Etika Negosiasi - Negosiasi Kenaikan Gaji

Summary

In this workplace conversation, Lia, a marketing employee, faces issues with tardiness and additional tasks outside her job scope. Her employer, frustrated with her lateness, assigns her an audit task that is part of the finance department's duties. When the director calls her for an impromptu product presentation, Lia requests extra time to complete the audit. She then challenges the employer, asking for a salary increase to reflect the added work. After a negotiation, they agree that her punctuality and completion of tasks will determine whether the salary increase is granted.

Takeaways

• 😀 Employee arrives late at work due to traffic and has to use a small road.
• 😀 The manager is frustrated by the repeated tardiness and assigns additional tasks to the employee.
• 😀 The employee tries to justify the lateness by mentioning road conditions and heavy traffic.
• 😀 The manager emphasizes that the employee should have been at work at 8:15 AM, not 8:35 AM.
• 😀 The employee is tasked with auditing certain documents with a 5 PM deadline.
• 😀 The employee receives an unexpected call from the director, asking for help with a product presentation.
• 😀 The employee juggles between completing the audit and preparing for the director’s presentation.
• 😀 The employee faces conflict when explaining that the audit is not part of their job description.
• 😀 The employee requests a salary increase for performing duties outside of their job role.
• 😀 The manager offers a potential salary raise if the employee completes the audit on time and stops being late.

Q & A

Why was the employee late to work?

The employee was late due to traffic caused by road conditions and the need to take a smaller road because the main road was blocked.

What was the manager's reaction to the employee being late?

The manager was not sympathetic and expressed that the employee should not be late, regardless of the day of the week, and emphasized that there are consequences for tardiness.

What extra task did the manager give the employee due to frequent tardiness?

The manager assigned the employee an audit task along with additional duties, with a deadline of 5:00 PM.

What conflict arose between the employee and the director?

The director called the employee to help with a product presentation, which conflicted with the employee's assigned task of completing the audit by 5:00 PM.

What was the employee's concern about their job responsibilities?

The employee expressed that the audit task was outside of their job scope as a marketing professional and should not be part of their duties, as auditing is part of the finance department.

How did the employee respond to the manager's additional task?

The employee politely explained that they could not complete the additional task because it was not part of their job description and also stated that it was outside of their responsibility as a marketing professional.

What did the employee request in return for doing additional tasks?

The employee requested a salary increase to reflect the additional duties that were outside their normal job scope.

What salary increase did the employee initially request?

The employee initially requested a salary increase to 8 million IDR, based on the extra tasks being assigned outside their marketing role.

How did the manager respond to the salary request?

The manager countered the request by offering a salary of 9 million IDR and mentioned that a higher salary could be considered if the employee completed their tasks on time and stopped being late.

What was the final agreement between the employee and the manager?

The employee agreed to complete the audit on time and to arrive at work on time, in exchange for the manager considering a salary increase of 10 million IDR.