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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
You should keep a work journal and record every time that you do something that saves the company money, pleases a client, make some kind of professional breakthrough, receives positive feedback, etc... Then bring them up in your discussions.
It's easy for employers to overlook things or forget them because they are busy and deal with several other employees. Heck, it's probably not easy for you to recall every time as well.
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This is true. I forgot some achievements throughout the year that the team I work with accomplished, by accident. I also asked if I missed anything and because of the good relationship I maintain with the team they were open and honest at citing other good tasks that they completed.
It is also true that the best way to get a raise is to get another offer from elsewhere. It's funny. I had been offered a new position in my company verbally, and denied a $6,000 dollar raise ($3,000 plus potential floating benefit of $1,000 - $3,000. The verbal offer never amounted to anything in writing to boot. Got head hunted and offered a better position with a competitor with significantly more money plus the buying of my house to help me move and amazingly my company was able to match.
This actually bothers me quite a bit that it takes the potential to lose an employee for companies to get serious.