{"id":8145,"date":"2014-10-10T16:40:42","date_gmt":"2014-10-10T16:40:42","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2014-10-10T16:40:42","modified_gmt":"2014-10-10T16:40:42","slug":"microsoft_ceo_steps_in_it_says_women_shouldn_t_ask_for_a_raise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2014\/10\/10\/microsoft_ceo_steps_in_it_says_women_shouldn_t_ask_for_a_raise\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft CEO Steps in It, Says Women Shouldn\u2019t Ask for a Raise"},"content":{"rendered":"

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RUSH: Did you hear that? The guy did step in it, and he\u2019s supposedly a sensitive liberal. This is curious. Let\u2019s grab audio sound bite number 22. I think guy\u2019s misguided on a bunch of things. Now, he\u2019s obviously caught up in stereotypes here. Stereotypes can be funny if you know how to use them, make jokes about them. Stereotypes are there for a reason. I mean, stereotypes are stereotypes \u2019cause they\u2019re typical, but this was pretty bad. <\/p>\n

This was in Phoenix at the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing. The Microsoft CEO, Satya Nadella, spoke. And during the Q&A, a moderator, in fact a member of the Microsoft board, Maria Klawe, said, “For women who aren\u2019t comfortable with asking for a raise or who aren\u2019t the younger you [based on Nadella\u2019s earlier comment], let\u2019s say, what is your advice for them?”<\/p>\n

NADELLA: It\u2019s not really about asking for the raise, but knowing and having faith that the system will actually give you the right raises as you go along. One of the additional superpowers that, quite frankly, women who don\u2019t ask for a raise have, because that\u2019s good karma. It\u2019ll come back. In the long-term efficiency, things catch up.<\/p>\n

RUSH: So this guy was essentially saying to women: Don\u2019t ask for it. Just be patient. Let karma take over. Let your work be your statement. Go ahead, stay out there, work hard, let karma take over, \u2019cause that is actually a superpower that women have, not asking for a raise. And if you do that, you\u2019re gonna find that you\u2019re gonna get many more raises and a lot more money over the long term because long-term efficiency, things catch up and you will be compensated. (interruption) You\u2019re raising your hand. You have a question in there? (interruption) I never heard that. <\/line><\/p>\n

I mean, I\u2019ve heard the phrase “cream rises to the top.” And I\u2019ve heard, “Wait around.” On this subject I\u2019ve had every bit of advice there is. I\u2019ve had the advice, “Do not ask for a raise. You\u2019re only gonna become an irritating presence to the boss. Never ask for a raise.” Other people said, “You gotta go in there and assert yourself. You\u2019ve gotta go in there and tell \u2019em how valuable you are. You\u2019ve gotta make \u2019em pay attention to you. You\u2019ve gotta demand a raise, not ask for it. You\u2019ve got to go in and do it, and even if they say no, you\u2019ve put your name in the hopper.”<\/p>\n

And other people say, “Don\u2019t ever do that. That\u2019s the fastest route to getting canned. Nobody wants a troublemaker.” I\u2019ve had people say, “Never ask for a raise and instead every day thank the boss for hiring you.” That\u2019s Depression-era thinking. Some Baby Boomers grew up with that kind of advice from their parents because getting a job during the Depression, which was a formative event in their life, was rare. And you were to be thankful, eternally thankful to your employer for hiring you. You were to express it frequently so that the employer never, ever thought you took it for granted. <\/p>\n

Now, at some point long after the Depression, doing that actually hurt the employee. You know why? Because if you go overboard — I mean, I\u2019ve seen it happen. It\u2019s not universal. Exceptions to everything. I\u2019ll confess it was my dad that gave me that advice, and I tried it once. I thought, “Okay, I\u2019ll try this.” I respected my dad. I thought he really knew what he was talking about, and he did, for his era. And I remember making it a point every day, I didn\u2019t go in and say, “I want to thank you for hiring me,” but I went in every day or every week and let them know how grateful I was getting the job. <\/p>\n

And after a while I started getting all the dirt assignments. It was just assumed that I was so grateful to be there, I would do anything. They started dumping all the stuff nobody else wanted to do on me. It was not taken sincerely. It was used. It was taken advantage of by the person. Now, it may not have been if I\u2019d have tried it with a different employer. I think this is all specific to every circumstance you\u2019re in. I don\u2019t think there\u2019s any blanket advice for asking for a raise. <\/p>\n

I think you have to assess the circumstance you\u2019re in and there had better be very little doubt you deserve one when you go in and ask for one, because if you go in and ask for one and they don\u2019t even know who you are or if they think they\u2019re being really fair with you already, you\u2019re gonna come across as unappreciative. It\u2019s no different than in the job interview, if the first thing you ask about is sick pay and vacation days, you\u2019re gone. You don\u2019t know it then, but you\u2019re gone. Just like a college education is used to weed out applicants and reduce the numbers, that\u2019s really what the college degree is for these days. If you don\u2019t have one, you don\u2019t get the interview. <\/p>\n

The second thing is you can actually do yourself great harm if you make the mistake, whether the boss thinks you\u2019re being treated fairly already or not, if you go in and start demanding things when everybody thinks they are being overly fair already, you\u2019re gonna red flag yourself as unappreciative. It just depends on personality. Some people respond well to standing up for yourself, demanding a raise, being forceful. Some employers respect that. Others resent it. I don\u2019t think there\u2019s any universal advice that can be given on asking for a raise. <\/p>\n

Now, what this guy was saying, and he happened to say it about women, because where is he? He\u2019s at a conference on women. He\u2019s actually trying, I am convinced — everybody at CEO level these days is PC. He\u2019s trying to say something he thinks women are gonna appreciate. He\u2019s telling them they have innate, extraordinary powers, that karma alone, if they just go out and do the job, they will be rewarded. They will be rewarded. He\u2019s telling this to a female member of his own board of directors, who\u2019s the moderator. <\/p>\n

He has apologized and clarified his remarks, you could expect, but I don\u2019t think the guy set out to insult women. Quite the opposite. He\u2019s surrounded by \u2019em at this conference. What is this thing called again? The Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing. This guy basically says, “It\u2019s not asking for the raise. It\u2019s having faith the system will give you the right raises as you go along.” <\/p>\n

I would guess that you could take a hundred employees and ask \u2019em, “Have you gotten raises as you went along, without asking, that you thought were justified?” and a hundred percent of them would say “no.” A hundred percent of \u2019em would say, “I have never been surprised with a raise. I have never gotten a raise out of the clear blue.” Now, that happens, too. That\u2019s what I mean. There can\u2019t be any blanket way to go about this. But this guy answered it in a blanket way, and he did it in such a way he thought he was talking about women\u2019s special powers. He ended up having to eat his words. He\u2019s gone out now and he\u2019s changed what he said, apologized and he got his mind right, so he\u2019s okay for now.<\/p>\n

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RUSH: Gene in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Great to have you, sir, with us. Hello.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Hello. Mr. Rush Limbaugh, how are you?<\/p>\n

RUSH: I\u2019m fine, sir. Thank you.<\/line><\/p>\n

CALLER: I\u2019ve been listening to you since the nineties in California.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Well, that\u2019s almost… You\u2019re almost a lifer.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Well, I was in California. I don\u2019t know where you were. Anyway, I just want you to please, please keep doing what you\u2019re doing. You\u2019re one of the lone voices out there. What I wanted to talk to you about was the raises thing.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Yeah?<\/p>\n

CALLER: I never asked for one. I was in corporate business for 50 years. I never asked for a raise, ever once.<\/p>\n

RUSH: How many did you get?<\/p>\n

CALLER: I worked hard, and if you work hard, the money comes. You know that.<\/p>\n

RUSH: To a… (sigh) To a point, yes. But I\u2019ve also found that you have to go get it, whatever it is that you want. There\u2019s a certain degree of preparation meeting opportunity (i.e., luck) when things come to you. But the preparation is key, or there can\u2019t be any luck, and then there also has to be some ambition to drive. You have to want it, you have to go get it, you have to answer the door when opportunity knocks. But I know what you mean. The work will speak for itself. If you make yourself valuable to somebody, they will pay to keep you. That\u2019s true.<\/p>\n

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RUSH: Kevin in Boston. Kevin, I\u2019m glad you waited. Welcome to the EIB Network. Hello.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Hey, Rush, how you doing, brother?<\/p>\n

RUSH: I\u2019m great. Thank you very much.<\/p>\n

CALLER: I\u2019m working to pay my fair share of Barack Obama\u2019s next vacation, and I wanted to respond to you were talking about asking for a raise.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Right. Right.<\/p>\n

CALLER: I found two ways that really work. First, what really went well for me is that I go to my employer, and I asked him, “What do I need to do to earn of a raise?” So that puts it in a positive conversation. It\u2019s always worked well for me. Tthe second way is to start my own business, which I will do next year.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Well, now, see not everybody\u2019s gonna do that, and that\u2019s not a guaranteed raise, but you are in charge. When you start your own business, if you\u2019re the only employee, of course you\u2019re paying yourself. If you have employees, you\u2019re paying them first. They and their benefits get paid first. If you\u2019ve got a passion, there\u2019s nothing that can replace it. But, boy, that\u2019s a big leap. Now, your other method, ask the employer what you have to do to get a raise? What he\u2019s saying is, if you get an answer, go do it. He\u2019s gotten the raise by doing what the boss told him. That didn\u2019t work for me <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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