To only have a 2% pay increase

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My company has made millions in profit. I’ve not had a single sick day this year. I’ve been there for over 5 years. Constantly doing things not in my job description. Staying late. Hitting my goals and more.

this is effectively a 8% pay cut… I just feel taken for a ride. I’m going to be looking for a new job in the new year but is this what everyone else at other companies is facing? We have had no benefits or provisions this year at all for the cost of living crisis.

It's 2% more than I got

apply for a new job id be out of there

What have your union said?

I had no payrise

Mine was about the same. I'm now working my notice.

I don’t have a union sadly, speaking to others we’re all in the same boat. I think it’s a company wide thing unless someone got a major promotion. The shareholders are getting their cut though I’m sure!

You just have to apply for new jobs I think. It’s shitty though.

There's no reward for loyalty. Move on but don't expect anywhere to give inflation proof parishes. Hou should be able to get paid to move if you are in demand and good at your job.

2% more than me

3% here. Record profits. Takes the absolute piss. Now I do my own version of work to rule and less than I used to on my WFH days. If I can clean my house/do life admin/sort out the dog etc for half a day each week whilst I’m home and answer the occasional email, well, just about evens it up.

Vote with your feet.

i say this as someone who works in HR. i recently got offered a new job despite a 4% increase.

My counterparts in other organisations get paid more than me, despite me working at a higher level. Because i work in HR, it's my job to know everyone's terms and conditions. My boss is lovely and offered me more money to stay, but it's kind of too late late now and they are stuck as they have no staff.

I’ve been at my company for 8 years, the first year I got a 3% rise. Then last year 1%. And that’s been it. Currently battling for a proper pay rise.

The only reasons I’ve stayed so long are a couple of pregnancies and I’ve managed to continue wfh full time which saves me a 3 hour round trip and the cost of that. But if they drag me back to the office that’ll be it for me. Portfolio is currently being updated.

There is talk of bringing forward the cost of living payrise from April to Jan. But it seems to be on a never ending cycle of too little, too late. People are voting with their feet, we have multiple vacancies across all departments.

Time for you and your colleagues to organise, there's a union for everyone.

In the meantime, stop being a martyr. No more staying late. No employer is worth working yourself into the ground for.

2 % more than me.

Don't stay late. Stay off sick if you are sick. Do exactly what you are asked to do in your contract and no more.

It's hard for me to take my own advice cos I work in a primary school so obvious no profit. They're in deficit, actually, like all the other schools in the city. But to end up staying late, working through lunch etc, taking work home, for what works out as less than minimum wage is a bloody joke.

But if I was working for a profit-making company, damn right that in the current climate I'd be doing what was in my contract and no more. People are waking up to this, particularly the youngsters. What a shame that they get criticised for being too soft and workshy by people a few years older than them. Who DID get the benefits of decent payrises until recently, and who DID get bonuses and proper lunch breaks, not to mention having adequate levels of staffing so therefore workloads which were feasible.

A revolution's coming! People won't stand for this shit much longer.

All the money is going to the people at the very top, and the shareholders. People at the bottom are just worker bees.

Best look for a public sector job as that's the only place that seems to regard their 'workforce' enough so that even 'striking' has an impact.

The faceless, unionless many that constitute the low-paid private sector workforce are the irrelevant ones; apparently not as worthy as the public sector deem themselves and their quite considerable job benefits.

Maybe we should all work for the NHS, Local Council, Civil Service, etc and without a care for how are wages, sick, maternity, paternity, holiday, professional development costs and enhanced pensions are paid.

Now there's a quick road to economic ruin.

There's nothing stopping private sector workers joining a union. I was working for a private business when I first joined Unite. It wasn't even merely about pay, it was about having representation in the workplace, especially in the face of a handful of incompetent managers.

To the people say that they didn't get an increase its not a race to the bottom...

I echo posters who say look elsewhere. If your company doesn't value your hard work sufficiently then find someone who will. You should be as loyal to companies as they are to you.

I mean if you think that public sector workers have it so much better then why don't you?

I work for a large company who have not given good payrises for years. At the start of last year and before a lot of people were leaving and they were struggling to recruit.
They gave about a 7 to 8 % pay rise last April to try and address the problem. As it was costing them a lot of money being short staffed and also a lot to recruit and train people up. Especially the engineers that work for the company as they need to be skilled.
They seem to have realised they need to look after their staff better or they will leave. Hopefully next April we also get an ok rise. I also got a 10% rise mid year as an extra as my wage was low for the job I do. Mainly due to working for them for a long time and getting a couple of % a lot of years.

Same.

Last year I got 2.5% (whilst inflation was at 6% and rising) after being loyal for years to a cash rich, very profitable listed company. Instead of feeling sorry for myself, I found myself a 25% pay rise in another company.

Look elsewhere, if they're making millions they should be rewarding their workers. Hope everyone else leaves too might give them something to think about!