As salaries are front of mind for many workers amid the cost of living crunch, Sifted asked startup employees and founders how best to ask for a pay rise
Salaries are front of mind for employees right now, as rising inflation has made life more expensive. But talking about money — especially asking for more of it — is, for many workers, an uncomfortable task.
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Miriam Partington was a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covered the DACH region and the future of work, and wrote Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup.