The Retail Coalman Volume 27

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1915 edition. Excerpt: ...best man you can for your position. If you are not getting a salary that is up to what you believe your ability deserves, appoint yourself an investigating committee to consider the situation carefully. Investigate yourself! Find out first whether you are worth more than you are getting, whether your actual sales entitle you to a larger proportion of the profit of the business. If you can satisfy yourself that you should have more pay, then set about getting it. If you find you are not entitled to any more, you must then begin back further. To get more when you deserve it, find out whether the boss agrees with you that you earn it. If he does, he will give it to you if he can afford it, and if he cannot he will agree that you ought to be looking for a more profitable position. If the boss does not think you earn more than you receive, while you are sure you do, talk it over in a friendly manner and see how far a art you are and why. It is possible you are not working or the right kind of a_ man. It is possible that your employer is a tight-wad, or that he is anxious to squeeze out of his salesmen the last possible ounce of energy without paying a fair price for it. There is only one answer when that is the case---get a new boss. But if the proprietor honestly thinks he is paying you all you are worth to him while you honestly think he is not, reduce the matter to figures. Estimate, if you cannot get at it exactly, the amount of your sales. Take the average profit of the business and see whether your salary is eating up all of that profit on your ersonal sales, or whether you might get more money an still leave a fair net return for the proprietor. Don't resort to threats in discussing salary matters with your employer. Don't threaten to...