So, I discussed the possibility of a pay rise with my boss, on two counts, that I had worked there for two years and was due an annual increase, and also the very changed job responsibilities.
I was told that I would definitely get a 2% annual increase, as is standard across the company.
I have now heard that yes, I would be getting an increase above this to reflect my changed responsibilities, of approximately 10%.
However, it turns out that this also involved me increasing my hours, which I am very unhappy about. I am a single parent, had a total career change to be able to work around child care. As it is, he spends an hour in after school club every day and I work evenings to make up my hours.
Currently I am supposed to work 9-5 (or equivalent) with 1 hour for lunch, but I generally work through most of this due to the extra pressure after my colleague died.
The salary increase is dependent on me halving my lunch break to half an hour a day.
So, if I calculate this, if I stayed in my previous role, increased my hours in line with the above and factored in the 2% standard increase, (which I haven't actually had yet), the new role salary increase amounts to less than £700 a year, which feels like quite an insult.
My boss says I should just agree to the hour change as I generally work the extra anyway, but that he wouldn't expect me to actually increase my hours. I am really not happy to do this. If I have to sign a contract to say I work longer hours, then I will work the extra hours. We work for a much larger organisation.
Any suggestions. I am really not looking forward to discussing this again tomorrow. It is just the two of us in the office and I think he is losing patience with me over this already.