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Subject:RE: Getting what I'm worth From:david -dot- locke -at- amd -dot- com To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 7 Aug 2001 22:08:39 -0500
Unfortunately, the time to ask for things is when you get hired. Then, if
they can't happen immediately, they should be written into a contract. Talk
is not respected in court.
Once you take a job, you will get inflation raises at most even when the
people coming in the door are getting 20% increases. You won't score points
being reasonable or unreasonable.
You might want to take the time you are now spending on anticipatory anxiety
and put together a plan for increasing your value in the job market, and
then work that plan regardless of how the salary issue goes. By this I mean,
what tools and skills can you learn on your current job. Since they treat
you like a professional, they expect you to grow. Grow first and if the
salary thing doesn't work out you will be in a better position to reap
higher wages. I don't mean write your resume and be prepared to bail. Your
worth can go up even when your salary does not.
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