Asking for more money is easier to put off than to write. Fill in your job, what has changed since your pay was last set, and what you are asking for, and Hemmingway writes the request: the ask in the first line, your case in two or three facts, and a suggestion to meet. It is an email unless you type "letter" in the last box.
It argues from your facts and nothing else. It will not claim a result you did not give, guess a figure, or say what other employers pay. If you have a number, put it in. If you do not, it asks for a review and a meeting.
What makes it work
- The case is what has changed. New responsibilities, results, skills, a bigger team. Time served and the cost of living are not reasons your manager can take to their own boss.
- Use numbers where you have them. "Mis-picks went from about thirty a week to under ten" does more than "I improved accuracy".
- Name the ask. A figure, a range, a grade, or the rate a certain role is on. A request for "a review" with nothing attached tends to get a vague answer.
An example
Asked for an email to a manager called Odette from a warehouse team leader of two and a half years with no pay rise since starting, who took over the returns desk in January on top of their own shift, brought mis-picks on the shift down from about thirty a week to under ten and trained four new starters, asking for a meeting to review pay and a rise to the rate the senior team leaders are on, an email along these lines is what to expect:
Subject: Request for a pay review
Hi Odette,
I'd like to ask for a review of my pay. I have been a team leader for two and a half years and my pay has not changed since I started.
Since January I have run the returns desk on top of my own shift. Mis-picks on my shift have gone from about thirty a week to under ten, and I have trained four new starters.
I am asking to move to the rate the senior team leaders are on. Could we find a time to talk it through?
Thanks,
The email is the opener
Pay is normally settled in a conversation. This message puts your case on record and asks for that conversation. How to ask for a raise covers when to ask and what to say in the room. For a self-review, the same facts go into the performance review generator.
Common questions
Is the salary raise request generator free?
Yes. Hemmingway has a free trial with no card needed, and this tool opens it with your answers filled in. You sign up once, and the request is written in the chat.
Can it tell me how much to ask for?
No. It does not know what your job pays, and it can be wrong and sound certain. Look up the going rate yourself, then put the figure in the form.
Can it help me answer if my manager says no?
Yes. Paste their reply into the email reply generator and say what you want to ask next.
Will it sound like AI?
It is built not to. Hemmingway-1, the model behind it, came first on sounding like a person in our own blind test, Human-Likeness. It still helps to read it aloud and change any word you would not use.