How to Get a Raise

There's a version of this conversation that most people have, and it doesn't go well. They wait until they're frustrated, walk in without data, say something like "I've been here two years and I've been working really hard," and then feel deflated when nothing changes. The problem isn't that they didn't deserve the raise. The problem is that "I work hard" is not a compensation argument. This course teaches you to build a real one.

You'll start before the conversation even happens: learning how to document your impact the way a lawyer builds a case, how to research what the market actually pays for your role (not guesses, real numbers), and how to read your organization well enough to know when a raise conversation will land and when it will die in the room. Then you'll get a conversation framework that is direct and specific, not aggressive, not timid, just clear. You'll know what to say when they ask "why do you think you deserve this?" because you'll have already built the answer before you walked in.

The last part of this course is the one most people skip, and it's where a lot of money gets left on the table. You'll learn how to negotiate the details when they say yes, how to extract something useful when they say no, how to honestly assess whether you've hit a structural ceiling at your company, and how to set yourself up so future raises don't require a battle. By the end, you won't just be ready for one conversation. You'll have a practice you can use for the rest of your career.