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Boss / Colleagues

Ask for a Raise

Talk about pay without apologizing or freezing

This training is for the salary conversation you keep postponing — or the one you already had, then replayed in your head. You will practice it in writing, with an AI manager who can stall, question your timing, or say there is no budget. After each reply you get feedback on whether you stayed clear or slipped into apology, hedging, or a vague hope that they will just notice your work.

It will not tell you what you should be paid, and it will not guarantee a yes. It trains the talk itself: opening without treating pay like a favor, presenting impact with evidence, naming a number, and leaving with a decision, a date, or a written follow-up instead of “let’s revisit later.” If you freeze, over-explain, or drop the request at the first pushback, this is the rehearsal.

The moment

You know the work has grown. You have even picked a number. Then the meeting starts and the request shrinks: you apologize for bringing it up, talk around the figure, or accept “let’s revisit later” with no criteria and no date. Afterward you remember the version you meant to say. This training is for that gap between what you planned and what you actually say when a manager is sitting there, slightly uncomfortable, waiting for you to make it smaller.

You'll leave able to

  • Open a compensation conversation without treating it like a favor
  • Present impact with evidence, not effort or need
  • Name a specific number or range without hedging it away
  • Stay on the request when the answer is “no budget” or “not yet”
  • Ask for alternatives such as a bonus, title, or review date
  • Close with a written follow-up or a real timeline

How you practice

  1. Short cards with clearer wording, including weaker and stronger examples.
  2. AI roleplay that stays on this situation, so you train the conversation you actually need.
  3. Feedback on what worked, what to fix, then you retry.

What's inside

  1. Start the Conversation

    Practice opening a salary conversation directly, calmly, and without apologizing for bringing it up.

  2. Present Your Value

    Practice explaining your contribution with evidence instead of emotional effort, need, or self-defense.

  3. Name the Number

    Practice saying a concrete salary request or range without sounding embarrassed, vague, or aggressive.

  4. Handle Pushback

    Practice staying steady when your manager says there is no budget, questions readiness, or delays the conversation.

  5. Negotiate Alternatives

    Practice asking for options when a salary increase is delayed, limited, or not available right now.

  6. Close the Loop

    Practice ending the raise conversation with a clear agreement, review date, or written follow-up.

You'll rehearse

  • Asking for time to talk about compensation
  • Your manager questioning whether you are ready
  • Hearing “there isn’t budget this cycle”
  • Being asked to wait with no criteria and no date
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