I'm planning on asking my boss for a raise tomorrow morning

>>1454188
Apply to different jobs and then throw your boss the Classic Reverse Cowgirl.

>"I'd like to talk about my salary."
>"Sorry, but I cant give out raises because *Insert excuse here*
>"By the way, X company is offering me X."

If she just says yes to the initial raise you should be fine. If you cant get a raise because the company literally cant give you more money for some strange reason, bargain for something else, like work hours, holiday/vacation time, schedules, whatever. But if they cant give you a raise, go apply to other jobs.

>>1454188
Back when I was an employee I'd just hand in my notice and then the boss would offer me a 50% raise to stay.

I don't know how it would've worked out if I accepted the offer since I never did. All I know is the surest way to get a raise offered is to quit.

>>1454244
This is absurd advice. Don't listen to him.

>>1454257
I'm not advising him to quit.

I'm just agreeing with the previous anon. If you're willing to quit all the leverage is on your side. At $10/hour a person should be quitting once a year anyways, just to keep the career fresh. It doesn't go much lower than that in most places.

>>1454188
>cleaned blood off the elevator floor and walls
if it helps any I'm an environmental contractor and I charge $150/hour for that kind of work.

cleaning up crime scenes requires special training and certifications. (HAZWOPER 40 hour in the US for example). As well as some fairly expensive PPE.

you're saving them tons, don't be shy.

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Thanks everyone. Do I give a number or let them? If I do, what do I give? The median pay I'm seeing via Glassdoor is $11-13 but that's full time of course.

I'm thinking of asking for a 10% increase (or $1). But if that's my aim, should I ask for 15% or even 20% or is that laughable?

>>1454296
I'd ask for $12.65.

it's an arbitrary and weird number, so it's harder to bargain from.

>>1454297
>How did you come to that number, anon?

>>1454301
yep.
the boss will think that's a weirdly specific number and wonder how you came up with it.

let her wonder.

>>1454302
No, I'm roleplaying as the boss, asking you, the employee, how you came to that number cause I think that's what she'd ask.

>>1454306
"Fuck your mother, that's how I came up with that number. Are you gonna pay me or not? dumb hole."

>>1454306
yeah, I'm saying my answer would be a smile.

nothing more.

If you are actually a good employee and not just bullshitting they will give you a raise. Just be confident and act like its no big deal and if they refuse tell them that somebody else offered you more.

>>1454323
But you need to ask, correct? I've read studies that women make less because they don't ask as often as men.

Also I'm not doing this, despite that I'd love to make that much.
>>1454297

>>1454328
Look, I've worked in x/hr jobs before in my life and yes you need to ask while being assertive. Every raise I received in a job like that was me asking after I showed that I was above the norm in whatever it was. If they value you enough then they will give you the raise.

So the boss lady I'll be speaking to is the operations assistant and not the person who hired me. I'm thinking I need to speak to either the woman who hired me, whom I never see, or the general manager, who I also never see. Those three are the management team here.

Should I speak to the first woman? I'm leaning towards no. But then should I text/call the woman who hired me? She loves texting. Or would it make more sense to go straight to the GM with a phone call or text asking if he's got a few minutes?

>>1454362
Women feel anxious and afraid when men approach them, and consider you a threat.

She will become offensive as a defense, and deny your raise.

You must be unthreatening to the fullest degree, make yourself look smaller, speak abit higher pitch, hold a hat in hand, looking more downwards with face, nervously figeting with your hat. It's the best option, but she will draw the conclusion that you are a betacuck and make up reasons why you not only deserve to NOT get the raise, but also why you should be given less money.

If you consider texting with the subject of a raise, then you are not a real man, you are a beta male.

>>1454362

It's only a fucking dollar.

Talk to whoever has the authority to give you a fucking dollar raise. Just tell them that you've been there for a fucking year, even red lobster or mcdonalds gives people raises after that time.

It's likely someone just forgot you fucking existed because you don't mean two shits to anybody in charge.

Be humble, ask for a raise, if they decline protest a little bit and state that you've been there for a year. If they play hardball; quit. Find a job that pays eleven fucking dollars an hour literally anywhere else.

Holy shit you're retarded. Even retards get raises though, faggot.