#Should I negotiate my raise in my upcoming performance review if so how?

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glad rain
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I've been at this company for a year and this is my first time I get a performance review. The manager told me beforehand in our one-on-one not to expect more than 1-3% annual raises. He said it also dependent on an individuals performance and emphasised that the big raises are mostly in the promotional packages.

With the above information, what should I do? If he gives me 3% can I ask him if it's possible to bump it to 5% because of "inflation" or because this is my expectation?

The thing is I don't know what leverage to use, I am not a high achiever.

valid garnet
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You use objective measures about your performance and what you brought to the table to decide what you should be worth

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You don’t bring outside factors that a business doenst bring into consideration (inflation, politics, etc.)

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You literally said yourself in this post “I’m not a high achiever” so then you probably don’t have any leverage and that is exactly my point @glad rain

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Hope that’s clear

glad rain
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I see what you mean, the thing is I need to be sure if I can define myself as such, meaning that i was giving a self evaluation form of which i was giving the option to choose a rate like wether I am a "acheiver, exceeded, highly exceeded", the thing is I am not sure if I am "exceeded" so I'll chose "acheiver" to explain this further, I just commit to my task, participate and help others. But that is what I am expected of me in any company, so I don't how to define myself above this

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in our one-on-one I was told I am a good problem solver and do clean work

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how can I measure what I am worth?

valid garnet
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And generally speaking, you should be in constant talks with your boss about your performance and your goals

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So that they can help you get the raise, promotion, whatever that you are looking for

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To me it sounds like you guys already had this conversation recently and were told what to expect

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It seems a bit odd to decide at the very end , when reviews are happening, that you want to reach for a new goal all the sudden

glad rain
valid garnet
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New to your boss (unless I misunderstood your timeline it sounded like you never brought this up to them)

glad rain
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but I don't know what their raises are like, he just gave me a general idea

valid garnet
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But then you do know what their raises are like right ? Because they said 1-3%

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Im not saying you couldn’t go higher

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Im saying it is hard to suddenly go higher

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It would be different if you spent the last 6 months communicating “im reaching for this goal how can I get there” and then you worked towards that

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But that doesn’t seem to be what you’re saying

glad rain
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You're saying I should've had a conversation with my manager about what I need to do to reach a high raise?

valid garnet
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?

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100%

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That’s literally your boss

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That is apart of their job

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To help you reach your goals

glad rain
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weird, I never thought about it this way, I mean I thought it's his job to decided what I am worth

valid garnet
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The job of someone who has reports is to help them feel empowered, like they are getting what they want out of their work , keep them happy, yadda yadda

glad rain
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So can I mention in my new goals what I need to do to be promoted as Software Engineer II? Currently I'm SWE I

valid garnet
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Because then , in theory , they won’t leave

valid garnet
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That’s literally your boss LMAO

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I’m only laughing cause like , I wonder how you would get promoted or go anywhere if the person who you report to doesn’t even know that is what you want

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Communication with your boss is important

glad rain
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because I thought promotion happen in a sense of merit

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like a gift for high performance

valid garnet
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It is based on “merit” as in is usually performance and hopefully objective

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But it doesn’t happen out of know where

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And it isn’t a “gift” in any sense of the word

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Its something you earn

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But you literally have to talk to your boss about what you want for this go anywhere

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They can help you reach your goals

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Again, that is literally apart of their job, people management

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Just like he communicated clearly to you what to expect for a raise

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It is your job to clearly communicate what you want and how to get there