Thursday, May 29, 2008

How to ask for a Raise, or not

So, I have been working crazy hours lately. Since the new General Manager started, my hours have gone from 7/day to about 8-9 (more on days when he is in the office.) Since this has been going on since January. I went in to talk about either ditching some of my work load, or getting paid for the hours I work (that exempt crap isn't all it's cracked up to be.)

I did a little math, looked up the median salary for my position in this area, and asked for a raise. $17,000. Think I'll get it? I wish I could be a fly on the wall when the controller gets a glimpse of that e-mail. =)

I'll keep you posted. Either I'm back to 7 hours a day, or we'll be able to pay for a tank of gas every now and again.

2 comments:

PammyIris said...

IHey if you get one, will you share... Good luck. That sure beats my 8.40 and hour.

Ken Bilderback said...

So ... any updates? Did you get the raise?