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Sefal
Nov 8, 2011
Fun Shoe
I think i'm in a position to ask for a raise.

a bit about myself.
Graduated last year in june.

Started working in July 2015 as a jr system administrator.
Company A hired me and pays my salary. They have placed me at company B.
I started primarly solving Tier 1 tickets, withing 3 months I was starting to solve tier 2 tickets and migrating servers to 2012R2 (i've done 3 now. WSUS, DHCP and Active Directory)
Company B promoted me to tier 2 on april 1st 2016. I've also been studying in my spare time to become MCSA Server 2012 certified. I'm MCSA 2012 certified since late march 2016.
i've had a good performance review last month. (this was a inbetween performance review) i have the yearly performance review scheduled in june.

A company tried to recruit me. I initially blew them off. They managed to convince me to come in for a meeting anyway. Meeting went well.
I should have read this thread sooner but i blew the salary negotation. I told them how much I currently make. I lied and told them i made a bit more and they asked me what salary i wanted. I said 2500 euro gross monthly
I know I hosed this up.
They will mail me an offer this week. I kinda hope it gets in before I have the meeting with my boss.


I have a meeting with my boss tomorrow. in which i will plan on asking for a raise.
I plan on asking for 2500 euro gross monthly. I currently make 1700 euro gross monthly

Am I being too hasty? Should I wait to finish my 1st year of employment? I'm now 10 months in.

Sefal fucked around with this message at 09:28 on Apr 6, 2016

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Sefal
Nov 8, 2011
Fun Shoe

KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:

Well, if you get an offer for EUR2500 gross monthly, are you going to be happy with it? If yes, and the position seems good in other ways, I think you should move on.

Getting your current employer to match can be risky. They now know that you are potentially interested in moving on. Now you are #1 on the Layoff poo poo List.

I would be happy with 2500 but i'm not feeling that company. I applied to another place where I would make at the minimum 2400 but I would like working there. I've sent in my application. Hoping to get a call back. It's a jr sys admin role perfect for me.

So should I just not mention the offer and ask for a raise based on my merit?

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