<prompt> Human: Hello Reddit.I work for a medium sized manufacturing company which has had stellar profits in recent years. I was hired two years ago, and my second anniversary is coming up so Im looking for salary advice.During my interview, I was asked to name a salary figure, which was at the low end range for my line of of work. The firm responded with a 5,000 lesser amount, which I accepted. There was no mention of performance reviews or salary increases.Fast forward to 2017. During my time here, I have found out that managersdepartmentscompany do not have performance reviews. My job title is nebulous, but based on similar job descriptions from Glassdoor, Payscale and Salary.com, I am being paid about 15K less than my current worth.My plan is to send an e-mail to my indirect manager, stating Id like to discuss a meeting for a salary increase. Do I mention numbers or percentage in the e-mail, or wait until the vice-president and HR come back asking me for a number?Do I ask for a 20 increase, which will still make me underpaid, or throw out the median salary for the area?I can document my value to the company, and how my direct efforts have helped to increase sales. Thanks,Bob  <response>: Set up the meeting to discuss your future with the company and your compensation. Dont throw any numbers out yet. Before the meeting, prepare a report of industry salary figures and be prepared to show that youre statistically underpaid for the position. In the ones I do, I make vertical box plots try and figure out the percentiles, have box plots from a few different sources on the same chart and then a horizontal line representing your salary. Stay extremely positive the whole review and talk like a giant wiener, reiterating how much you like working there and how you want to keep working hard to bring value to the company yadda yadda. Give examples of your achievements.Ask for 50th percentile median across all sources. Then be silent and let them dig their own grave. Then go job hunting. 