Workplace
Pay Rise with a Credit-Taking Boss
My boss takes credit for my work and I need a raise — I don't know how to handle both
Your objective
Secure a salary increase of at least 15% without triggering defensiveness about credit or burning the relationship.
The counterpart
David — Engineering Manager
Temperament: The Credit-Taker · Difficulty: intermediate
Skills trained
- ego validation
- mutual benefit reframe
- loss aversion framing
- protect their reputation
What a good run looks like
Score 70+ with agreement at your difficulty ceiling to unlock harder counterparts. Swanx coaches the exact phrases that cost you points — dimension by dimension.