The Reverse Raise Strategy That Got Me Every Raise I Ever Asked For

Added: 2026-06-03

[00:00:00]The next time that you're negotiating for a raise, do this. Back when I was in corporate America, every raise that I wanted, I got. It was undeniable because I did things the correct way that most people do not do. What most people do is you work your ass off and then after 6 months to a year, you have your one annual meeting with your boss or your manager and you say, "Hey, you know, I've done this, this, and this. I'd really like a raise." To which they reply, "Hey, I'm sorry. We don't have any budget for this or we don't have approval for this." And you get screwed.

[00:00:25]You get shafted. This is not how you do it. You do it in the reverse. From day one of working your job, you go to your boss, you go to your manager, and you ask them one question, which is, "What would warrant a raise?"

[00:00:37]Literally, "Hey, Mr. Boss. Hey, Mrs. Boss. I have aspirations of becoming a top performer in this company and I want to make as much money as I can here as well. What things should I work on and what metrics should I shoot for in my performance to be able to warrant a raise when the time comes?" And my bosses would always tell me the answers.

[00:00:56]Now, the next step is equally as important because then what you do is you take that conversation, you put it in a recap email, item by item by item with what they said verbatim, and you have them reply to it and confirm it.

[00:01:07]And that looks like this. You say, "Hey, thank you so much. This has been super helpful. If it's cool with you, can I write this all up in a recap email, send it to you to confirm?" After doing this for 4 years, every performance review I went to, I got a raise because I was able to say, "Hey, here's what you said was important. Here's what I did about it, black and white on paper." And then the raise was undeniable. Try this trick. Try this trick. Go make a bunch of money. Invest that into assets and then eventually leave that freaking job.