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- dbloc
When asking for a raise is it better to ask for a percent or a dollar amount?
- buddylee0
...in chicken wings?
- ********0
% is a smaller number to represent.
BUT if your total number is more than 20%, the chances of you getting is lower. so if higher than 20%, use $ if not use %.
- spongebob0
I think you should always use percentage, because it is a relative measure versus your current pay.
$500 increment may or may not be too much, but when it looks like 10% it's more easy to justify.
- dbloc0
I am asking for 20% hoping to get at least 17%.
- ********0
thats about a good number
ask for 19%and when they ask u why 19%, say, cause its lower than 20
- dbloc0
ha haa. that's probably a good idea. just like everything at a store ends in .99 looks like a smaller price.
- ********0
also it help u in a sense that they cant calculate the dollar value immediately. rounded off numbers are eaiser to calculate as they listen to you.
- airey0
dollar amount.
your raise will be compared to everyone else in the company's income probably. asking for a 5k raise (an extra $96 bucks per week) is a figure that can be analysed and approached correctly. if you ask for a percentage that 5k can look like way to much even if you're worth it.
in all the places i've worked i've never heard of anyone asking for a percentage raise. it's a too simplistic way to approach it in my view.
my 2cents for all it's worth.
- dbloc0
I've worked there for 5 years and every raise that I've gotten has been a percentage.
- airey0
what sort of percentages have the increases been in the past?
- airey0
plus, if that's the case why even ask the question? obviously your employer prefers percentages?!?
- dbloc0
I asked the question to get advice from other people. My employer doesn't necessarily like percentages, he's just used them in the past when referring to raises.
- airey0
ahh cool. what sort of percent raises have you got in the past?