How to ask your Boss for a salary increase..?

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CA Thomas Raju Paravada

Chartered Accountant

570 Points Posted on 04 September 2008

One day an employee sends a letter to Her boss asking for an increase in her salary !!!


Dear Bo$$
In thi$ life, we all need $ome thing$ mo$t de $ perately. I think you $hould be under $tanding of the need$ of your worker $ who have given $ o much $upport including $ weat and $ervice to your company .

I am $ure you will gue $$ what I mean and re$pond $oon.

$ incerely Your$,
              Piyu$h

The next day, the employee received a nice reply like this :

Dear $ain


   I kNOw what you have been working very hard. NOwadays, NOthing much has changed. You must have NOticed that our company is NOt doing NO ticeably well as yet .

NO w the newspaper are saying the world`s leading ecoNO mists are NO t sure if the United States may go into aNO ther recession. After the NOvember presidential elections things may turn bad .

I have NOthing more to add NOw. You kNO w what I mean .

Yours truly,
Manager

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lohit

CA final

132 Points Posted on 04 September 2008

Originally posted by :Thomas
"	One day an employee sends a letter to Her boss asking for an increase in her salary !!! Dear Bo$$ In thi$ life, we all need $ome thing$ mo$t de $ perately. I think you $hould be under $tanding of the need$ of your worker $ who have given $ o much $upport including $ weat and $ervice to your company . I am $ure you will gue $$ what I mean and re$pond $oon. $ incerely Your$, Piyu$h The next day, the employee received a nice reply like this : Dear $ain I kNOw what you have been working very hard. NOwadays, NOthing much has changed. You must have NOticed that our company is NOt doing NO ticeably well as yet . NO w the newspaper are saying the world`s leading ecoNO mists are NO t sure if the United States may go into aNO ther recession. After the NOvember presidential elections things may turn bad . I have NOthing more to add NOw. You kNO w what I mean . Yours truly, Manager	"

gud one dude !

CS AMIT SHETH

ACS CA final

428 Points Posted on 04 September 2008

Originally posted by :Thomas
"	One day an employee sends a letter to Her boss asking for an increase in her salary !!! Dear Bo$$ In thi$ life, we all need $ome thing$ mo$t de $ perately. I think you $hould be under $tanding of the need$ of your worker $ who have given $ o much $upport including $ weat and $ervice to your company . I am $ure you will gue $$ what I mean and re$pond $oon. $ incerely Your$, Piyu$h The next day, the employee received a nice reply like this : Dear $ain I kNOw what you have been working very hard. NOwadays, NOthing much has changed. You must have NOticed that our company is NOt doing NO ticeably well as yet . NO w the newspaper are saying the world`s leading ecoNO mists are NO t sure if the United States may go into aNO ther recession. After the NOvember presidential elections things may turn bad . I have NOthing more to add NOw. You kNO w what I mean . Yours truly, Manager	"