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Originally Posted by lilyukyuk
Hey all...so I'd like some opinions on raises at work. In your experience are they automatic or do you have to always ask for them?
Ive been with my company for 2 years - 2 annual reviews with above average ratings and there has been no mention of a raise or a bonus.
Also, if you have to ask for a raise, what's the best approach?
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It really depends on the place. Larger offices with HR departments will have a set approach. Typically tying it to your yearly review or even doing company wide evaluations at the same time of the year. However smaller places you may have to be more proactive about it as the owners don't devote a lot of time to HR/payroll stuff. Not as a fault, they are just typically busy running the business and serving the customers.
If your company is fairly good about schedule reviews/evaluations than you may have to wait until yours comes up. As many are unwilling to discuss compensation outside of regular review schedules unless it's in reaction to a job offer and they don't want to lose you.
But if you've had two good reviews and compensation has never been brought up it's not rude to ask "Can we discuss my salary/compensation?" It's at least a little more proper than leading with "I'd like a raise boss".