主题：【纪事】鼓起勇气去要账 -- landlord

First.

你现在要长钱，原因不是你不喜欢这家公司，而是你认为 you're being under paid. As such, any actions you're gonna take should be in your best interest. They should by no means become a mere ventilation of your emotions. Emotions do nothing but alienating yourself from the employer, thereby acting against both yours and the employer's best interests.

To avoid such a lose-lose situation you need to have the right attitude or mindset to start with. You need to say to yourself: Man, the company has no idea how much it underpays me and the fact that it's losing one of its most valuable employees. I need to help the company realize these.

With the right mindset, now you needa take actions --- do your homework; and do it well.

Go Google some websites where you could find salary estimates of similar positions (with similar job title and level of responsibility). Your previous salary can also be a reference but that's not enough. Also it doesn't fully reflect the current 'fair market value'. You need more evidences, and more updated ones, to really make your argument a compelling business case.

More often than not, your direct supervisors really like to give you a big salary increase. But the company's rules prevent them from doing so. Yet those rules can be broken. If you can provide reasonable evidences of the fair market value, plus a list of your achievements , contributions, esp. those extra contributions above and beyond expectations, as well as your great potentials, then you can make your case very strong. That way you'll significantly increase your chances of getting a salary increase.

All the very best luck to you!