Re: Ask for a raise? Or pack my bags?

[Robert Lauriston <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com>]

Look up Technical Writer II for your city on salary.com. The national
average can be misleading.

If you're worth considerably more than they're paying you, you'd
probably get more faster by changing jobs. Even if your employer
recognizes that you're underpaid, they'd probably choke on paying you
twice what you were getting three years ago.

If they know you're working for less than you're worth, they won't
want to replace you until they have to. If they don't think you're
worth more than they're paying you, they won't expect you to leave for
a better-paying job.

On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 4:31 PM, RaphaelWorkman -at- comcast -dot- net
<raphaelworkman -at- comcast -dot- net> wrote:
> Hello tech writers:
>
> I don't know where else to turn for advice.
>
> Is it a risk to my job security to ask my supervisor or an HR employee for a raise or work from home privileges? I earn an anonymous amount of money between $36K and $38K annually. I was hired 3.5 years ago at $32K. I just found out the national average is around $60K
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