To ask you if you had an annual pay rise?

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So was listening to radio 5, talking about nhs pay rises (this isn’t the point of the post) but they said they got 4% or something but of course with inflation as it is, staff are actually worse off but it wasn’t know when the raise was given that inflation would sky rocket.

so nhs pay rises isn’t the point of the post but it got me thinking across the board, surely most industries give an annual pay rise of far less than 10%, if argue that 4% is quite generous, ive nothing to back that up fact wise just after years working. DH and I work in finance (banking and 2 separate v well known big banks) dH prior to leaving his job was offered 2% and I thought I was quids in at just shy of 5%…. Again these are both before inflation sky rocketed although it was already being forecasted. So actually I’m worse off (inflation erodes the buying power of money)

so I was thinking have any employers given that pay rise of close to 10%?

did you get an annual pay rise? If so how much? Surely we’re all just worse off?

Nb don’t misconstrue this to nhs workers don’t deserve their pay rise, they do, not the point of the post, but the notion of pay rises in light of cost of living got me thinking

I'll be getting 9.7% increase in April.

Minimum wage 🤷🏻

Lol annual pay rise - what's that?

I'm in the charity sector and the only way to get a pay rise is to change jobs.

are you not getting the LGA £1925? All the TAs I know are...

As a one-off yes, but if it was a flat increase every year then the bandings would soon bunch up so that there was less difference between pay bands which means the whole banding system would get eroded.

But at least this year it's meant the unions have accepted it earlier than usual and the back pay feels like a little bonus!

I get the increase in minimum wage. Boss says that's our "payrise". I don't tend to agree...

I work for a water company. Pay rises are usually between 0.75 and 2.2% of those that I remember and I've always been grateful for them as it does help. There's also usually been a set cash payment (around £200 I think) for those earning less than £20k so they get that plus the % the rest of the company gets.

I do wonder what will happen this year though as there was lots of noise last year that the annual increase was a real terms pay cut at the time and I'm sure the inflation level was around 6% then.

Yes 7% last April and on the day of the mini statement we were told we are getting another 12%, 5% from next month and 7% from next April

I don't agree either @BeyondMyWits - surely a pay rise from your company would be a % or amount in £ above the minimum wage level?

Civil servant here, not had more than 1% in any year since 2009

Not since a Labour government then. I took early retirement from the NHS in 2014 due to the cuts making it impossible for me and my staff to provide a good service to our patients (in mental health). I only received 1% or less each year under the Tories. Staff moral was on the floor. Can’t imagine how bad it is now. On my pension, I got 3.1% this year. So much for pensioners coining it in!

5% in January and then 6% in July. Financial services. Also got 1k cost of living payment in August there.

Charity sector 2%. Which is of course minus 9% at the current rise.

Got 5%, Scottish public sector. First pay rise above 1% in quite a few years, and got no rise at all for a few years before that, so it vanished into the price hikes/inflation black hole without a trace..

I'm a Foster Carer fostering through an agency, specialising in fostering children with complex special needs. Last year I got 4 percent. This year I am getting 5 percent increase on my fostering allowance. Expenses eg. fuel only gets reimbursed if over 28 miles a day, at 40p per mile. Obviously as under 10.1 percent this year and 7.3 percent last year is getting eroded over time. I do get a £500 annual loyalty bonus too and a few perks like blue light card, and a few paid for activities and meals out each year plus good up to date training.

@Madwife123, civil servants have had about 4 years on a pay freeze, 2 years on 1 percent and 2 years on 2 percent over last 8 years. Easy targets as controlled by government. My dh had enough and left for private industry. Got initial extra £7k per annum, but to be fair pay rises have only been 2 and 3 percent in last 2 years.

Civil service, 2%

As it is clear most private sector pay rises are 5 percent or so, it seems unfair those on benefits get about double. Personally I think it would have been fairer and less divisive to give the 5.6 average pay increase this year.

16% pay rise.

It is a scandal that teachers' pay has been eroded over many years with cost of living rises well below inflation.

However... Do many teachers realise that most private sector jobs don't get an annual rise up a pay scale? Some of my teacher friends were amazed to find this out!

Nil. Local govt local agreement.

so I was thinking have any employers given that pay rise of close to 10%?

Pay of FTSE 100 chief executives rose an average of 23% in 2022

We've just had a 6.9% rise as part of our annual salary review.