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#208728 - 07/08/04 03:46 PM need a wage increase
Anonymous Unregistered	I've been working at this bank for 4 months. I just got married. My wife doesn't start her job for like 2 months. We can't live on the wage I'm making. Do you think it is ok to go and ask for a raise if I explain the situation. Health insurance for her and me is what is killing my pay. I am losing an entire paycheck for health insurance. I need some advice. Thanks
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#208729 - 07/08/04 04:03 PM Re: need a wage increase
Jokerman 10K Club Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 12,846	Quote: I've been working at this bank for 4 months. I just got married. My wife doesn't start her job for like 2 months. We can't live on the wage I'm making. Do you think it is ok to go and ask for a raise if I explain the situation. Health insurance for her and me is what is killing my pay. I am losing an entire paycheck for health insurance. I need some advice. Thanks I wouldn't hold anything against you for asking, but I would also make decisions about your pay based on the value of your contributions to the bank, not on your personal situation.
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#208730 - 07/08/04 04:41 PM Re: need a wage increase
obx nut Gold Star Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 304 Midwest	Perhaps your wife could find some temp work. I think it would take a lot of nerve to ask for a raise after 4 months. I would be prepared to justify it with some miracle you have performed. The regular raises we receive and await for each year are pitiful....and no where in line with the increase in the cost of living. To ask for one after 4 months just because you got married is insane. Sorry...just my opinion..... _________________________ If you always do what you always did, you'll always get what you always got.
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#208731 - 07/08/04 04:46 PM Re: need a wage increase
Anonymous Unregistered	Asking your boss for a raise is not the same as asking your dad for an increase in your allowance. Allowance increases may well be justified by your financial circumstances. Salary increases are not. Go get a night job bartending or find a way to cut your living expenses. While your boss may sympathize with your problems, they are just that: your problems.
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#208732 - 07/08/04 06:15 PM Re: need a wage increase
Anonymous Unregistered	If you are a full-time employee having completed at least a 4-month employment period, why are you having to pay all of your health insurance premium? Does your institution offer health insurance of any type? I would also agree with the other posters who've drawn the distinction for you between someone who is seeking increased or improved compensation based on having been successful in meeting or exceeding a performance goal, and someone who unilaterally decides that they want more compensation based on their personal expenses and lifestyle. I think you'd fall within the latter.
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#208733 - 07/08/04 07:25 PM Re: need a wage increase
Andy_Z 10K Club Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 27,763 On the Net	As noted, you can ask, but compensation isn't normally tied to or increased based on your dependants, whether you got married or had a child. You may be able to ask for overtime if there are things needing to be done. You can also look at your tax withholdings and adjust that accordingly. _________________________ AndyZ CRCM My opinions are not necessarily my employers. R+R-R=R+R Rules and Regs minus Relationships equals Resentment and Rebellion. John Maxwell
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#208734 - 07/08/04 08:52 PM Re: need a wage increase
Queen Mum Power Poster Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 3,920 OK	Quote: If you are a full-time employee having completed at least a 4-month employment period, why are you having to pay all of your health insurance premium? Does your institution offer health insurance of any type? There are many institutions that do not pay for employees insurance. I am lucky that I now work for one that does. But for the 12 years prior, it was not. That bank was acquired by a bank that offered a cafeteria plan where you chose what your benefit amounts would purchase but that's the only way you could get any part of your insurance paid by them.
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#208735 - 07/08/04 09:58 PM Re: need a wage increase
Creditcop Diamond Poster Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 1,685 Indiana	Didn't you think about this before you got married? Weren't you planning this wedding when you took the job? In my opinion, you should not ask for a raise. Your situation is your own doing and it is your responsibilty, not your employer's.
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#208736 - 07/09/04 03:03 PM Re: need a wage increase
Red Gold Star Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 345 New England	I agree. This is your problem, not your employers. If you ask and explain these reasons, you may weaken your image in your employers eyes. Poor planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on theirs....2nd jobs are great, they helped me until I could be self-sufficient on one income. Its a sacrifice, but anything that is worth anything is. _________________________ Its risky business, but someone has to do it.
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#208737 - 07/09/04 04:23 PM Re: need a wage increase
renniks Diamond Poster Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 2,162 New England	Quote: Poor planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on theirs....2nd jobs are great, they helped me until I could be self-sufficient on one income. Its a sacrifice, but anything that is worth anything is. Red: I agree with you. Why do people turn their nose up at getting a second job? For many of us, it was a way of life years ago.
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#208738 - 07/09/04 05:00 PM Re: need a wage increase
Red Gold Star Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 345 New England	Tell me about it. I used to carry three and would work 7 days straight for many months. I could have probably gotten away with two but I wanted to occasionally have a good time without skimping on groceries. I wish I had the energy now that I did back then. I still carry a little 2nd job teaching financial education. This gives me free vacation money without tapping the household budget. Having to skimp back then made me realize how important education and self development is, and I went to school as much as I could, and thankfully, it has paid off. _________________________ Its risky business, but someone has to do it.
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