Watch: It’s your right to share your salary, not doing so could be holding you back.
At my last company, one day someone in accounting approached me at lunch and quietly told me I need to ask for a raise because I was way underpaid.
They gave me a number to shoot for. It was about twice than what I had been making at the time.
So I went online, did some research, found some figures backing up my claim, put it all together and went to my boss.
I got what I asked for.
If it hadn’t been for that person in accounting telling me I was way underpaid, I’d have never known. I went from barely scraping by to being able to have a savings account and getting all my debts paid thanks to them.
You should at least check sites like salary.com to start the process of seeing what you should be making.
Because this is crucially important
Except for the fact that 90% of the time you are under contract not to talk about your salary otherwise the company can sue you. Every job I’ve had I’ve had to sign that I won’t discuss my pay with other employees otherwise my employment is terminated and the company will take legal action.
Important
Fuck.
If you scrolled right past this – GO THE FUCK BACK UP – this is a huge PSA
jfc I’ll be having some words with some folks
Also, if you’re in college or have graduated, contact your school’s student services. There should be a department in there that covers career services (if your school does a job fair, the department in charge of that). Talk to them about what a reasonable salary is for your job. That’s what they’re there for.
Other good sources: Salary.com and Glassdoor. Glassdoor has the added bonus of showing you anonymous reviews from people who have worked at companies listed on the site. Make sure to plug the exact job title you’re interviewing for into the search bar; Marketing Assistant, Marketing Supervisor and Marketing Director all have very different average salaries.
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