<prompt> Human: Background story: I currently work for big company in Texas, lets call it company X. Inside company X they have their own IT firm part of company X which provides services to all the different departments in the company. Im part of this IT firm. Ive been with the company for about 8 months 6 as a contractor and 2 as a full time employee after they hired me. During all this time Ive been providing services to just one department. Yesterday the manager of that department approached me and asked me if Im interested in leaving my department and work directly for him as he loves my work and want me to be one of his employees. Moving to his department will allow me to move back to the northeast where Im from and most of my friends and family are. But my question is, would this be a good time to ask for raise? Since I will be moving back up I will be paying more taxes so I dont want to make less money because of it.  <response>: Absolutely. Whenever youre approached, that is a good time to discuss compensation. You had no intentions of moving to them, so the expense of moving back to the northeast has to be considered, the cost of living differences, and that if he likes your work that much, you should be making more. 