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When is the best time to bring up a pay raise to my manager?

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    Just between successful objective achieving peaks

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    None. The manager must come to that determination.

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    After 6-12 months of hard work with little to no complaints or errors on your part.

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    The best time to ask about a raise is after you have spent time evaluating your worth in your chosen career by checking comparable pay, asking coworkers how you are performing and what you can do better and finally organizing a compelling argument as to why you think you deserve a raise.

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    Quarterly report time, after new year, after you've been there for set periods of time, if you've gotten workload increased and you've done a great job, when you're underpaid. When others in similar standing are receiving them, or asking, or at least annually.

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    As soon as you want one.

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    Annual performance review.

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    During any review your company does. Usually mid and end of year.

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    When you’ve recently provided significant value to the company and a review cycle is approaching. Or plan way ahead, and bring it up after a positive annual review: “what should I focus on in the next year to earn a promotion?”

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    Right after I did something amazingly cool that made that manager look like a company hero.

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    Do you have a review every year? That's when you should bring it up.

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    The company only gives raises at set times which vary from year to year. They tend to give limited raises.

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    After the completion of a successful project that will help them make the case to their boss.

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    I work in an open union shop, so my raises are determined by annual COLA raises, but this year I did not get a raise.

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    When you feel you are able to justify that you are worth more. Also when your boss has time to consoder your request.

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    Anytime...All they can say is no.

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    After you have hit a home run and they think they can't live without you.