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Don’t bring up personal needs during pay negotiations?

I’ve brought it up to my boss that he said we could discuss a pay increase after a year. I reminded him lately and he promised to schedule a meeting with me. The time is approaching so I figured I would read some advice on pay negotiations and everything I see online mentions that you should never bring up personal needs because it’s a distraction from your performance. Is that not terrible advice? I don’t understand the logic. I’m working 12 hour shifts, constant overtime, and I’m not making enough to actually live a comfortable life. Every unexpected cost is an emergency situation and I can’t put money aside the way I want. Why would I not bring up the fact that what I’m getting paid isn’t sustainable? I plan on leaving eventually, despite liking my job, if it’s not going to be able to support my very simple life.…


I’ve brought it up to my boss that he said we could discuss a pay increase after a year. I reminded him lately and he promised to schedule a meeting with me. The time is approaching so I figured I would read some advice on pay negotiations and everything I see online mentions that you should never bring up personal needs because it’s a distraction from your performance.
Is that not terrible advice? I don’t understand the logic. I’m working 12 hour shifts, constant overtime, and I’m not making enough to actually live a comfortable life. Every unexpected cost is an emergency situation and I can’t put money aside the way I want. Why would I not bring up the fact that what I’m getting paid isn’t sustainable? I plan on leaving eventually, despite liking my job, if it’s not going to be able to support my very simple life. I live in a tiny aluminum building (converted shed basically) on someone else’s land outside of the city. It took over a year just to find something within budget. I’m supposed to not bring any of this up? I have a growing resentment the longer I continue to work this much and still struggle financially this hard.

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