Wednesday, February 07, 2007

How to ask your boss for a salary increase?

Here is for all those blokes who don't know how to ask their boss for a salary increase. And also what to expect from smart alec bosses! Courtesy: One of my enterprising students!

One day an employee sends a letter to his boss asking for an increase in his 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 U.$ 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.

Your’$ $incerely,
Norman $handy


The next day, the employee received this letter of reply.

Dear NOrman,

I kNOw you have been working very hard. NOwadays, NOthing much has changed. You must have NOticed that our company is NOt doing NOticeably well as yet.

NOw the newspapers are saying the world's leading ecoNOmists are NOt sure if U.S may go into aNOther recession. After the NOvember presidential elections things may turn bad.

I have NOthing more to add NOw. You kNOw what I mean.

Yours,
Boss

1 comment:

Unknown said...

It's a brilliant one. Nice request and very nice reply. As a marketer, we should know these sort of strategies for convincing others without hurting the feelings.