Blog Post: Another Workplace Scenario – Final Comments

In my last blog I presented the following scenario:

Jim has been working for ABC Company for two and a half months and has been performing very well (this is a fact and will not be in dispute by his supervisor). So he walks up to his supervisor's office, knocks on the door and says, “Mr. Goldberg, I have been working here almost three months and have been doing a very good job. Since I have been performing very well, I am entitled to a pay raise.”

What follows is how I would respond to Jim:

“First of all Jim, you have been performing your job very well and I would like to let you know that I have noticed that fact, and that I appreciate your effort. However, do you think I hired you to do a bad job?  Do you think I hired you to do a so-so job? No I did not. I hired you, and am paying you, to do a very good job.  {The next sentence said with a big smile} Since you are I'll let you keep your job.

To help clear up how raises work in our company, we perform employee performance appraisals after you have been on the job for a year. If you keep up the good work, you can expect an excellent review and will get a pay raise at that time that reflects your excellent job performance.”

Feel free to comment on my response.

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