Evan Davis Quotes

At the bare minimum, you need to be in your position for a year before you ask for a raise or title change.

Yeah, well when I first started working, it was $5 a show; it was probably a little higher by the time I got to my own show, but I remember that they put me under contract at $100 a week, which to me was really an astronomical price.

I never said I had to be the highest-paid defensive player. That really wasn't the most important thing.

After years of working on books, I eventually took a more business-oriented job, for the same sorts of reasons that most people take most new jobs: fancier title, higher pay, opportunities for advancement.

The women themselves say they're far more likely to care about flexibility. The men say, 'I'm far more likely to care about money.'

Finally, I told them I'd drop out of the management program if they'd give me an entry-level job in the newsroom for union wages, about fifty dollars a week.

You've got to ask for more money.

Men, by and large, make more because of some of the things they do. Their jobs are, by and large, riskier. They don’t mind working nights and weekends. They don’t mind working overtime or outdoors.

Price doesn't make deals, and salary doesn't control your career.

I think titles are important to your career. Whether you reign as champion for a long time or just have it for the time being, to be part of a company and be their champion is always good to have on your resume.

I always thought once you get your contract, I think that's when the accolades and all that stuff comes.

I think it's like any other job. If you want an extension as a reporter or a media guy or whatever you want to do, I think you are going to open up your ears to talking about a raise or whatever it might be. I'm in the same position.

I got 'slotted' and started getting offers similar to the role I had in 'Maryada.'

My first job at Gleason's Bar in Cleveland was $800 a week, when I was making $92 a week with overtime at the automobile plant.

There are the jobs you get that do something for your confidence, like, 'I can do this with my life' kind of thing. And then, there are the jobs that maybe bring a certain level of awareness about you as an actor, where other people feel like they can hire you.

I'm glad to have work.

If you're making money, and you've hit your targets for five years, you don't need to demand a new contract.

In most professions, if you stay at the office an extra four hours every day, you're gonna impress the boss. You're gonna get that promotion; you're gonna get that raise. You're gonna at least have job security. But with acting, if you're really ambitious and you have a good work ethic and are really good at your job, it might not really matter.

It's not about asking for the raise but knowing and having faith that the system will actually give you the right raises as you go along.

What women care about are jobs, the economy, the unemployment rate.

Kentucky is the best job in basketball coaching. Why would I leave?

Americans want jobs. They want affordable health insurance. They want an education.

The thing about the max is, you're worth whatever somebody is willing to pay you, in my mind.

A job is a person's identity in a society, his way of living, and his relevance in society.

I just want to work.