Requesting a raise feels risky after workload increase post-layoffs
Employees whose duties have grown following layoffs struggle to ask for higher pay without appearing threatening or jeopardizing their job.
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- put in for one single pto day next month and my manager replied asking what specifically i needed it for. i have twelve days sitting unused and i still feel like i need to justify taking a single one of them. is this normal or should i push back
- Still I make the same salary as when I started three years ago, but my responsibilities are basically double since the layoffs last year. I don't know how to start asking for more without it being awkward.
- How do you ask for a raise without it sounding like a threat to quit? Haven't had one in two years, and my workload doubled after the last round of layoffs.
- My employer just announced mandatory 6-day work weeks through Q3, citing "competitive pressure." No extra pay. Three colleagues burned out and quit this year. I want to push back but don't know what leverage employees realistically have right now. What are our actual legal rights here?