警示语

    当然，即使老板同意加薪，要想一步到位弥补你与那位同事之间14,000美元的薪资差距可能还是不太现实。最近进行的不少调查显示，公司计划2012年平均涨薪幅度处在2.8%到3%之间，比2010年和2011年2.6%的水平略高一些。（经济衰退期之前，也就是2005年到2008年间的平均水平是4%。）

    对你的老板来说，合理提高你的薪酬符合他的最佳利益。因为不论是现在还是将来就业市场回暖，他们应该都不愿意失去你这种人才。祝好运。

反馈：

    你最近提过涨工资了吗？你如愿以偿了吗？你的公司是否提供业绩奖金？请留言评论。

译者：李玫晓/汪皓

A word of caution

    It probably isn't realistic to expect to close the $14,000 gap between your pay and your colleague's all at once, if ever. According to a raft of recent surveys, the average pay increase companies are planning for 2012 hovers between 2.8% and 3%, up a little from around 2.6% in 2010 and 2011. (The pre-recession average, from 2005 to 2008, was 4%.)

    Still, it's in your employer's best interest to compensate you fairly, because you sound like the kind of person they really don't want to lose -- either now or down the road when the job market comes back to life. Good luck.

Talkback:

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