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Once, I joined in a industry conference with my boss. One night, at a very important function, I happened to be seated beside a industry leader. We talked a lot and at the end of the event, befoe he left, he said to me, I would like you to work for me. His voice was very loud and many people could hear it. Altough my boss was not there at that moment, but I got a surpriseing raise after that meeting.

I have been with the company for almost 9 years. New employees with half as many years experience are being hired at higher wages than current employees. There is a current shortage in my occupation. How can I get the employer to pay fair wages before employees leave to better paying union jobs at hospitals and health authorities?

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Working for a previous Hi-Tech employer in Ireland, I had the opportunity to receive further education and obtain an Honours Degree. At the start of my degree certification (which took 5 years) it was made clear that I was being paid a little more than half the going rate that my colleague was. I was told when I completed my degree this would be reviewed and corrected to match or be similar to his rate.

5 years later I received my degree and waited for the review of my salary.

After 6 months of waiting I went to my HR rep to ask for a review of my salary as I had completed my degree. When I mentioned that this review was promised to me at the start of my further education, the response was "Do you have it in writing?" I said "No, but both your manager and my Director said this to me when I started out on this programme."

After the meeting my HR rep went to both of these individuals and asked about this review. Neither said they had a recollection fo ever saying this to me.

Needless to say, I did not get the promised increase.

Ever since then, I take everything spoken with a pinch of salt unless I see it in writing as well.

Important to give examples of how you have helped the company or made imporvements within your position. Express your value as an educated employee. Get your managers opionion on how you have been doing.

If you start playing games and come up with strategic lies or misinformation, you will get burned. IT is a small world. All you gotta do to get a raise is to simply BE YOURSELF and then some! Talk about all the good things you did, the praises you received. Be professional, polite and articulate. Write your achievements down so that when the time comes, you're armed with actual facts rather than trying to remember your 'story'.

Always give a higher number than your bottom line.

When I first started with this company I was doing a job that two people used to do. When it was time for review I pointed out my contributions and dedication to the organization and was able to negotiate a significant increase over the one presented to me originally. I simply stated that I felt I should be fairly compensated for the level I was producing at.