Asking for salary raise during performance report
I have a arts degree in Economics and few months ago I was hired as a data entry clerk for sixteen dollars hourly.
I had initially asked for a raise during interview because they demanded more skills than what the title originally demanded (generating reports instead of just entering data), but I did not get clear answer. In the few months I have worked, I also dwelled into automation, through VBA, doing some R, and running reports in BI/Tableau, all of which I have taught myself since the time I was hired. I am not 100% at these programs, but I get done whatever is demanded, since I go home to study material and then apply it at work.
My management has been impressed so far, as they wanted me to do basic stuff in excel and did not expect me to run stuff in tableau or command VBA to automate productivity. My performance report is coming soon where management will discuss progress with me.
So I beg to ask, should I ask for greater responsibilities and THEN a salary increase (the BI people on indeed get 60k+, but I have no work experience except this). Often times I end up working for free since they won't pay overtime, but I can't get the work I am doing otherwise (automation, though I am doing out of free will so I can put it on resume in future). Or just ask for salary raise and in spare time continue to learn R/VBA and find new job (since more responsibilities mean less time to do other stuff).
It's a transportation company and we have about 300+ people working there, I am the only person who knows R/tableau. The only issue is, they don't actually need these skills, but I do it because it's easier to do in Tableau than Excel and again, I can put it in resume in future.
If my salary raise is refused, I do wonder what is a good time to leave the company if I find another employer who actually require my skills? I think it will look bad on resume if I say I have been with this company for 5 months and already looking for new job.
Edit: I want to add since I am recent grad, sometime I see ads like "apply only if graduated within 1 year". Are those high paying jobs (because of gov't subsidy)?
I had initially asked for a raise during interview because they demanded more skills than what the title originally demanded (generating reports instead of just entering data), but I did not get clear answer. In the few months I have worked, I also dwelled into automation, through VBA, doing some R, and running reports in BI/Tableau, all of which I have taught myself since the time I was hired. I am not 100% at these programs, but I get done whatever is demanded, since I go home to study material and then apply it at work.
My management has been impressed so far, as they wanted me to do basic stuff in excel and did not expect me to run stuff in tableau or command VBA to automate productivity. My performance report is coming soon where management will discuss progress with me.
So I beg to ask, should I ask for greater responsibilities and THEN a salary increase (the BI people on indeed get 60k+, but I have no work experience except this). Often times I end up working for free since they won't pay overtime, but I can't get the work I am doing otherwise (automation, though I am doing out of free will so I can put it on resume in future). Or just ask for salary raise and in spare time continue to learn R/VBA and find new job (since more responsibilities mean less time to do other stuff).
It's a transportation company and we have about 300+ people working there, I am the only person who knows R/tableau. The only issue is, they don't actually need these skills, but I do it because it's easier to do in Tableau than Excel and again, I can put it in resume in future.
If my salary raise is refused, I do wonder what is a good time to leave the company if I find another employer who actually require my skills? I think it will look bad on resume if I say I have been with this company for 5 months and already looking for new job.
Edit: I want to add since I am recent grad, sometime I see ads like "apply only if graduated within 1 year". Are those high paying jobs (because of gov't subsidy)?
Last edited by vanclty on Sep 23rd, 2019 12:39 am, edited 2 times in total.