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Is there any other advice?

What advice would you give to an employer when someone says, I think I'm worth more?

What would you say to them?

Because they may or may not be.

Yeah.

I mean, how much they value them ultimately in this relationship.

Exactly, yeah.

I mean, and the better the people know each other, the better you'll be able to judge that.

100%.

So being close to your team is really important.

No, I mean, an employer might say, well, yeah, we're all under a lot of pressure right now, clearly.

And I feel that too, Conor.

Thanks for mentioning it.

I mean, I've been on both sides of these conversations and I've said no to people in the past, but I have often thought, well, if you do X, Y and Z or grow in this way, then yeah, sure, let's have another conversation.

So I think if it's a no from an applicant's perspective or candidate's perspective.

then they ought to be asking, well, what do I do next to make it a yes?

Yeah, it's a relationship based like good relationships should be on trust.

100%, yeah.

Good.

Any last advice for anybody either considering a pay rise or asking for one?