Think your office likes you? Really likes you? Sure, a manager can dole out praise and Christmas gift baskets with maple syrup straight from the home state. But when it comes to substantial raises, most offices plead indigent and offer a small cost-of-living adjustment. Hill Navigator is here to break the bad news, or at least prepare you for a better conversation. Q. Thanks for your columns in the past about salary negotiations. As the year ends, I am thinking about my salary but also a year-end bonus. Do you have any advice? I know my office cries poverty but I think they have enough left in the budget to give us all a hefty bonus! But I have bad news for you on salary negotiations. They don’t really work. (more…)
