanding customer service resulting in increased sales
and positive online reviews, helped streamline processes to save the company money, carried out
duties outside of my job description, and trained new members of staff when they joined the team. I
believe my consistently strong work performance is worthy of a pay increase and I request a review of
my salary. Thank you for your time and I look forward to hearing from you. Yours faithfully.
Insert your name. So that gives you a broad template you can use and you can see how effective
it is when you structure in that manner where you are listing the different things you have
done to help the company or organization achieve its commercial and or financial goals. It's a
really good template to use! Again, you can pause the video and write that down if you want to.
There you have it. Lots of tips and example scripts to help you get the pay rise that you
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