Sentences with phrase «getting a raise for»

It is always nice to get a raise for doing absolutely nothing!

I think he'd better get a raise for his show money and lower his win bonus, if needed.

Percoco's favors included freeing up millions in state funds for the Syracuse developer and helping to get a raise for Aiello's son, who worked in the governor's office.

Prosecutors claimed Percoco helped get a raise for Aiello's son (who worked in the governor's chamber), free up state funds for a Cor project and get a potentially costly union agreement removed from another project.

Talks are swirling about a special session of the legislature next week that could involve lawmakers getting a raise for the first time in almost two decades.

After years of operating under a somewhat self - imposed bare - bones budget, and teachers getting no raise for five years, district leaders now say the district is experiencing a period of fiscal solvency.

The Republican - led Legislature recently took away newer teachers» ability to get a raise for having an advanced degree, but teachers who already had those raises were grandfathered in.

From that, long term shareholders get a raise for simply owning the stock!

I would like to point out that you just got another raise for doing nothing.

I mean who doesn't like getting a raise for doing nothing?

Now it is not necessarily probable, particularly in this environment and working in public service, that you would get a raise for 10 straight years, but for argument's sake let's say you do.

If you were to go to work and get a raise for doing a great job in the office you would be more inclined to keep it up.

Not exact matches

Bills to raise the federal minimum wage, currently at $ 7.25 an hour, for other workers have gotten signficant pushback from lawmakers, who recently killed legislation in the Senate.

The reason women aren't getting promoted from the bottom ranks isn't that women aren't negotiating — in fact, women negotiate for promotions and raises more often than men do.

There are many options for raising funds to start building your mobile app before you get to the investor.

Encouragingly, that same survey found that when satisfied employees asked for a raise, almost 50 percent got it.

We would have really struggled to raise funding without that traction, and so I advise others to just get started and try and build something that people will pay for

Ultimately if you're seeking for approval or board consensus on an action (getting approval for a budget, raising money, investing in CAPEX, firing a head of sales — whatever) your job is to hold a discussion in which all board members who want to voice an opinion can do so and ultimately pushing for a vote or a resolution.

A recent PayScale salary survey found that when dissatisfied employees asked for a raise, less than 20 percent got it.

Buffer's co-founder Joel Gasciogne admits, «We would have really struggled to raise funding without that traction, and so I advise others to just get started and try and build something that people will pay for.»

While not necessarily the primary motivator for everyone, getting a pay raise or promotion is certainly high on the list of objectives for the ambitious, aspiring executive.

They want to not only raise funds for specific organizations but also form a movement that encourages others to get into the habit of kindness and generosity.

Alternative ways of raising money are increasingly available, and crowd - funding has for instance raised more than # 1 billion for UK small and medium - sized enterprises last year.Of course, don't forget to inquire about the regulation in place in your country, and get professional advice to mitigate risk.

Dick's Sporting Goods (dks) is getting credit from many quarters for announcing on Wednesday that it will no longer sell assault - style rifles like the AR - 15, and is raising the minimum age to buy firearms to 21.

The best get - rich - quick process for a tech startup used to be to raise VC funding, get large and visible, and then be acquired by a tech giant.

Eventually, she got the company to consider raising its stakes — and come out with an in - house line for women.

If you plan to raise money for your business through crowdfunding, get ready to spend lots of quality time with a good lawyer.

When they run out of air, they drown (lose everything), come up for a new tank (raise more funding) or get out of the water (pivot to something new).

Finally, having a clear and realistic idea of how long things take, setting intermediate milestones for every 12 to 18 months, and raising just enough money it to get to the next set of key milestones, is not only important to capital efficiency, it is also important for success.

When we commit to regular workouts that raise our heart rate and get us moving and sweating for a sustained period, magical things happen to our mind and body.

Garret Nelson, 31, a salesman in Boise, Idaho, got a $ 5,000 raise, to $ 55,000, allowing him to pay for teaching supplies and music lessons for his five homeschooled kids.

According to Hammond, the changes will raise # 200 million a year for the UK government — still small change compared to the huge tax reductions tech companies get.

So when I had to terminate all employees, and ask 12 of them to volunteer their time for three months (on the hopes of me raising a new round of capital and getting their volunteered back - pay funded), that was a monumental ask.

But before I could talk he started complaining to me: «our top writers keep putting their twitter names in their posts and then when they get more followers they start asking for raises.»

Kickstarter and other crowdfunding platforms, where entrepreneurs and other creative professionals can raise money from consumers, have become a popular way for entrepreneurs to get funding without giving up equity.

Chase knew she would need significant capital to get Zipcar off the ground and a for - profit business model allowed her to take on investors and raise capital.

Getting Your Name Out There as a Startup As part of our Project Grow series, we interviewed a number of business - incubator advisers and entrepreneurs about what works when it comes to raising awareness for a bootstrapped company.

Microsoft's CEO recently told a roomful of women that asking for a raise isn't the best way to get ahead.

You interviewed successfully for a job at a hip young firm, and struggled to get recognized, to get promoted, to earn a raise.

«It stands to reason the eight schools in the official Ivy League account for 10.7 percent of total capital raised and 7 percent of companies - talking undergrad numbers here - to get at least a first round of venture financing, as pedigree accounts for a lot when it comes to backing a first - time entrepreneur,» he wrote.

Last May, after determining he could make a smaller version for consumers and get the price point down to under $ 3,000, Shapiro raised $ 9 million in funding from Foundry Group and True Ventures.

The new audience would be all of those who have ever figured they were getting screwed when they tried to argue for a raise, dicker with cantankerous suppliers, sell a used car, or buy a new house.

Borrowing by students and their families has picked up steam over the years as social and economic pressure grows to obtain a college education to get ahead, even as states reduce their financial support for colleges and colleges raise their tuition.

Ackman got the appointment — and hired investment bank Blackstone and AlixPartners, a firm best known for advising distressed companies, to explore ways to raise cash.

The move to 100 % of the Montney project is a major coup for Calima that will be sure to raise its profile with the oil and gas heavyweights of North America who are eager to get a share of the action in the liquids - rich basin.

Too many Millennials complain about not getting paid enough while they do one of two things: they either do not ask for a raise, period, or they do not take the time to understand what would warrant a raise and going all - in on acquiring that skill set.

The protest concerned the fact that several Emera and Nova Scotia Power executives had received substantial raises, despite the fact that Nova Scotia Power recently went before the province's Utility and Review Board to get approval for an electricity price hike.

Martinez and Miller see the national tour as both an opportunity to raise awareness, as well as to get attendees to campaign for similar resolutions in their own cities.

That's hard to do for any company as it gets bigger, and the threat of competition — archrival Vivint raised $ 330 million in its October IPO — could make his task harder.

A wealth of recent research, including a new study published this month in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, suggests that any type of exercise that raises your heart rate and gets you moving and sweating for a sustained period of time — known as aerobic exercise — has a significant, overwhelmingly beneficial impact on the brain.