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Claude Opus 5.5

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570 words · 4 fill-ins

Example input

[Your role, pay and time in role]: Customer Success Manager at Quillstone, a B2B scheduling software company with about 180 people, fully remote in the US. Hired 2 years ago at $65,000; got a 4.6% raise to $68,000 at last year's review. I report to the Director of Customer Success.

[Your wins and results from the last 12 months]: - I manage 48 mid-market accounts, about $1.9M in annual recurring revenue. - Gross revenue churn on my book is 6% for the last 12 months, down from 11% the year before. The team average is 9%. - When a colleague left 5 months ago, I took over 17 of her accounts ($640k ARR) on top of mine, with no handover notes. 15 of the 17 have renewed; we lost 2 small ones. - Built a renewal-risk checklist in our CRM that the whole team adopted last quarter. My manager mentioned it at the all-hands. - Sourced 6 upgrades to the premium tier, about $84k in new ARR (the account executive closed them and got the credit). - Customer satisfaction on my accounts is 4.7 out of 5. - Mentored a new CSM through onboarding.

[Market pay data you found]: - Salary site A: Customer Success Manager, US remote, 2 to 4 years: $72k to $92k, median $80k. - Salary site B: CSM, mid-market SaaS: average $79,500 base. - Our own job posting last month to replace my colleague listed $75,000 to $90,000.

[What you know about reviews and budget]: Annual reviews happen in March and raises start April 1. My manager said last year that budgets get set in January, which is about 8 weeks from now. The company had a good year and raised a funding round 6 months ago. Last year's raises were mostly 3 to 5%. My manager is supportive but new to managing.

Example output

Assumption: I've treated the 6% churn rate as applying to the full $1.9M book.

1. Impact summary

Revenue kept: Gross revenue churn on my book fell from 11% to 6% over the last 12 months, against a team average of 9%. On $1.9M ARR, that is about $57k more revenue kept than the team-average rate would have kept. It is about $95k more than my own prior-year rate. These figures are calculated from the numbers above, so please verify them in the CRM.
Work taken on: For the last 5 months I've covered a departed colleague's 17 accounts ($640k ARR) on top of my own book, with no handover notes. 15 of the 17 renewed. We lost 2 small accounts worth [add figure] ARR.
Revenue won: I sourced 6 premium-tier upgrades, about $84k in new ARR. The account executive closed them and got the credit.
Team-wide risk reduction: I built a renewal-risk checklist in the CRM, and the whole team adopted it last quarter. Since then it has [add figure: at-risk renewals flagged or hours saved per renewal].
Customer health and team capacity: Customer satisfaction on my accounts is 4.7 out of 5 (team average: [add figure]). I also mentored a new CSM through onboarding.

2. Market gap table

Source	Range or figure	My pay	Gap
[Salary site A]: CSM, US remote, 2–4 yrs	$72k–$92k, median $80k	$68,000	$4k below the low end; $12k (17.6%) below the median
[Salary site B]: CSM, mid-market SaaS	Average $79,500 base	$68,000	$11.5k (16.9%) below
Quillstone's own posting for this role, last month	$75k–$90k (midpoint $82.5k)	$68,000	$7k (10.3%) below the bottom; $14.5k below the midpoint

What the data shows: I'm paid below the low end of every source, including what Quillstone offered a new hire for the same job last month. The company posting is the strongest evidence because it is our own number. The salary sites are self-reported, so they're supporting evidence rather than proof, but they agree with the posting.

3. Your numbers

Ask: $82,000 (+$14,000, or 20.6%). This is just under the midpoint of our own posting and above both market medians, which fits results that beat the team average while I ran a larger book.

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Claude Opus 5.5

This prompt builds the case for a raise and the words to ask for it. Paste your pay, your wins, market data and what you know about budgets; you get a one-page case, a meeting script and follow-up emails.

What you get

Your results rewritten in the terms your manager and their boss care about
A market gap table and a specific number to ask for, with the lowest to accept
A one-page case your manager can forward, plus the meeting request email
A meeting script with replies to "no budget" and "wait for your review", and a follow-up email

How to use it

1
List your results with numbers
Write what you did in the last 12 months and what came of it: revenue kept, time saved, work taken on. Add pay data with sources and what you know about budget timing.
2
Send the request, then the case
Send the meeting request email, bring the one-page case to the meeting and use the script for the ask and the replies.
3
Follow up the same day
Send the follow-up email that recaps what was agreed and the next date, so a "not now" turns into a plan.

Better results

Ask before budgets are set, not at the review. If you do not know when that is, ask your manager how raises are decided.
Follow up with "Play my manager and give me the hardest no" to rehearse the replies out loud.
Save the one-page case. If the answer is "not now", it becomes the starting point for the next conversation.

Questions

Can AI help me ask for a raise?

Yes, AI can help you ask for a raise by turning your results and pay data into a short case, a meeting request and a script for the conversation. It works only from what you give it, and no prompt can promise your company will say yes.

How do I write a letter asking for a raise?

Keep it short: ask for a meeting first, then bring a one-page case with your results, their numbers and market pay for your role. This prompt writes both, plus a follow-up email that records what was agreed and the next date.

How much of a raise should I ask for?

Ask for a specific number backed by market pay for your role and your results, not a vague percentage. This prompt sets the ask from the pay data you paste, plus the lowest number worth accepting, and explains both.

What do I say if my manager says there is no budget?

Ask what it would take and when budget is next set, and agree on a date to revisit. You can also ask for something that costs less now, such as a title change or a written plan. This prompt scripts replies to that and four other deferrals.

Updated 8 Nov 2026