Negotiating Pay Raise with an Internal, Lateral Move

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BradJ
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Negotiating Pay Raise with an Internal, Lateral Move

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Movement in my company is quite common, and many are lateral moves from people who want to learn a different facet of the company. I’ve done this once and was not offered any extra money since I was “close to the top” in my pay grade. I’m considering making another lateral move and want to take the gamble of asking for a small pay bump, any ideas?
PaunchyPirate
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Re: Negotiating Pay Raise with an Internal, Lateral Move

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Who came up with the idea for a lateral move? You or someone else in the company. If you request it, you don't have much leverage. If a manager approached you to come over to their team, then you should ask "what can you do to make this worth my time?"
Afty
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Re: Negotiating Pay Raise with an Internal, Lateral Move

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Maybe the companies where I've worked are unusual, but I would find it puzzling if someone wanted to transfer to my team, in the same role and level, but wanted a raise to do it. You'd be doing the same job, at the same scope, just in a different team -- why would you expect more money?
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Re: Negotiating Pay Raise with an Internal, Lateral Move

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Afty wrote: Sun Jan 23, 2022 11:46 am Maybe the companies where I've worked are unusual, but I would find it puzzling if someone wanted to transfer to my team, in the same role and level, but wanted a raise to do it. You'd be doing the same job, at the same scope, just in a different team -- why would you expect more money?
It will be a different role but both responses posted to my question have provided the answer I needed. Thank you for your help.
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