Having the courage to ask for more money - thank you Martin!

jetfighter

Without Martin's help I wouldn't have had the guts to actually pester my boss (also called Martin :rolleyes:) for a pay rise.

What I actually got was the possibility of a "new" job - which was basically my old job at a higher salary, on a permanent basis - but they would have to recruit for it and I would have to interview.

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So I took a massive risk there, I think... and said "Yes. Go ahead and advertise my job. What do I have to lose?" (Errr, my temporary contract!)

It took OVER A YEAR and a lot more pestering to negotiate the new salary scale and place the advert for the permanent job. I applied at the end of May and on Tuesday I had the interview, along with two other candidates - one of whom was very good - but I got the job! I will now earn about 15% more than I was previously earning.

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I'm really pleased. There are a few people in my office who are on too low a salary but they don't say anything about it, for whatever reason. I would probably have been one of them without Martin's advice. And by that I mean Martin Lewis, not my boss!

Thank you Martin for giving me the courage to speak up!

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Tahiti

Congratulations!!

LindsayO

that is just great, well done you, you definitely deserve this, you thought it through, you took the risk, you applied yourself and followed through and got the reward