How long at a new job should I wait before asking for a raise?
Asked by trainwreck4breakfast
I'm a warehouse worker assistant. I started out doing all the easy things and now I'm doing all the duties that original warehouse workers are doing (possibly even better). I've worked at the warehouse for almost 2 months now. Would this too early to be asked to be payed what the other workers are paid? (I get 8$/hour, they get 10$/hour) If this is too early, how long should I wait?

Best Answer:
Wayyyyyyy too early. The common trend in asking for a raise is at least 6 months or more to ask. Two months is that you are still new in their eyes regardless of what tasks you have going on or what new responsibilities you have been given. It's only proper to wait because you if you ask it may sound too demanding to them and may look down upon it after giving you a new responsibility. You have to prove yourself in the work force at any job. They would not want to give you a raise with in two months and later you leave after a few to only find out to them selves they wasted $$. It's more realistic to wait longer. My last job I was sort of in the same situation you are in, different job but same problem. My boss kept giving more repsonibilities and tasks that were not in my job description. In other words I was taking more obligations above and beyond my call of duty. Any who, it got to the point 6 months later to two years down the road and I'm thinking WTF?? I haven't even gotten a raise and he's throwing all this stuff on me. Finally I asked and asked for a raise or promotion. Each time he said well you have to prove yourself to me. HUH? I have been. He told me well I'm not going to just give you something and find out you can't do it and waste a $$$ on raises for you. Finally I put my foot down and said well if you are not going to raise me or promote me I am not doing this extra work for you for free. I am going to quit here is my two weeks notice. After all that it was three years that went by and finally he gave me the raise and promotion when it was well deserved a long time before that. The point is just have to be careful how you go about asking and timing. You don't want to end up being taken advantage of for your work ;) I hope I helped. These stupid online job advertisers!!! There all scams anyway don't pay any mind to that crap.