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Get me a raise: the exact words to say

Fed it my numbers before my review, used the counter-offer script almost word for word. It worked, so now I'm telling everyone.

The bill-lowering phone call, scripted (they do this all day, now so do you)

bookkeeper. i watch small businesses shave hundreds off recurring bills with one call a year, and regular people just... pay the increase. pick a bill — internet, insurance, gym — and get the exact call: what to say, what they'll say back, when to accept.