Pay Rise Not Honoured

[Catbrowne123]

Hi there,

Just looking for a bit of advice.

When I started my current job in July, I was brought in through a recruitment consultant. The job was slightly lower paid, but I took the job on the proviso that after 6 months, I would get a pay rise.

The exact wording from the recruitment consultant was as follows:

"The salary is 33k with a review in 6 months and assuming the objectives are met then the salary will rise to £35k. Your manager will talk this through and agree metrics once you have started."

No metrics were agreed on when I started the job, and no objectives were provided. I haven't had any catch up meetings with my manager since my 3 month probation meeting. I finally managed to schedule in a meeting with her yesterday. At the end, I mentioned how I was promised a pay rise to be effective in January, but it still hadn't been discussed.

She said she didn't remember ever agreeing to that and that no metrics were discussed and that she'd have to think about it. I have a feeling she is going to find a way to not authorise the pay rise.

This is only one of a vast number of problems I'm facing with this manager and am feeling completely demotivated and upset with the whole thing.

Do I have any rights at all? It feels like a big betrayal of trust as I'm quite significantly out of pocket here.

Thanks,

Cat

Had similar. I left.

Did you get it in writing?

This may sound harsh, but it doesn't sound like you were proactive in getting objectives agreed or brokering and formalising the condition around payrise if objectives met.

As for having no meetings in 3 months with your manager, couldn't you have scheduled a series of meetings with your manager yourself?

Anything of monetary value to you, needs some contribution of effort on your side, as they'll hardly be tripping over themselves to give you more, will they.

Your contract is with your employer not the recruitment consultant. What did you discuss directly with them?

What did your offer letter/contract say? As Empress says, the recruitment consultant promising you a pay rise doesn’t mean an awful lot.