Since my initial employment with the company almost 6 years ago, I have more than demonstrated my value and that I am well past the time to receive a significant raise in salary.
Upon being hired at the entry level, I have been promoted to a supervisory position and am very successful in that role. At the current time I supervise 8 people as well as being in charge of training numerous new hires that come through the human resources department. In the last 3 years I have remained at the same wage, without any increase and it is time to re-evaluate my compensation package. My qualifications notwithstanding, my attendance record is unequaled. I am the only employee that has not missed a scheduled day of work. I believe that is one of the keys to an excellent employee, because no matter how good the worker, it is a moot point if the person has frequent absences from work. In that regard, I have a record of counseling the employees I supervise as to the importance of this concept. It has resulted in a significant decline in absenteeism and therefore higher productivity throughout my department. I would like to outline two of the more significant contributions I have made to the Smith Company. This will go possibly further than anything to bolster my request for a pay raise. First of all, I completely overhauled the payroll process and changed the pay period from weekly to bi-weekly which saves the company money in several ways. The pay checks only have to be prepared half as many times per year, obviously. Money is also saved by the interest earned on the yet to be paid out funds and the reduction in bank fees. Along with the change in pay periods, we have totally revamped the way the deductions are computed, resulting in a more accurate system as a whole. This project took almost a year from start to finish, and it, alone, would be sufficient to justify increase in my salary by virtue of the money saved by Smith. The second project I would like to highlight is my own personal favorite. As a long time supporter of the homeless shelter in our city, I organized a program in which volunteer employees from Smith would “partner” with a homeless person or family to offer moral support and whatever other help they can. The program is support by small payroll deductions voluntarily made by the employees across the company and it has been highly successful. As a benefit to the company, it raises the morale overall because the participants feel that they are contributing to the community—those that are most needy. There is a feeling of camaraderie in doing this as a “team” at the shelter. The Smith, Inc. name is associated in our public relations releases and informational newsletters. The shelter also recognizes our company as one of its best supporters. The monetary benefit to the Smith Company cannot be measured but the good will this program produces is immeasurable. I am not standing back on past accomplishments, though. I have taken it upon myself to begin studying nights for my Masters degree in Business Administration. I believe that education can only enhance my job performance. There are employees at the company with more seniority than mine. And others have been, in their time here, quite valuable to the company as well. However, I cannot speak for them or their personal contributions. I can, however, say without dispute that no one can match my hard work and innovative programs and changes to this department and Smith, Inc. My work deserves appropriate compensation and that means, at this time, a significant increase. I have unsurpassed loyalty to this company and my plan is to make this my career. I want to go on contributing my expertise to the growth and continued success that Smith, Inc. has enjoyed in the recent years. In order for this to happen, however, I have to also consider my personal needs and goals, including my financial situation. At this point in my career at Smith, Inc. it is time that I receive at least a 10% raise in my annual salary, as well as the same benefit package as the other salaried employees, to include a parking spot and a company-matched 401K. My contributions as a valued employee, along with the future benefit to the company more than justify this request.
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