The expert told about the way to ask for a bonus from the bosses

Often, when an employee comes to his boss with a job offer from another company, the employer begins to see the problem and tries to solve it on the spot by offering a bonus or other perks. Vladislav Bykhanov, managing partner of the recruiting company CORNERSTONE, told Izvestia.

According to him, employers are often sure that the conditions they give to their employees are already a lot. But some of them forget that the employee has his own interests, which may go against the interests of management. Hence the possible sudden dismissals, and the desire to earn more, to receive bonuses, promotions.

"Sometimes employers accept a chair, a table, a laptop and a water cooler or apples in the snack area for bonuses and excellent conditions, and employees are not at all sure about it. It's only when an employee comes in with a job offer from another company that the employer starts to see the problem and tries to fix it on the spot by offering a bonus or other perks just to keep the employee. The arguments 'you know everything here, and there you will have to learn everything again', 'we can't cope without you, how can you leave us like this' don't work for anyone, although they often seem convincing to the management side," the expert noted.

He specified that thanks to such proposals brought from the outside, the employer has the opportunity to see the employee's salary in the market, which is better than any review.

"Of course, you can approach the management and calmly ask for a bonus, without other people's offers and ultimatums, but, agree, it is not so convincing. And you still need to monitor vacancies to know the real value of your services on the market and not to stay working for a below-market salary with a bonus in the form of an apple," added Bykhanov.

Because employers rarely talk to their employees, they may feel that they are not needed at all, the expert explained. And in order to be paid attention to them and evaluated, employees start going on interviews. There they are already noticed, and they go to the HR department at their current place of work to write a resignation letter. After that, in some cases, management may ask them to stay.

Earlier, on October 29, it was reported that among employed Russians 37% of respondents positively perceive overtime, if the employer pays extra for them. And only 11% of employees are willing to perform overtime tasks without compensation. This is evidenced by a survey conducted by the analytical center "Consol.Pro".