<prompt> Human: Hello all,Im thinking of asking for a pretty significant raise at my performance evaluation this week. Im thinking of asking to move from a 30k a year salary to 37k. Ive done my research and 37k is closer to the median for this intro level position in my area. My performance eval offers 6 for an exceeds evaluation which I am more than certain Im getting. I feel justified asking for this raise as my performance has been spectacular and my boss missed my first performance eval at 6 months which offered 6 as well. Ive also applied for other jobs so that I can have leverage in this discussion. My questions areIs this the right time to ask for a raise and how do i approach the subject with them?  <response>: I was recently in the same position and I would advocate waiting a month or two, heres why:The way my employer does annual review raises is that the manager has a certain amount of money to give to their team. Better people get more, worse people get less. So by giving you 6 your manager may have had to give someone else less.When you ask for a raise, on the other hand, its an ad hoc thing that they get approval for on a case by case basis. If you ask for a bigger raise right then, you effectively could have asked a few months ago, gotten it, and then they wouldnt have to waste their annual raise budget on you.By waiting a month or two, it seems more like the events are unrelated.Just my experience. I did what youre contemplating and felt kind of bad. Not for asking for more from the company but for taking money from my coworkers that I didnt need to. 