Salary Negotiator Gifts

'...the job is so much harder when you don't know what you are doing.'

'Oh I can be reliable and for an extra three hundred a week, I can be efficient too.'

'Look, O'Brien, you can't just waltz in here like that and demand a raise.'

-I'm prepared to pay you more if you work hard. -I knew there'd be a catch.

Thanks, I'd like to accept the job, but what is the salary? Sorry, it's against company policy to disclose that!

"I'd like to make $3.2 million a year, but I'll settle for $8 an hour."

"I deserve a raise.'

"The salary is excellent and the benefits are outstanding. So... which would you prefer?"

"Not for what I'm getting paid!"

'Do you want a salary or benefits?'

'You need to be more persistent. Now, get out of here and keep coming back until you've worn me down.'

'Sorry, I can't give you a raise. However, I can offer you a splendid opportunity to share the profits.'

'I demanded a raise. They moved my desk to the roof.'

'Yes?' (Boss has his feet up on the desk,the soles of the shoes spell 'NO'. He is addressing an employee)

'We were going to give you a job interview, until you mentioned that you actually wanted to get paid.'

'I'm going to write a salary figure on this piece of paper. You tell me if it is acceptable or too high.'

'I'm expecting a big raise this year or, at the very least, to keep my job.'

'You get paid for what you produce at work not what you produce at home.'

"Mr. Kennings was going to interview you for the job, until he heard you actually wanted to get paid."

Hug Your Boss (Use the Opportunity for the Power of Suggestion).

Crew due Salary Review, Ballot, Quibble and Snub

"I see you have a wife and six children. Do they all have to eat?"

'Don't keep complimenting them on their work, or before you know it they'll be asking for a rise.'

'I'll be honest with you. The pay isn't great.'

Management buy-out.

Just wanted to tell you that even though you've been very, very good Santa won't be coming this year...60 bucks an hour in the oil patch is just too hard for him to pass up.

'I should have asked for a bigger salary. They didn't even gasp.'

'If you're not making six figures in five years, I wouldn't be at all surprised.'

'Gibson, find out what she does over there and offer her twice as much to do it over here.'

'Please excuse us for laughing, but we've just noticed what you put down as your suggested starting salary.'

'You're asking for another raise! Why you just had one in 1981.'

'He asked for a raise.'

'Regarding where you stand for a payrise - you don't.'

'No, Ed, you can't have a raise.'

"Guess how long it's been since I've had a salary increase."