What to tell your boss when you discover that your salary is less than your coworkers with less experience?

Question

I'd like to keep my current company but promote my self

Answer 1

if your A REALLY good worker you should probably bust in their and start pointing this **** out

Answer 2

I definitly wouldn't mention that you know how much others make.  It's against policy to discuss pay.  You can get in trouble for discussing how much each of you makes.

It's tough when you know how much others make and you feel you deserve the same amount if not more.

Make a list of all the positives and how you contribute to the company.  Make a list of what makes you deserving a raise and have a meeting with your boss to discuss it.  They have the ultimate decision. Unfortunatly, you can't bring other people's names into it because it has nothing to do with them.  Speaking up about how so and so makes this amount and you don't can just make you look childish and like you're more concerned with everyone else instead of yourself.

Answer 3

You have answered your own question . Promote yourself.

Outiline and document your skills and abilities. show your track record for problem solving, and so on. In other words

Approach your boss with a possitive , hands on approach with what you can do now, and in the future for the company.

Show clearly what you have done in the past and explain where you can go in the future.An aggresive, forward thinking , possitive attitude backed by knowledge and experience will get you 99.9 % of the time better wages and possitions.

Do NOT compare yourself to others in the same area. (i can do this but he cant) No boss wants to hear it and it comes out more as whining. Simply promote yourself and your abilities

in a possitive, and forward thinking light. and you will get what you want..

Answer 4

Everyone has good suggestions. The thing is, you don't know the whole story or circumstances behind anyone's employment. In addition, we humans tend to turn a critical eye towards others being unable to turn a critical eye on ourselves.

If you really deserve a raise, pursue it! Organize a meeting with your boss and present an outlined approach to why you deserve a raise. NEVER mention that person A makes more than person B even though person B has more experience. Having knowledge of employee's pay is strictly against most company policy.

Lastly, I'm not quite sure if this applies to your situation or not, but I find that many employees use their years in the industry as a measurement of experience. More often than not, this is the case when comparing an employee right out of college to an employee 30 years in the service. However, when it comes to 5-10 years of experience, employers also take personalities, drive, motivation, initiative, etc. to base how much to pay an employee.