BEC剑桥英语高级 Test 4, Reading Part 5-Getting a pay rise

There is a commonly held view that the only way to get a decent pay increase is to move on: to go out into the job market and find someone who is prepared to pay you a figure more in line with the talents you can offer. Whilst changing employers from time to time is something we probably all need to do to advance our careers in the directions we want them to take, it is nevertheless an activity that carries quite definite risks. Irrespective of how well we research prospective employers, a new job is still largely a step into the unknown. It may turn out to be a good move or it could prove to be a complete disaster: most of us have had experience of both. The point here, though, is that changing employers is not something we want to be doing all the time and certainly not any time we feel the urge for better pay. We d' be taking more risks than we needed to just to achieve a pay rise. Getting a pay rise should always be viewed as a serious business. There are no quick fixes or gold methods with "guaranteed" results. Quick fixes only serve to trivialise the issues and could under some circumstances get you into very serious trouble indeed.

有一种常见的观点是唯一得到一个体面的加薪的方式: 进入人才市场去找到一些准备为付出一个与你才能相匹配的价格。当不断更换雇主的时候，我们可能需要做的事按照我们要他采取的方式推动我们的职业生涯，这毫无疑问是具有相当风险的行为。无论我们如何研究我们我们的潜在雇主，一份新的工作仍然很大程度上是进入一个未知领域。这可能证明是一个好的一步或者是一个灾难:我们中的大部分人有这两方面的经验。然而，这里的观点是不断更换雇主是我们不想一直做的事，显然我们也不是任何时候都要有一个更好薪资的冲动。我们要承担比加薪更大的风险。加薪应该总是被看成是一个严肃的事情。没有一个快速解决的方法的或者是黄金法则能保证结果。快速的方法至是用于解决一些琐碎的事情，但在一些环境之下，会给你带来非常严重的问题。