# How to word an email requesting a payrise? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 18, 2013, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-word-an-email-requesting-a-payrise/653242 "2013-03-18T10:33:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2013, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-word-an-email-requesting-a-payrise/653242/1 "2013-03-18T10:33:26Z")
I work in a virtual call-centre that is outsourced from a company based in a capital city here in Australia…IOW, all the operators work from home, and our only contact with the office is via email or phone (individual or phone conferencing). I’ve been with them now (originally full time but now in a part-time capacity) for over four years, and have never been offered nor requested a payrise. THE TIME HAS COME!! In my other employment/s, I’ve either just rocked up to the Boss or the Office Manager and told them I’m due a pay rise, either for being just so **awesome** , or because I’ve been there x years and it’s about time. But I’m not so sure how to go about this via email. I AM well known at the ‘office’, well regarded for being super-productive and often deployed in training of others (remotely). So how do I word an email requesting a pay-rise? Any clues? Oh, even though I am part-time at the moment, I am prepared to increase my hours dramatically if The Price is Right. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2013, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-word-an-email-requesting-a-payrise/653242/2 "2013-03-18T11:19:38Z")
Is there any way possible to physically go to the office itself, or are you too far away? ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2013, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-word-an-email-requesting-a-payrise/653242/3 "2013-03-18T11:23:57Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Is there any way possible to physically go to the office itself, or are you too far away? Nah, too far away. I agree it would be better to go, but I live 1000km away from the office. It’s a weird situation being a remote worker…although we chat online and talk on the phone, I’ve never met any of my supervisors or cow-orkers face to face. ---
**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2013, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-word-an-email-requesting-a-payrise/653242/4 "2013-03-18T11:25:43Z")
I wouldn’t ask for a pay rise in an email. I would send an email, requesting a meeting to discuss my remuneration package. Can you video-conference via Lync or Skype? Or at least do a teleconference? ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2013, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-word-an-email-requesting-a-payrise/653242/5 "2013-03-18T11:29:53Z")
> [@sandra\_nz](#): > > I wouldn’t ask for a pay rise in an email. I would send an email, requesting a meeting to discuss my remuneration package. Can you video-conference via Lync or Skype? Or at least do a teleconference? YES!! That is a great idea **sandra**! I was worried that I’d sound really desperate doing a ‘gimme a payrise’ via email which could be effectively ignored, but a teleconference sounds just fine! Thankyewverymuch. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2013, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-word-an-email-requesting-a-payrise/653242/6 "2013-03-18T12:05:22Z")
Sometimes a straightforward e-mail does the trick. \*Stop wasting my time You know what I want You know what I need Or maybe you don’t Do I have to come right flat out and tell you everything? Gimme some money, gimme some money\*