Hi everyone,
I work as a regional manager for a small charity. I develop and deliver all of our programmes in the region with the assistance of a part-time freelancer. I've been in this role for 4 years and have only ever received cost-of-living increases, which have amounted to about £200 over the 4 years. This is the first year we haven't received a cost-of-living increase.
I have asked how I can progress in the organisation and up the pay-scale and have always been told this isn't possible because of the size of the organisation and would only happen if my line manager's job became available. However, last year they did a restructure and did promote a lot of people (though no one at my level). They have also created new roles for people which haven't been advertised so not sure how I'm meant to apply for those ones..
Anyway, I found out last week that my counterpart in another region is on £2k a year more than me. She does line manage a part-time but fixed term person as well as a freelancer, but says she was told other managers earn the same without line managing.
I feel really hurt as I always do amazingly in my appraisals and get a lot of positive feedback, I manage the region alone (while others job share) so have a lot of responsibility, and I don't feel this is being recognised.
I am meeting with my line manager tomorrow and have said I would like to talk about this. Ideally, I don't want to drop my colleague in it by saying how I know others earn more than me, but am worried I will get the same response that I always do. At every appraisal I ask what I need to be doing better at, and there's never anything! I really work hard on my professional development despite not being offered much at all within work - I attend a lot of networking events and training locally.
How should I go about doing this? Any particular tips for getting a payrise at a charity? [I know low wages are part of the deal we get for the 'warm fuzzy feeling' but warm fuzzy feelings don't pay bills)
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Sophia1984 · 21/02/2016 19:57
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