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Article: You deserve a pay rise - so just ask.
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- The Mail on Sunday (London, England)
- Article date:
- September 22, 2002
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Byline: ANDREW MOODY
MOST workers would rather walk over hot coals than dare ask the boss for a pay rise. But Michael Oscar plucked up the courage - and it worked.
The 30-year-old computer programmer was given a ?00 increase to ?000 a year - double the rise he asked for - as well as a new management role in the company.
He says: 'I asked my boss for a meeting and made the point that I had been working hard and wanted to get ahead.
'I didn't get an immediate response, but it was as a result of that meeting that I got my new role.' Most people are too embarrassed to ask outright for a rise and many make the error of trying to bring up ...