How To Get A Pay Raise
Without Asking

Pay Raises Are Decided BEFORE You Go for The Ask

This first Inconvenient Truth Bomb that I’m going to drop on you is one that is sure to surprise you… and what it implies will probably upset you, but hey we don’t call them “Inconvenient Truth Bombs” or nothing… So let’s get to it:

Inconvenient Truth Bomb No. 1, about How to Get a Pay Raise, is: pay raises are decided BEFORE you even step into your boss’ room to ask for one!

Isn’t it incredible and totally counter-intuitive? Indeed, here lies the key to a lot of your frustration regarding failing to get a pay raise, when implementing, even very meticulously, all the “hacks” and “tricks” you found online. 

And don’t get me wrong, I’m sure some of them are excellent. The problem is that they focus on the in-the-room ask, BUT, 9 out of 10, this is not how the decision is made!

If you think you can maneuver your boss, into giving you a pay raise he or she does NOT think you deserve, just because you’ve learned the right things to say, in the correct order, and with a high self-esteem attitude to boot, then you have another thing coming!

This whole focus on the in-the-room salary negotiation talk with your boss, misses on the myriad of crucial factors that come in to play in the decision-making of whether you are granted or refused the pay raise you’re asking for.

The point of this Inconvenient Truth Bomb , however, is twofold. Once you can truly take both in, you can finally start turning things around, from monetary failure to monetary success.

The first point is to absolve you from the mental and emotional self-flagellation, you have probably experienced, after failing to get the pay raise you wanted, even though you’ve meticulously implemented said “hacks” and “tricks”. Now, if you’ve been following me, you know I do not absolve frequently or frivolously. On the contrary: I’m very big on assuming personal responsibility, in regard to everything you do, and do not do, AND the consequences that follow. So when I tell you this one is not your fault – trust me: It isn’t! The second thing…

The second point of this Inconvenient Truth Bomb is, to make you aware of the inherent, core problem with the practice of focusing on the in-the-room talk with your boss, that is the ask, and this problem is: Pay raises are not decided in-the-room, but BEFORE!

So putting all your eggs in the “hacks” and “tricks” basket for the in-the-room ask, is investing your time and efforts in the wrong place, and at the wrong time. No wonder you have failed and if you keep on focusing there, you’re destined to keep on failing forevermore.

Indeed, pay raises are NOT decided according to how skillful you are in presenting your case or in negotiating it, per se. Of course, those skills are very important, and can… and can absolutely up your game in many situations, so they are worth mastering. BUT, if the first time you apply them (at all, or in full, or with extra preparation) so if the first time you apply them is in-the-room, AT THE TIME OF THE ASK, than it’s too late!

Those “hacks” and “tricks” regarding the ask itself , are utterly useless, when taught and executed, as a stand-alone practice. They are only relevant, and practical, as LAST step tactics. They are the culmination – not the starting gambit: All the main work to prove you’re worthy of that pay raise should have been done beforehand: Weeks and months and years prior!

Thus, when your pay raise has been denied, after focusing only on the ask itself, you can blame the “experts” and “coaches” who sold you on this misguided focus. Not your boss, nor the company!

Furthermore, if you were diligent and thorough and consistent, with doing all you should have done BEFORE ever stepping into that room, then, your boss should have been already EXPECTING you, for some time even, wondering when you will make the move for the ask. And this is because, when you are a true MVP (most valuable players) – note I stress TRUE MVP, i.e. not just in your mom’s opinion, but a factual, provable MVP, by the metrics that your employer considers most – then your employer won’t let you go so easily.

On the contrary, they will fight to keep you, meaning they will be willing to go a long way, to give you what you want, They would consider this (your pay raise) as the price of doing business so they WILL appease you, as an MVP, into a prolonged industrial peace, within the company.

This is especially true in competitive industries – which are the only ones we speak of, anyway. Surely, you can see now, why I say a pay raise is granted, or refused, before you ever step into the room.

Indeed, when you do everything right BEFOREHAND, your pay raise is ripe for the picking: No “hacks” or “tricks” needed. Moreover, in such a case, those “hacks” or “tricks” may even be – not merely superfluous – but down right tacky.

The only place “hacks” and “tricks” may come in handy, is, the potential salary negotiation that ensues, if your boss, (acting as a representative of your employer), decides to play hardball, thus making you sweat a bit, over a period of some days or weeks, as the two of you go back and forth on the exact sum of your salary raise, and/or other benefits.

But even then, those “hacks” and “tricks” will account for maybe 5-10- 20% tops of your success, whereas doing the needed work weeks-months-years BEFOREHAND, as we suggest, will ensure 95-90 or 80% at the lowest, of your success, respectively.

This real work beforehand is what this channel WILL teach you (FREE): The non “hack-y”, non “trick-y” focus, but instead, the sustainable, long term, needed work, beforehand, (so the things nobody else is teaching you), and we do THIS completely different focus to everybody else’s because this is the ONLY pragmatic and REALISTIC focus that – time and time again without fail – DRAMATICALLY ups your chances to ACTUALLY get that pay raise!

So The in-the-room “hack-y” and “trick-y” focus of others, vs. our long-term establishment of your worth to make you organically considered eligible for a pay raise, together with our non “hack-y”, non “trick-y” ‘beforehand’ focus…

It’s like the difference between learning some “kick-ass” pickup lines, to hit on the ladies, which will work sometimes, but mostly not: They will get you rejected 95% of the time vs. what we offer, at the Pay Raise Commando, which will get you at the very least engaged – not to be married but in a conversation – which was what you wanted.

So (for the sake of this example), were we to train you for dating, we, at the Pay Raise Commando, would be… (instead of teaching you “kick-ass” pickup lines), we would be developing your character, attitude and behavior, as a man and as a person, and giving you the tools for career success.

Which, all put together, makes you irresistible to the ladies, with no need for tacky pickup lines, that most of them hate anyway (see the difference there?)