Increase your Salary by 30% in 10 Minutes

Posted by M.S. on April 29, 2009

Worried about losing your job?  The recent economic slowdown reminded me of a time in the 80’s when we experienced a big recession.  At the time, I was working as a marketing manager at a small manufacturing company in the Midwest. I saw jobs were being consolidated at my company causing layoffs,  and I did not want to become a statistic.

I figured if I could determine a way to make myself more valuable to the company, I would be much less likely to lose my job.  I devised a plan that would not only save my job, but also give me a 30% raise at the same time! I will tell you how I did it –so you can do it too!

There was a person working at the company doing some purchasing and pricing, whose job I knew I was capable of handling, along with my other regular job responsibilities.  I decided to tell the company owner, who was my boss, that  I would be willing to do ALL her work, along with mine, for ONLY an additional 30% of the pay she had been receiving.

The company would be saving 70% of her salary, plus they would save ALL the taxes and health benefits they paid having her as an employee.  What a deal!

I had my “sales pitch” and all the details in order when went I talked with my boss.  He was delighted to save all that extra money and liked my take charge attitude.  He immediately said Sure! and I got my 30% raise and she was shown the door.

I felt kind of bad for her until I realized, one of us was going to be let go and she could have taken the initiative and come up with the same idea herself.  But she didn’t and I DID!

I knew it was a risk approaching my boss with this idea, but I figured if it benefited him, he would go along with it and he id!

Maybe this idea would pay off for you at your company!  Think about it!