What has your employer done to support you with the cost of living increases?

[daysayso]

If anything?

Can you specify what they've done and also approx the size of your company in terms of number of employees.

My company has done nothing and I'm a bit miffed about it and wandering if this is normal or not given the current crisis?

Nothing 🤷‍♀️

The only good thing about the offered rise is it’s a fixed amount for all, so the CEO will get the same as the cleaner which I thought was better than the usual everyone gets x% of wage

We gave the senior team 3% and the rest of the staff 5% which was as much as we had in our budget.

My last payrise was 6% and I've had a CoL payment too. They've been great.

I was recently outsourced and my employer isn't doing anything. My old employer (the one I was outsourced from, but still work in their building, providing essential support services) is giving everyone a 7.5% pay increase from October and an £1100 one off payment to assist with the cost of living crisis. They're a large company with ten of thousands of uk employees. To say that my team are a wee bit bitter, is an understatement.

Nothing, public sector

The son of a colleague works for BAE, he's had £1000 (twice I think).

10k plus employees, all roles allocated into one of eight levels or bands. Bands have salary ranges and different levels of benefits.

£1k cost of living subsidy provided to those in the lower four bands in October 2022 and promised again in January 2023.

Additional support provided on general financial education, focused on cost of living crisis.

Increase in expenses rates although not everyone has a job that would involve claiming expenses. Was necessary as the amount for example to claim petrol didn’t cover today’s fuel costs.

£400 one off payment for every individual to help with energy bills.

Bonus and pay rise
private sector

Interesting to read some of these replies, assuming those with the “ why should they pay you more “ view are on higher salaries ?

yes companies running costs will go up with everything that’s going on but it’s interesting that people think that shouldn’t include the costs of there staff

the whole point of work is to earn money to live that’s how our society is set up , if it now costs more to live surely it should be expected we should be paid more in line with this ? Particularly those who are on lower incomes .

Big national company with thousands of employees. Nothing.

NHS - backdated payrise wiped out for most by backdated increase in pension contributions :-(

I suppose I can access the EAP so can get advice or some counselling..... But that's the only benefit I can think of (and wouldn't really expect anything else, but some free drinks and fruit would be lovely!)

A £500 one of payment, free food whilst on duty until end of January. 72 plate lorry to drive in 😂 work for a large retailer....

I’m glad - if a little astonished - to hear the number of people who have been given help in the form of one-off payments by their employer.

That said, with my more cynical hat on - a one off payment is a very cheap way to put a small bandage on the gaping wound that is systemic inflation. It buys a little time and some good will I guess, from their perspective.

You must be young, OP. Assuming that your employer should support you even more than they do by paying you!

Or a teacher…

Nothing. Their 6.5% pay offer to the union was rejected as they were using it as cover to halve our commission rate.

Nothing.

Yep, agreed. I think it’s ‘comfortable salaries, low cost of housing because I bought years ago, and now I can cruise along doing the bare minimum types’ who say this sort of claptrap.

The poorer parts of society don’t and can’t think like this. They need to keep pace with the cost of living.

And the people with higher salaries but who are carrying the cruising ‘I’m alright jack’ freeloaders also don’t think like this.

Sweet fa, well no they offered some bollocks mental health support to help with the stress 🤣👍 that'll pay the heating bill. Made me laugh anyway.

Big restaurant chain.
Reduced my contract from 48h p/w to 45h back in April when the minimum wage went up.. Does this count?

Small private company, 100 employees. They are matching the govt's £400 fuel bill help over the next 6 months. Better than nothing and will help with the cost of wfh.

@SwanBuster yes, absolutely

Pay increase.
Extra discount on goods.

Nothing, but I'm in an in demand occupation so most people I know have moved or are moving job for 10-20% payrises. I did the same.

Calm down - if you have given a 10% payrise you are doing much more than most employers.

It is not about entitled for people to expect their wages to rise when costs rise, this has been a common request since the invention of paid emplyment.

My own employer has not given a pay rise, but instead a one-off payment. There is also some additional support for those in lower pay bands.