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Question: what is the best practice to use when leveraging other job offers (and salaries) to get a raise from your current employer?

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Question: what is the best practice to use when leveraging other job offers (and salaries) to get a raise from your current employer?

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Question: what is the best practice to use when leveraging other job offers (and salaries) to get a raise from your current employer?

Use Spanky's resume and just change the name on it.

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Question: what is the best practice to use when leveraging other job offers (and salaries) to get a raise from your current employer?

[Most bosses are pretty lazy, and their biggest worry is having to pick up your workload and spend time trying to replace you. As such, they really aren't worried about you as much as worrying about trying to replace you. It's just human nature.

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This, kind of.

I'd rather stick with an average employee who is honest and has a good disposition than take my chances with the general pool of "talent" out there. I have had so many hires based upon good interviews and resumes that were shockingly bad that I appreciate the good. Also, a few dollars is not going to impact my bottom line to any great extent. There is a point though where a person prices themselves out of a market and the demand for increased benefits may be more expensive than salary.

Worst FBT ever.

Worst FBT ever.

At least give me a chance to add my opinion before you declare this.

There are a few problems with threatening your current company with a different job. They may start looking to replace you. They likely would consider it a sign that you may not be a long term employee. There really wouldn't be anything stopping them from giving you extra money/benefits and then working on replacing you.

In my opinion, this is the way to go about it. Before even applying for other jobs, simply ask for a raise with a valid explanation as to why you deserve it. If you get it then that is great. If not, apply for other places with the idea that if you like that place and the offer is better then you are going there. After you have been offered and accepted the job, give your notice and if they ask explain why. This is vital as it is much different to say "I was offered another job" vs. "I am taking another job". After this, the company will either say "Ok, we can't beat that" or they may try and do it. If you trust the company and they surpass the offer then staying would be fine even with the concerns I mentioned at the start.

I actually quit my job using roughly this same formula and they came back to me 6 weeks afterwards with an offer that significantly beat the company I left for. There is no chance that happens if I had simply threatened to leave.