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I have a plan to ask for a big raise, or change my position, but is that a correct move?

I work at a software company today, 3 days a week from the office and 2 days a week from home. When I work from home, I barely work – sometimes I can even not log into work at all, stay in bed, watch movies, go to groceries shopping, doctor appointments, etc. I got tired of it. I feel like I don't do enough, I feel stuck. My current plan is, that I can have a few interviews, get a contract or two, which about 20-25% raise from my current salary, and preferably another position for example software developer. Once I get those offers, I plan to go to my HR and say something like: “I felt like I could earn much more somewhere else, so after checking I got X salary from another company, I really like it here, can you help me stay here by offering a higher…


I work at a software company today, 3 days a week from the office and 2 days a week from home.
When I work from home, I barely work – sometimes I can even not log into work at all, stay in bed, watch movies, go to groceries shopping, doctor appointments, etc.

I got tired of it. I feel like I don't do enough, I feel stuck.

My current plan is, that I can have a few interviews, get a contract or two, which about 20-25% raise from my current salary, and preferably another position for example software developer.
Once I get those offers, I plan to go to my HR and say something like:

“I felt like I could earn much more somewhere else, so after checking I got X salary from another company, I really like it here, can you help me stay here by offering a higher salary? or perhaps another position?”

From the company's perspective, it might be worth adding those 25% raise instead of searching for a new employee and spending a whole year just teaching him the basics, am I right?

what would you do?

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