Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!mcnc!ecsvax!avsd!childers@purdue.edu From: avsd!childers@purdue.edu (Richard Childers) Newsgroups: comp.society.women Subject: Re: Getting a Raise Message-ID: <6042@ecsvax.uncecs.edu> Date: 5 Dec 88 00:03:12 GMT References: <5918@ecsvax.uncecs.edu> Sender: skyler@ecsvax.uncecs.edu Organization: AMPEX Corporation, Redwood City, CA Lines: 28 Approved: skyler@ecsvax.uncecs.edu (Moderator -- Trish Roberts) Comments-to: comp-women-request@cs.purdue.edu Submissions-to: comp-women@cs.purdue.edu In article <5918@ecsvax.uncecs.edu> skyler@ecsvax.uncecs.edu writes: >The article gives "ten ways that bosses say you can get raises:" >3) Take initiative. Take risks. That's also known as 'responsibility'. >4) Know your market value. (That is, find out what other people with > your qualifications make at similar companies.) Also check out the *market* for your particular skill ( or set thereof ). >6) Pitch in. (That is, volunteer to do things. [I think this is not > necessarily good advice.]) Why not ? -- richard -- * Black holes are out of sight * * * * ..{amdahl|decwrl|octopus|pyramid|ucbvax}!avsd.UUCP!childers@tycho * * AMPEX Corporation - Audio-Visual Systems Division, R & D *