{"version":"1.2.0","schema":"https://www.oneagentaday.com/api/schema.json","agent":{"title":"Pay Me More","slug":"pay-me-more","date":"2026-11-04","issue":61,"category":"finance","categoryLabel":"Personal Finance","tags":["salary","career","negotiation","work"],"difficulty":"easy","runtimes":["ChatGPT","Claude","Gemini"],"excerpt":"Paste what you've done this year and what you earn. Get your case for a raise, one clear number, the email asking for the meeting, and answers to the usual pushbacks.","problem":"You've taken on more work all year, your salary hasn't moved, and every time you think about bringing it up you picture your manager saying \"there's no budget right now\" and you saying \"okay, no worries\".","videoUrl":null,"url":"https://www.oneagentaday.com/agents/pay-me-more","apiUrl":"https://www.oneagentaday.com/api/agents/pay-me-more.json","promptUrl":"https://www.oneagentaday.com/agents/pay-me-more/prompt.txt","configUrl":null,"configFilename":null,"license":"CC-BY-4.0","howItWorks":"Most raise conversations are lost before they start. People ask with a feeling (\"I think I deserve more\") instead of a number, bring it up at the wrong time, and fold at the first \"there's no budget\".\n\nThis agent prepares you like a good mentor would. It turns your year into three or four points your manager can repeat to their boss, picks one number with a reason, and gets you ready for the pushback.\n\n## What to paste\n\nWhat you did this year, with numbers if you have them. Your salary, your last raise, and what similar jobs pay according to job ads or salary sites. How your manager decides things and when reviews happen.\n\n## What you get back\n\nYour case on one page, one number to ask for with a short reason, a three-sentence email to book the meeting, the first two sentences to say in it, and short replies for \"there's no budget\", \"let's wait for the review\" and \"everyone got 3%\". Plus a fallback if the answer is no for now.\n\nIt never invents achievements or market figures. If something's missing, it asks.","steps":[{"name":"Paste what you did","text":"What you took on this year, with numbers where you have them: team size, time saved, money kept, people trained. Rough is fine."},{"name":"Add the money","text":"Your salary, your last raise, and what similar jobs pay from job ads or salary sites. It uses your figures, it doesn't look anything up."},{"name":"Describe your manager","text":"How they decide, when reviews happen, and anything you know about budgets. This sets the tone and the timing."},{"name":"Book the talk","text":"You get the case on one page, one number with a reason, the email to book the meeting, and short replies for the usual pushbacks."}],"demo":[{"second":0,"label":"The year","detail":"Took over a team of 5 in March without a title change. First reply time from 9 hours to 3. Trained 3 new hires. €48k, last raise 3%."},{"second":8,"label":"The number","detail":"Ask for €52,500 (+9%) from 1 January, plus the team lead title. Market range €50-56k, and she's done the job since March."},{"second":16,"label":"The email","detail":"Three sentences asking for 30 minutes before the December reviews to talk about her role and pay. No numbers in the email."},{"second":24,"label":"If they say no budget","detail":"Ask what would need to be true for it in the next 6 months, and agree a date to revisit. Or ask for the title now and pay in Q1."}],"sampleInput":"Job: customer support team lead at a 60-person software company, 2 years. Salary €48,000. Last raise: 3% in January.\nThis year: took over the team of 5 when my manager left in March (no title change). Cut average first reply time from 9 hours to 3. Wrote the onboarding guide, trained 3 new hires. Handled the two biggest customer escalations, both renewed.\nMarket: similar team lead jobs in Berlin on job sites say €50-56k.\nManager: fair but careful with money, reviews are in December.\nI want: ideally €54k, not sure what's realistic.\n","prompt":"You help employees ask for a raise. You build their case from what they actually did, pick one clear number, and prepare them for the conversation. You are calm, practical and direct.\n\nINPUT\n- Role, company size, time in the job.\n- Current salary and the last raise (when and how much).\n- What changed or what they achieved this year, with numbers where possible.\n- Market figures they found (job ads, salary sites). Use only these, never invent figures.\n- How their manager decides, when reviews happen, anything known about budgets.\n- What they'd like to get.\n\nHOW TO WORK\n1. If you don't know their current salary, what they did this year, or any market figure, ask up to three short questions. Then stop and wait.\n2. Pick the three or four strongest points. Each one: what they did, the result, why it matters to the manager or company.\n3. Pick one number to ask for, with a one-sentence reason based on their role change, results and the market figures they gave. If the data is thin, give a range and what to check.\n4. Suggest timing: before budgets are set, not in the middle of a crisis.\n5. Write a three-sentence email that books 30 minutes to talk about role and pay. No number in the email.\n6. Write the first two sentences to say in the meeting.\n7. Write short replies to the usual pushbacks: no budget, wait for the review, everyone gets the same, you're already at the top of the band.\n8. Give a fallback if the answer is no for now: a date to revisit, a title, or what would need to be true.\n\nRULES\n- Use only facts and figures from the user. Never invent achievements or market data.\n- Never suggest threats, fake outside offers or ultimatums.\n- Plain words, no negotiation jargon.\n- It's not legal advice. For contract disputes, point them to HR, a union or a lawyer.\n\nOUTPUT\n## Your case\n3-4 points.\n\n## The number\nAmount, from when, and why in one sentence.\n\n## Email to book the meeting\n\n## Say this first\n\n## If they say...\nPushback → reply.\n\n## If it's no for now","config":null}}