Pay award sounds so low!

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Hiya, can anyone work out how much this will be as I haven no idea how to do it.

Just checked work emails as was my day off today. We have been awarded a pay increase (work in public sector so haven't had one for a long time):

'a consolidated increase of 0.7% for all staff earning above £15,000 per annum pro rata'

I earn about £18,300 and work 28.5 hours a week. This is crap isn't it? 0.7%??!!

Or should I be thankful i have a pay increase at all? Will be backdated to August.

£128.10 - pretty crap. But all those working in the private sector will tell you how they haven't had a pay increase in years and you should be eternally grateful.

Thanks both for posting. Yeh, I know it is better than a kick up the arse.

So could you tell me how much will it be extra each month?

It's a rise - not a freeze... £10 a month extra - not to be sneezed at..

thanks, bytheway1, will now go and think of ways to spend my new found wealth

£10 gross - I think £8.54 after tax - basic rate tax is 20% right? Also won't NI and pension contributions be deducted??

You're complaining about a pay rise

Would be lovely wouldn't it if we could all get pay increases roughly in line with inflation - rather than a real terms pay cut? The top 1% of earners have had -pay rises well above inflation throughout the recession..