Should I try to renegotiate my salary?

[jinkies]

I have been in my current position for 2 years. It is part-time, 20 hrs/week.

My boss just asked me to consider moving up to 30 hours/week in 2015. This would qualify me as a full time employee and make me eligible for a variety of benefits, including paid holidays, health and life insurance, profit sharing, etc.

Relevant details:

1. The additional 10 hours would all be working from home. There i a great deal of flexibility in when I complete my work. I would likely do 7 hours on one of my current days off, and the other 3 here and there as needed.

2. If I didn't agree to more hours, they would almost definitely outsource the work, at a higher cost and without the benefit of someone with existing company knowledge.

3. I currently consider myself underpaid for my experience, but the convenience and flexibility of my job make up for it. Also, frankly, I am underused for my experience level, so the pay is probably not as far out of line with my actual responsibilities.

I am torn on whether to ask for more money. I know I could never find another job as convenient, flexible, or low stress as my current job.

On the other hand, I feel like I'm worth more.

Is this an appropriate time to ask for a raise? Or am I crazy considering they are already offering me a "raise" in the form if all the additional benefits I'd be receiving as a full time employee?

[Deleted]

Ask for the raise. The worst thing that will happen is they say no.

[dottyblue]

You need to calculate, or ask them to provide you with a break down of the cost of the new benefits versus what your salary increase would be to 30 hours per week without those benefits.

You are talking about a 33% increase in salary if you moved to 30 hours per week without benefits (assuming they continued to pay you the same "hourly" rate. Would the benefits equal that dollar value? If not, I would absolutely ask for a raise to break even at a bare minimum.

[jinkies]

Oct 22, 2014 15:39:53 GMT -5 dottyblue said:

You need to calculate, or ask them to provide you with a break down of the cost of the new benefits versus what your salary increase would be to 30 hours per week without those benefits.

You are talking about a 33% increase in salary if you moved to 30 hours per week without benefits (assuming they continued to pay you the same "hourly" rate. Would the benefits equal that dollar value? If not, I would absolutely ask for a raise to break even at a bare minimum.

I think I should have explained better-- I am hourly, not actually salaried. So I will be getting paid my hourly rate for the additional 10 hours a week, plus receive a variety of new-to-me benefits.

I am considering asking for more $ per hour.

[dottyblue]

Oct 22, 2014 15:45:27 GMT -5 jinkies said:

Oct 22, 2014 15:39:53 GMT -5 dottyblue said:

You need to calculate, or ask them to provide you with a break down of the cost of the new benefits versus what your salary increase would be to 30 hours per week without those benefits.

You are talking about a 33% increase in salary if you moved to 30 hours per week without benefits (assuming they continued to pay you the same "hourly" rate. Would the benefits equal that dollar value? If not, I would absolutely ask for a raise to break even at a bare minimum.

I think I should have explained better-- I am hourly, not actually salaried. So I will be getting paid my hourly rate for the additional 10 hours a week, plus receive a variety of new-to-me benefits.

I am considering asking for more $ per hour.

That makes it easier then.   You certainly have nothing to lose by asking for a pay increase, but I suspect they will say that the benefits ARE your increase.  I'm in payroll and we usually see a decrease in hourly rate when someone moves from benefits-ineligible to benefits-eligible.

[cosmos]

Absolutely ask

[Muddled]

Yes. They want to increase your hours because you are valuable to them.

[konapoppy]

Definitely ask! Good luck!