Have you had a pay rise?

[Payrose]

Heard on the news private sector pay rises of 7%. I don’t know anyone that’s had a pay rise this/last year and I’ve never had one above 2-3%.

Curious what industries are actually giving this? In mine and DH’s sector, the only way to get a pay rise is to hand in your notice and suddenly they find the money!

My sister gets a 2% rise if she hits an ‘excellent’ rating. Which I thought was alright but clearly some industries are taking care of their staff right now and I want to know where to look!

I work in Insurance Services and got .5% yet again. My friends in private sector have never had one of those mythical large wage rises and no spinal points etc either to help increase income.

Private sector and had 4% mid 2022 and 3.5% Jan 2023
The one last year was specifically to help with cost of living. January one is annual.

Should hear any day what I'm due. 2% last year, expecting less this year.

My husband is currently in the midst of a pay review. The union has requested 15% which obviously is laughable, along with £750 one off bonus. They've offered 6% with £250 one off bonus.

There's been a ballot for strike action 🙄

Law - zero as it has been for 4 years 😬

No and in the building industry a pay cut is becoming normal.

Still waiting on what will probably be 2%, public servant… should have been paid in June.

Nope. Retail sector

Service sector - we typically get an annual rise. This year it's been brought forward and enhanced in response to the cost of living crisis.

I got a 4% merit rise in autumn courtesy of my manager going to bat for me. No idea about the annual rise yet. It’s usually 2% but that isn’t going to cut it at all

Yes, 15%

I tend to get 10% a year, extra this year due to inflation

7%, plus additional £1,500 cost of living payment this winter for everyone earning under £50k - work in financial services

3% last year, getting 5% in March. Lower rate tax payers are getting 7.5%. Charity.

4%, public sector. Due to be paid this month, backdated. Will barely make a dent TBH.

I've recently received 10% in private sector.

Ope

O% since I started this job 5 years ago - had some small lump sum payments but they haven’t been consolidated into my pension.

DP works for santander, they just got 7%.

I work in HE got 3% last year and the union have just rejected a 5% ( I think) parish so will realistically probably end up nearer the 7-10% mark

Oh yeah DP is also getting a £500 cost of living payment

Nope. Civil servant, 0% last year. Still in discussion with unions this year but not expecting more than 1.5-2%. It's the first time I've considered going back to the private sector in 10 years.

3.5% this year.

9%.
School support staff.

Oh and a £250 cost of living payment next month

DH works in tech. He is getting 8% plus a one off £4K cost of living payment. He will get a bonus on top as company is performing well.

I'm public sector so will get between 0 and 2%. It'll be paid late if we get anything.

Thank goodness one of us is private sector.

Insurance. We’re getting the industry average of 8% rise plus a CoL payment of £5,000 split across 2022 and 2023. Our company also did very well in 2022 so the performance-calculation-based element of our annual bonus will be waived this year and everyone will get flat bonus of 30% of salary.