Nearly nine in 10 U.S. workers believe they deserve a raise, but only 54 percent intend to ask for one this year, according to a survey by Robert Half, which has an accounting and finance staffing office in downtown Hartford.
The survey found that people feel more comfortable about public speaking than they do about compensation discussions with their boss.
In the Northeast, 27 percent of respondents said they would look for a new job if their raise request was denied. That was the highest of any region. The national average was 19 percent.
The survey also found that the most likely employees to request higher pay are males in the western U.S., aged 18 to 34, with a decade or less of professional experience.
Robert Half hired an independent research firm to survey more than 1,000 full-time office workers.