I’ve worked for the same small business for nearly 12 years. I think every year we got a (small) rise in March / April that was to cover the cost of inflation.
We were taken over last year and we didn’t get on; it was such a busy and chaotic time work wise that I didn’t overthink it at the time. However, I overheard this week 2 of my new colleagues talking about the coming new tax year “bump” in pay and when I said we didn’t get one last year they said they’re not allowed to talk about salaries to others but they felt I should know that all the employees at the business who took us over got small pay rises and none of us who were taken over did. They are currently
looking at whether they will be able to give us all a small pay rise this April. This seems both unfair (given the rest of the organisation got one) and concerning to me; I don’t earn a lot and I’m the sole income in my household and the small increments I get in line with inflation help offset increased costs each year.
Is it a luxury now to get a small bump in line with inflation or am I out of date and should accept its the new normal? TIA.