• deaf_fish@lemm.ee
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    6 days ago

    Negotiate alone with what leverage? We are all replaceable. As soon as they figure out it’s just you, they will fire you and pick someone else from the hundreds of thousands who have an equivalent skill set.

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      If you can’t negotiate your pay in a non-union job, then you’re not worth more pay and you should stop deceiving yourself.

      You mention ‘skill set’. There are far more valuable qualities to employees like reliability, dedication, how well liked you are, etc etc. Somone not realizing this indicates a lack of value as an employee.

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        Deceiving myself about what?

        Yeah, all those qualities are a basic requirement to get a job. I have never worked with someone who didn’t have those qualities. There not something you can leverage to get a raise.