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Message: [QUOTE="bbbom, post: 209357, member: 16301"] The company I used to work for held annual interviews where the big boss would meet with you and discuss your strengths, weaknesses, recent success' and failures, contributions to the company and your future plans (big big company). The company would send out a form with the above topics a few weeks in advance for each employee to fill out then they would set up a meeting with the employee and supervisor to go over the info. By taking the time to write down why you thought you should get a raise before the meeting, you lowered the stress level and made the meeting more productive. It also made it pretty simple to know wether or not you should even expect a raise. Your wife could do that and include how much of a raise she expects. It is much easier to stay calm if you know what you want to say and practice it. It doesn't hurt to send out feelers for a new employer either. At least it gives you another option if the request isn't received well. She might just find something better too. My greatest memory from my previous employer was the day I quit because they didn't give me the raise I felt I deserved. A company I had been chasing for 6 years offered me the pay that I wanted (plus many more benefits). The District Manager of the previous company asked me to reconsider and he would look at the comp but it was too late, I was moving back home and nothing could stop me. [/QUOTE]