Can I Ask for Raise?

Since we have no official IBM forum, I am trying my luck here as I need an advice. I’ve joined IBM about a year ago, straight from college. I like my role, and really cannot complain. I am working about 65 hours a week, travelling a lot, and I was lucky to have a ton of client facing time (given my tech degree and being relatively new, I appreciated this opportunity). With every day I assume more responsibility, I never complain and I try to do as much work as physically possible.

How do I go about bringing up this with my manager? I think she’s well aware of the effort I am putting in, she appreciates my attitude and the fact that I ‘get things done’. I feel I need to be more explicit with her. How can I articulate my request without bringing bridges with my manager – what would be the best time to do so?

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13 responses, every single one of them is telling you the same thing, the writing is on the wall

Hey kid ....take some good free advice ...get out while you are still young and have your dignity in tact. I came to blew via an outsourcing deal and it turned out to be a career killer.... no raises, many hours , and eternal frustrations.....

It is a dog eats dog world out there kid, and there is no mulah for you

Your post was sweet. I did my time with Big Blue for 32 years. Raises are no longer guaranteed. Unfortunately, if you did not negotiate an acceptable salary when you were hired then you need to accept what you've got. Get the couple of years with IBM on your resume and MOVE ON. Back in the '80's in Silicon Valley that's what most of my friends did and they are now multi-multi's. Get in, get out, get ahead. Good luck and please forget about asking for that raise.

#GOLD

This sounds like the typical recent college graduate (millennials) I am in contact with, They are naive and live in a fantasy world thinking they are an all-star and have a sense of entitlement. If you are doing better then your co-workers then your manager will recognize it unless they hate you. If you feel like you are not appreciated, then you should pursue other opportunities outside the company.

And snowflakes melt pretty fast.

You deserve it, you are a special snowflake

@1vyk - this is indeed a Millennial dollar question

This sounds like the typical recent college graduate (millennials) I am in contact with, They are naive and live in a fantasy world thinking they are an all-star and have a sense of entitlement. If you are doing better then your co-workers then your manager will recognize it unless they hate you. If you feel like you are not appreciated, then you should pursue other opportunities outside the company. I suggest you look elsewhere since you will be RA'd eventually anyways.

You shouldn't work for money, really, you should work for the thrill of technology and you are at the most thrilling place right now

IBM doesn't give you a job, it gives you a career

Ask if any of the three below is an option for you - tell her that you are patient and that you'll do what it takes to get where you need to be in order to qualify for any of the three:

a) TCR (Top Contributor Contribution),

b) MBA (Market Based Adjustment) and/or

c) OCI (Out of Cycle Increase)...

Good luck, it's hard but doable.

@Gpejf63 - your post is very sweet. You are so innocent...

If you came to IBM to make money, you've made a wrong decision. Haven't you noticed that there are thousands of posts about layoffs here? They are cutting spend left and right and simply do not care how any of us feel about our compensation. Your compensation is low by design, and you work 65 hours a week by design also.

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