One of my senior programmers has been asking for a 30% raise for the past couple of weeks. How do I politely tell him “no” without firing him? He is really critical to our team and right now we can’t afford to increase our costs
Employer here
Luke Bell
Benjamin Walker
Fire him
then tell him no
David Adams
>right now we can’t afford to increase our costs
Tell him this.
>He is really critical to our team
Then maybe you should consider his demands, or strike some sort of deal with him (for example "we can't afford X now, but we can guarantee X after Y time") and slap on some perks like an additional holiday week per year or something.
Leo Nguyen
fuck you, the employees deserve 100% of the businesses income. Have you considered firing yourself?
Michael Mitchell
>implying the employer isn't employed in his own company
Elijah Anderson
Grow a pair and say no, you penny pinching jew.
Thomas Taylor
Keep mind that he might be ready to leave the company if he doesn't get the raise.
Camden Collins
Give him 30% but make him work 50% more.
Jewed
Charles Ramirez
Have you considered that someone else might be offering him a better paying job and he needs the extra cash but also loves his current job?
How big is your company btw? If you cannot afford a 30% wage increase of a critical developer then it seems like your company is fucked already.
Noah Cook
>penny pinching jew.
At least my people will still be around in the next 1000 years. Where will yours be gentile?
Your people are filthy cattle.