Should I ask for payrise?

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I am being asked to take on line management responsibilities. No mention of whether my pay will change. I've not answered yet as awaiting clarity on some matters. How reasonable is it to ask for a payrise to reflect this?

If I ask:

• how to request it?
• how much?
• any other tips to make it easier for boss / company to say "yes"?

It's a small group but will take time away from my other work. Advantages to colleagues/company is that it releases time from current line manager, gives group a line manager with better understanding of their roles, but (not an advantage) less well informed of higher management's thinking/decisions.

Business is, fortunately, stable. Hasn't used furlough scheme or made redundancies. And seems unlikely to be badly affected by current Covid difficulties, or end of transitioning out of EU - unlikely but not impossible.

Thank you in advance for your thoughts.

yes it is reasonable to ask. you'll be functioning at a higher level, using your experience and insight in a way you don't use when functioning at a basic level. that merits higher pay. however, unless you could realistically get a higher job elsewhere with the additional knowledge, experience and reliability that is getting you this opportunity, and they couldn't easily replace you, they could just say no. pay is a supply/demand economy and businesses will pay the lowest they can get away with for the skill sets they need. they pay higher if and only if it is clear they can't get away with paying lower. you will need to be firm and confident in your asking or it will be too easy to turn you down.

Thank you inuCeatleAyru. That's given me some things to think about.

I don't know anything about you (even whether you are a man or a woman) but research on the gender pay gap suggests that a strong contributing factor is that males (who are on average marinated in privilege from birth) tend to have the confidence and belief in themselves necessary to succeed in such negotiations, whereas women (who on average will have been conditioned to think of other people's feelings first) are more likely to back down or not even try. believing in yourself is half the battle.

If you are becoming a line manager ask if your job title/description is changing, are you being promoted, and what the salary is for the new role BEFORE you accept. If it is a new role make sure you get a new job description and new targets to reflect the change so you are ready for your next performance review..

If line management is already part of your job description, but you just haven't done before then harder to negotiate.