People with Master of Business Administration (MBA) Degrees (United States)

I went out and found another job and when I notified of my intention to leave they came back and matched it.

Analyst jobs usually don't entail much analysis.

Build a case for yourself. You need to explain what you have done for the company to deserve an increase.

It is imperative to remember what is most important to you in life. I believe that when you feel overwhelmed then you should analyze why and whatare the factors which cause you so much grief. Corporations spend more and more time being concerned with their bottom line, not their employees. Essentially, people become upset when they are given the infamous pink slip or terminated. Will you ever be paid what you are worth in your current position? Your loyalty to your corporation is misplaced. Do what serves you best and the thank God that you believe in him?

Adding value to your organization is a key to getting a raise. Improve on a procedure or implement something that didn't exist before. Then make sure your manager knows the impact it created.

Don't be afraid to ask. Just have ammo to back it up. The best ammo is day to day performance that leads to benefits your working group and company.

I was terminated for being honest about reporting a 8% negative variance in physical inventory. I wasn't obnoxious or threatening about the incident.

The plant I was at was subject for sale or shutdown and perhaps the timing of the event seemed to fray the nerves of division management. Though the termination, in my opinion was unjust, I am relieved and unburdened by my decision. I am boycotting my former employers products but wish my former co-workers well.

In summary, you work to live not live to work.

While I was working for a Public Health Department, I was injured doing the job of several lazy nurses who refused to get their hands dirty cleaning up their own storage area. Of course, no good deed goes unpunished, so I destroyed multiple disks in a freak accident. This was just the chance the nurses and a new Health Officer, a female doctor, who was very green and very unqualified for the position went to work.

Every decision they could find that they failed to agree with, they blamed on me, even though all decisions of that level had to be made by the former Health Officer. They made up false problems that were clarified explained, and authorized in previous grant materials. And, probably the biggest lie of all, was to accuse me of not spending over $193,000; which was the direct responsibility of the Board of Health, as a mere Administrator, the position I held, could only spend $500 without authorization.

So while I was pumped full of narcotic drugs at successively higher levels waiting on surgery that eventually failed, they assembled all this manufactured information, held a "kangaroo court" in may absence an summarily fired me from my position while out on Worker's Comp, knowing full well I could not articulate a complete sentence, let alone defend my actions from false accusations.

The thing that I learned, a tough lesson as I look back upon it now, is hire an attorney to look out for your best interests if you suspect subterfuge may happen in your absence. If you do not trust you superiors or subordinates, never trust them when you are not in a position to take action to defend yourself. As its been said many, many times - you can rarely if ever, trust anyone in today's workplace, especially under qualified or incompetent supposed professional staffers, such as nurses and doctors or the female persuasion. The wield very sharp knives and like nothing better than to stab male professionals in the back with manufactured truths. Since the job wasn't worth what it paid, and I ended up permanently disabled, it just wasn't worth fighting for in my situation... but yours may be totally different. So get a lawyer to watch your back. You may recover where I did not. Good luck, and never ever trust a female doctor in a low paying position.

My Advice is to let in coming executives value their importance in the interview process. I did not value the worth of my education when I interviewed, thus I accepted a below market salary that I am not satisfied with. For this reason I am seeking employement elsewhere. So, be confident and value your education even with out experience.

Keep eye out for the Electronic Technician exam given by the Postal Office.