I mentioned before that I had asked my boss for a raise. After all, you don’t get what you don’t ask for.
Last night, I did a little bit of cursory research. I started looking for a job. The intent wasn’t to actually find a new job. Instead, I wanted to know what I was worth in the marketplace. A very quick search showed two jobs that I could walk into today and do with the skills I use on my job today. Both of these were significantly higher paying than what I’m making today.
Earlier this week, my boss told me that our HR department was crunching some numbers to determine what I’m worth in the marketplace. It never hurts to do your own research. So this morning, armed with some good information, I demonstrated what I’m worth. He said it probably wasn’t reasonable to expect my company to jump to the upper part of the range. I can only drool at that kind of money. I told him that I didn’t think it was unreasonable to be making the lower end, though. He didn’t even blink at that.
Lets just see what they come up with.