Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="John Roberts" data-source="post: 88382" data-attributes="member: 126">Re: Getting my employer to take me seriously...They like me... they really like me.. (cue Sally Field awards show video clip... ) <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":-)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :-)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":-)" />I have more... here&#039;s an anecdote about work dress. I had one younger employee who was showing up for work with shoes that were barely taped together and pants that were more holy than the new pope. I pulled him into my office and asked him what was going on. He then admitted that he wanted a raise and thought he could appeal to my sympathy by looking like he &quot;needed&quot; the money. I then gave him speech #27 about dressing for success (you need to look successful before you become successful), and speech #7 about to get more pay, visibly create more value for your employer. He took the advice and stepped up, putting in extra effort to learn a new PCB layout system, and help me do my job. He got his raise. I am pleased to report that he went on to become an executive at several large companies. He was kind of pigeon-holed an that first company, but did very well inside other organizations that never experienced his holy pants, bum imitation.JRPS: Inside a large organization the &quot;visibly&quot; create value is important. I used to force all my employees to participate in the company cost savings suggestion program. These are generally very unpopular with engineering professionals who consider cost savings their day job. But company wide cost savings programs are near and dear to upper management because it does impact the bottom line. Having my employees on record as active participants made it easier for me to win raises for them at review time. Some of this is corporate politics and inside baseball, but it is what it is.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="John Roberts, post: 88382, member: 126"] Re: Getting my employer to take me seriously... They like me... they really like me.. (cue Sally Field awards show video clip... ) :-) I have more... here's an anecdote about work dress. I had one younger employee who was showing up for work with shoes that were barely taped together and pants that were more holy than the new pope. I pulled him into my office and asked him what was going on. He then admitted that he wanted a raise and thought he could appeal to my sympathy by looking like he "needed" the money. I then gave him speech #27 about dressing for success (you need to look successful before you become successful), and speech #7 about to get more pay, visibly create more value for your employer. He took the advice and stepped up, putting in extra effort to learn a new PCB layout system, and help me do my job. He got his raise. I am pleased to report that he went on to become an executive at several large companies. He was kind of pigeon-holed an that first company, but did very well inside other organizations that never experienced his holy pants, bum imitation. JR PS: Inside a large organization the "visibly" create value is important. I used to force all my employees to participate in the company cost savings suggestion program. These are generally very unpopular with engineering professionals who consider cost savings their day job. But company wide cost savings programs are near and dear to upper management because it does impact the bottom line. Having my employees on record as active participants made it easier for me to win raises for them at review time. Some of this is corporate politics and inside baseball, but it is what it is. [/QUOTE]

Verification