Hi guys,
I work in the semi-higher end retail environment as an assistant manager. Currently, I make $22/hr full time with a quarterly bonus of $700-$1,500 and about 3 weeks of PTO per year.
I was just contacted asking about my interest and to set up an interview for a store manager role at a different company. The role is about what I make $45k, but it is salaried and the hours are slightly higher. There is a commission that will boost my pay to about $55k starting with the potential for 65k based on store performance, but I'd have only 2 weeks PTO.
To me, it doesn't seem like enough to get me to take on the extra responsibility, hours, lower PTO, etc. I also quite like my job for the time that I'm still in retail and I plan to more into the IT field in less than a year. HOWEVER, what I would like to do, is bring this forward to my current employer to see if they can increase my pay to help me stay.
So here's my question, what are some good ways to bring this up and look into additional compensation to retain me? Obviously they can't match the pay that I'm being offered for a store manager role when I'm an assistant, but they can certainly bump my pay. I don't really have to worry about it backfiring on me since we have very little staff and they absolutely need me there. So how do I go about wording this?