Upcoming review, need advice... 6

[mihmb]

I am looking for advice on how to approach my supervisor for a raise. Our yearly review is coming up shortly. The company I work for is great and I really like it here, however there are a few things that bother me. For one, when I go in for my review my supervisor has a number set for my raise, there is no negotiations. The other is that there is another engineer in my department that started 6 months before me and I am sure that we will be getting the same raise. Even though I have out performed the other engineer. My supervisor gives me the difficult projects and gives the other engineer cookbook projects. I like getting the difficult projects, but I think that I should be compensated for what I do. While I am working on difficult projects, the other engineer is filling out forms. What makes the situation difficult is that the other engineer is a female, the only female engineer in the company. I think that my boss is trying too hard to keep us equal in order not to discriminate against her. There are many times when I have asked her opinion on different things and she really does not even know some of the fundamentals. She has never given me any helpful ideas or solutions, where as I know that I have helped her with many projects.

Any advice on how to approach the situation?
I don’t think that I should even mention her during my review, being it is my review. But I don’t like her holding my advances back.
How do I communicate what I expect for a raise, if it is decided prior to the review.

 

[IRstuff]

Well, they don't TELL you what to contribute, it's "voluntary," but, there's always some question as to whether someone looks at that sort of stuff prior to giving raises and promotions ;-)

TTFN

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[HgTX]

We have a minimum allowable contribution, but it's the minimum *if* you want to donate (below which the overhead from processing your donation makes it not worthwhile, presumably).

Hg

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[Gymmeh]

We have a 50/50 raffle every friday, if you contribute to the raffle you can dress in street cloths...

I never wear street cloths to work and I have had people ask me about it.... it makes me feel like "office space" and errks me soo much.