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How to ask for a pay hike

What are the common mistakes employees make when asking for a raise?

More than 18 months have passed since Covid-19 was officially declared a pandemic. Hundreds of millions of people have lived through lockdowns, adapting to the new ways of working. Millions lost their jobs, many others had to take pay cuts.

How has it impacted the way you get paid? Do you think you are paid adequately for the amount of work that you deliver? If not, then you need to ask for more. But how do you do that? Is there a right way of speaking with your manager about how much you are worth? What are the best ways to negotiate your wages? What are the common mistakes employees make when asking for a raise?

In this edition of WorklifeIndia, we discuss the best ways to ask for a pay rise.

Presenter: Devina Gupta

Contributors: Sue Ann Vaz, head of value added services and marketing, ABC Consultants; Ankur Warikoo, personal finance influencer; Aishwarya Srivastava, digital marketing professional; Pushkin Shailen, global operations leader, consultant; Smriti George, communications and digital content consultant

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26 minutes

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Sun 10 Oct 2021 04:32GMT

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