To expect salary to have increased in 10 years?

I was earning 8 pounds an hour in 1995. I thought that was good at the time. I can’t believe how wages are so low now.

Second consecutive year they my wages have "increased" less than inflation, this also means a smaller increase than those on pensions or benefits have gotten. It's fucking disappointing to be honest.

I've worked at my current workplace for 7 and a half years and with increases of my band and a bit of service pay and pay increases, I'm on £10k more than when I started.

I'm still the same grade, but I do enjoy my job so not arsed about moving up the ladder. Not that you could in our place as it's a very odd/strange place to work.

Charity sector is bad I worked for two charities in ten years. They didn't have annual pay rises.

A marine business a friend works for has replaced most experienced staff with kids. MW There was nearly a fatality recently. I wouldn't want to work there.

Of course lots of people do. My pay has increased £40k since 2014. I get at least one pay rise every year.

But you’ve been there less than a year! It doesn’t matter what other people were earning. Your salary baseline is only ten months ago.

Of course some people in the UK still get pay rises.

The NHS is a major employer in the UK, and NHS staff get a pay rise every April.

Many companies in the UK also give their staff a pay rise every year.

I’ve had annual raises of around between 3-4% and one year a 10% increase because of compression in the last 10 years. Public company/private sector/US.

I worked in a place for 15 years and in that time had a pay rise of 2 quid ph. Some on my team got less for same work so couldn't even complain. Since I left they now pay London living wage as minimum so I guess I'd be on two quid above that? It's still fuck all.

Depends on the job. I got pay rise every year. In 2014 I think i got £32k now £82k. I dont know how much an hour. Meanwhile my wife works for nhs and got so little pay rises.

I worked in FE/HE and didn’t get a payrise in ten years. In my HE role my pay actually went down to the same rate it was in 2000. Currently self employed in unskilled roles and earning more than I was in FE.

All part of capitalism and the rich continuing to increase how much they cream off the top. The average salary compared to COL is appalling in the UK. Yet big business makes record profits. It’s disgusting. The government is too weak to do anything about it.

Does anyone in the UK get pay rises any more? One of my friends had been in a job 15 years and only got a pay rise last year when her pay would otherwise have hit NMW!
And at that point, they seriously considered sacking her and giving the job to a 21 year old so that the pay didn't have to increase.

There’s a calculator

It doesn't surprise me that is a charity...

I have worked for charities for quite a few years. The one I am right now has the worse staff turnover I have ever seen and poor pay and conditions are the main reasons.

Like you I have taken more responsibilities than what I was hired to do. I am job-hunting right now because of the pay and lack of progression (I asked them to change my job title to reflect the true extent of what I do and got a lukewarm response which really annoyed me).

Many charities just use the fact that staff are usually really committed and want to make a difference to treat them poorly while their CEOs and directors are on high wages.

Move on to another role if you are not valued in the current one.

Yes I may as well go and work in a shop or wfh call centre as will nearly be on the living wage.

Why have you strayed so long in the same job but without a pay rise?

leading experts in careers recommend either going for a promotion or looking elsewhere. I’ve moved around every 4 years or taken promotion to ensure that I don’t have that situation.

As the living wage seems to be increasing by a £1 each year (rightly so) by this time next year you’ll be earning the same as someone who has no experience.

This is where I will be by this time next year if I don’t quit beforehand. Experience doesn’t seem to count for much in some positions.

I bet a lot of these companies not giving annual pay rises make more money every year 🧐.

According to an inflation calculator, to keep pace you should be earning £18.41 an hour in 2024 - that's simply to stay level, not accounting for any rise that might be fair to take into consideration the experience you'll have built in that time.

Almost the same here, 2015 went from £7 per hour to £13 in a new job, still in same job 9 years later on £14. Not complaining g though as it's a ver flexible WFH job that will see me to retirement in 8 years and 10 months (not that I'm counting)

Depends if you’ve gone for promotions or taken on more responsibilities in that time? If it’s exactly the same then I’d still expect a rise since then but less. Maybe £18 an hour now.

No pay rise in 10 years is shocking though, it's a pay cut in real terms.

Same here - only had less than inflation rise that everyone else had.
Asked for a pay rise once and turned down flat. Really should have left after that but job is niche and no jobs available.
I'm part-time and a middle aged female.