How do you ask for a pay rise?
Money Box
BBC
4.2 • 825 Ratings
🗓️ 11 September 2019
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Whether you are a freelancer or working for a big company, talking about how much you're worth can be hard. Have you been too scared to ask for a pay rise? Have you asked but been rejected? Have you dodged negotiating your pay when offered a new position?
We take your calls and offer advice on how to have those tricky conversations.
Contact the Money Box team - email moneybox@bbc.co.uk or tweet @moneybox. Or call us from 1pm on Wednesday: 03 700 100 444 - geographic charges apply.
Join Louise Cooper and her expert panel: Catherine Davies from Pay Rise Accelerator Andrew Chamberlain, Deputy Director of Policy at IPSE Natalie Reynolds author of "We have a Deal" and founder of negotiation consultancy Advantage spring
Producer: Phoebe Keane Editor: Emma Rippon
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| 0:47.5 | Good afternoon. This week, we're looking at pay. So let's start with Elle's story. |
| 0:56.5 | I had been in my job for four years at the point I was asking for a pay rise. I actually went for an interview with the competitor. I basically felt that having another job offer gave me a stronger and firmer |
| 1:03.9 | footing, knowing what I was worth. I took this to my existing manager and basically just explained that I was very loyal to the firm. |
| 1:14.3 | I had no intention of leaving, but this is what I was being offered elsewhere. |
| 1:19.9 | I felt pretty anxious going into the meeting because I just didn't know what the reaction would be of my manager. |
| 1:26.9 | I actually thought it was quite bullsy and controversial |
| 1:29.2 | to be asking for a pay rise, |
| 1:31.7 | and I don't think my boss was expecting it. |
| 1:34.6 | I didn't ask for any more than what the external offer was |
| 1:37.7 | because whilst I'm ambitious, |
| 1:40.9 | I am also not greedy. |
| 1:50.4 | So after I asked my boss, I felt pretty awkward about it. And whilst I previously would have spoken to my boss a lot, we definitely sort of made slightly less eye |
| 1:54.2 | contact than usual. And because she was slightly avoiding me, I wouldn't necessarily go and ask |
| 2:00.3 | her either. So it was very |
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