u/renzofisa

I am approaching the 5 years anniversary at my company (large corporate in the energy sector, in Europe). I haven’t been given (not even informally) any type of financial trajectory, meaning I do not know if and when I will be given a raise. I am comfortable in my current position and I am not aiming to a promotion or a role change. I want at the same time to ask for a raise given the 5 years spent here (knowing that by hopping to a different company I would get one). I am not thinking about leaving or about giving an ultimatum, but I want to understand whether I will be stuck in this compensation indefinitely or a progression is possible.

I am planning to start this conversation with my boss, but I am not sure about how to approach this. Some details about my situation:

PhD in STEM (not informatics), 10 years in R&D (academia & startups)
5 years in this company, initially as analyst/strategy, then internal expert/consultant in a specific technical domain
2 products launched in this technical domain, where I am basically the only technical reference
Launched several r&d projects, published a couple of papers, deposited a couple of patents
Learnt about internal processes and hierarchies, often go-to person to “solve” specific political dynamics (I am not a faceless voice on Teams)

Also relevant: my boss is a very understanding and “human” person, but suffers a lack of real “weight” with upper management.

I’d be grateful for any advice, especially with target salaries to have a better idea about my starting situation.

I am approaching the 5 years anniversary at my company (large corporate in the energy sector, in Europe). I haven’t been given (not even informally) any type of financial trajectory, meaning I do not know if and when I will be given a raise. I am comfortable in my current position and I am not aiming to a promotion or a role change. I want at the same time to ask for a raise given the 5 years spent here (knowing that by hopping to a different company I would get one). I am not thinking about leaving or about giving an ultimatum, but I want to understand whether I will be stuck in this compensation indefinitely or a progression is possible.

I am planning to start this conversation with my boss, but I am not sure about how to approach this. Some details about my situation:

PhD in STEM (not informatics), 10 years in R&D (academia & startups)
5 years in this company, initially as analyst/strategy, then internal expert/consultant in a specific technical domain
2 products launched in this technical domain, where I am basically the only technical reference
Launched several r&d projects, published a couple of papers, deposited a couple of patents
Learnt about internal processes and hierarchies, often go-to person to “solve” specific political dynamics (I am not a faceless voice on Teams)

Also relevant: my boss is a very understanding and “human” person, but suffers a lack of real “weight” with upper management.

I’d be grateful for any advice, especially with target salaries to have a better idea about my starting situation.

I am approaching the 5 years anniversary at my company (large corporate in the energy sector, in Italy). I haven’t been given (not even informally) any type of financial trajectory, meaning I do not know if and when I will be given a raise. I am comfortable in my current position and I am not aiming to a promotion or a role change. I want at the same time to ask for a raise given the 5 years spent here (knowing that by hopping to a different company I would get one). I am not thinking about leaving or about giving an ultimatum, but I want to understand whether I will be stuck in this compensation indefinitely or a progression is possible.

I am planning to start this conversation with my boss, but I am not sure about how to approach this. Some details about my situation:

PhD in STEM (not informatics), 10 years in R&D (academia & startups)
5 years in this company, initially as analyst/strategy, then internal expert/consultant in a specific technical domain
2 products launched in this technical domain, where I am basically the only technical reference
Launched several r&d projects, published a couple of papers, deposited a couple of patents
Learnt about internal processes and hierarchies, often go-to person to “solve” specific political dynamics (I am not a faceless voice on Teams)

Also relevant: my boss is a very understanding and “human” person, but suffers a lack of real “weight” with upper management.

I’d be grateful for any advice, especially with target salaries to have a better idea about my starting situation.

I am approaching the 5 years anniversary at my company (large corporate in the energy sector, in Europe). I haven’t been given (not even informally) any type of financial trajectory, meaning I do not know if and when I will be given a raise. I am comfortable in my current position and I am not aiming to a promotion or a role change. I want at the same time to ask for a raise given the 5 years spent here (knowing that by hopping to a different company I would get one). I am not thinking about leaving or about giving an ultimatum, but I want to understand whether I will be stuck in this compensation indefinitely or a progression is possible.

I am planning to start this conversation with my boss, but I am not sure about how to approach this. Some details about my situation:

- PhD in STEM (not informatics), 10 years in R&D (academia & startups)
- 5 years in this company, initially as analyst/strategy, then internal expert/consultant in a specific technical domain
- 2 products launched in this technical domain, where I am basically the only technical reference
- Launched several r&d projects, published a couple of papers, deposited a couple of patents
- Learnt about internal processes and hierarchies, often go-to person to “solve” specific political dynamics (I am not a faceless voice on Teams)

Also relevant: my boss is a very understanding and “human” person, but suffers a lack of real “weight” with upper management.

I’d be grateful for any advice, especially any info about salaries in EU for similar situations to have a better idea about my leverage.

Currently working for a big corporate as internal specialist (sort of internal consultant with deep expertise in a specific technology).

My OneNote has become very valuable to me, as it contains all the information I gathered, organized and analyses along the years. Not any secret/proprietary stuff, just my scientific knowledge at it evolved during my work here.

I want to have a personal backup of it, as I am sure I will continue to work in this field in the future, but I am not sure I will work in this company forever.

Assuming I am able to transfer or send somehow all the backup files to my personal windows laptop (data retention policies and so on), will I be able to open all the backup files in another OneNote account?