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But that doesn't mean people shouldn't be paid fairly for the work that they're doing.

So what's the biggest mistake people make when they go into a pay rise conversation?

This is interesting.

You say the number is key.

Everyone's in a different job by definition.

They should be looking for which numbers are the most important sort of drivers in their particular role or business.

And they should know them and be able to refer to them when they have this conversation.

Yeah, exactly.

But what about the just sort of

I'm thinking more, you know, it's a busy Monday afternoon and someone says, I want a pay rise.

And you sort of get out of my head.

I mean, shouldn't we be scheduling these conversations as a sort of formal meeting?

Always.

appraisals so if someone doesn't get I mean that's good practice that people get reviews but not everyone does do they so they should ask for a review yeah always ask and then say as part of that I'd like to have a conversation about my package yep

So it's good to be up front, is it?

is likely of that pay rise may become okay so you meet your boss face to face in person yeah you tell them that you're doing a really good job the number is good and you say i'm not getting as much as i feel i should be and they say well i'm sorry to hear that connor but can't do any more at this time or in in general well that might be your subsequent question

at this time or in general?

I mean, yeah, I mean, it might be so, I mean, they have different outcomes, those answers, but I was thinking more at this time.

So you would say, so how would you respond to that as a pay rise seeking person?

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