I Got A 50%+ Pay Increase!

Yes, it’s true. And I more than doubled my income in under two years. How? I changed jobs (3 times in two years) and built connections along the way. Some of it may have been luck but a lot of it had to do with jumping when I could have stayed put because I was comfortable. Also, I had no shame in changing jobs to get what I knew I deserved.

It all started in 2019 when I was pregnant with my first daughter. Something (probably the man upstairs) was urging me to look into remote work because I wanted to have the flexibility to have more time with my daughter. After all, she was my first and I didn’t know what I was getting myself into. A recruiter approached me about an opportunity to work remotely (still within the Lifecycle Marketing field) and that hooked me instantly, along with a relatively decent bump in pay. Fast-forward to a year later and the role was pretty demanding so I decided to seek another opportunity. I did but was only there for six months because a brand I had previously worked on at my first remote job (the demanding one) sought me out. I will admit I struggled with deciding to leave a job when I felt it was too soon but I decided to put family first and this new job opened up more for us. So while this new job was a 50% pay increase from the last, it more than doubled my income from 2019 to 2021.

Here’s a few key things I learned along the way:

• Be open to change and taking risks if it makes the most sense for yourself and/or family.
• Don’t be afraid to negotiate. Do your research to see what the average and above average salary pay is for your role. Don’t forget experience matters too! So aim high!
• Don’t sell yourself short. Self-doubt is sometimes hard to curb but while it might not go away instantly, work to overcome it and have the perseverance to keep going to get what you deserve.
• Do good work to help set yourself apart. You never know who is watching!
• Be a genuinely good person at work and in life. People may not always remember what you did for them but they will remember how you made them feel (Nod to the late Maya Angelou).