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Two Ideas For Increasing How Much You Are Valued By Your Boss

11.03.2009 · Posted in Self Improvement Articles

There have been many times when I have had conversations with people about how things are going with their careers and just general small talk about their particular job. One of the things that usually comes up centers around their salary or level of income. Everybody wants to earn more money. Who doesn’t?. So what exactly are bosses looking for?nnWell, for starters, I’m qualified to answer that because I am a business owner myself. I have been in business for more than a decade. Over the course of that time I have hired and fired a number of workers. I have been able to hold on to some good ones and I have seen some good ones leave for various reasons. Every one of them wanted to earn more money. I was more than willing to give it to them too. It’s just that my perception of how to earn more money and their perception of how to get a salary boost were two different things.nnYou may not have considered the fact that when it comes to running a small company, each employee has a huge impact on the success of the entire company. If you are running a ten employee company and one employee is dragging down two or three other coworkers, that person could be affecting total business productivity by a huge percentage.nnIn an effort to find the best employees, I try to look for people who maintain a positive attitude. That is a big deal to me. If you are the type of person who comes to work in a good mood and greets everyone with a smile that makes a big difference. It is so easy to choose a ****** attitude. People don’t think about it but that attitude is really infectious with the people around them. Before I even consider increasing someone’s pay, I’ve got to see that kind of attitude on a daily basis. Of course there will be some off days, but for the most part you’ve got to be a happy individual.nnOne more big factor in my thought process about whether to give someone a salary raise or not is based on what reasons the person appears to be working for me. Obviously everyone is there to earn a paycheck. Still, some employees will come in at the last second every morning or even come in five minutes late on a daily basis. Those same people will be eager to get out of there promptly at five o’clock every single workday.nnSomething like that tells me that they can’t stand being at work one minute longer than they have to be. That is an attitude that doesn’t deserve more commitment from me or more compensation either. I don’t expect my people to love their work so much that they can’t wait to get there. But, if I can tell that you are somebody who can’t wait to fly out of there at the end of the day, you are never going to become supervisor quality and I am certainly not going to want to bump up your pay or benefits. On the contrary, I will most likely be keeping my eyes open for a good replacement.

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