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annual pay increase

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Stinginthetail · 18/02/2020 15:05

I was just wondering whether people were getting a pay increase this year and what yours is. I do get an annual pay rise but I feel it's always very crap. 1.5% this year which is hardly anything when tax is taken into account. I earn around £38,000 and work full-time. My husband hasn't had a pay rise since he started his current job 4.5 years ago so I get that not everyone even gets a pay rise. But I work for a very rich international company so I just feel they could honestly give more even if they haven't made as much profit as they would have liked. They've still made millions if not billions in profit.

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BeyondMyWits · 18/02/2020 15:12

Living wage goes up in April - that will be it...

blue25 · 18/02/2020 15:17

2.5%. Public Sector.

Lou573 · 18/02/2020 15:18

Have you asked for more OP? If I’ve learnt anything it’s that nobody is going to pay you more if they think you’re happy enough on your current wage.

Mintjulia · 18/02/2020 15:23

I didn’t get a payrise last year but the co. increased our pensions from 3% to 5% so we all “got” an extra 2%.

Bibidy · 18/02/2020 15:32

I started a new job last summer and this is the first time I've ever had an annual increase. It was only 2% but still, better than nothing and tbh I wasn't expecting anything having only been there a matter of months.

Butterflyflower1234 · 18/02/2020 15:32

It always depends on where I'm employed. In my previous job I got a 5% pay rise which I was happy with but I expect perhaps on 2.5-3% with my new employer. I should find out in a few weeks time.

The only way to ever increase your salary in a bit chunk would be to change employers. I often get a minimum of 10%.

cstaff · 18/02/2020 15:54

Usually 5-7% where I am now.

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Stinginthetail · 18/02/2020 16:15

@Lou573 - no that's not they way things work here. We all get the same. You can't just ask for more. If I were to get more someone else would have to get less. It seems 1.5% is stingy. I've been here 20 years and I love my job so won't be leaving for a bigger rise but I guess they know it's a great place to work so can get away with crap pay increases. Now to get my DH to ask his boss for a pay rise! He's scared he'll get the sack if he does!

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Gizlotsmum · 18/02/2020 16:16

Not this or next year. One off payment to all staff in compensation. Agreed with union

daisychain01 · 18/02/2020 18:06

If you've been in the same job, with no change in job responsibilities, Devils Advocate question, why would your employer give you a larger automatic increase?

Have you checked your role spec on the open market (plenty of websites out there with "salary comparison" and benchmarking), to see how you compare to other organisations and what they pay their staff for the role you do.

Does your "very rich international company" give you additional benefits, eg health care, pension, share save scheme, discounts, gym membership etc. If those benefits were to be monetised you get a realistic picture of your total reward package.

Just because a company makes a healthy profit does not necessarily mean they have to pay their staff more, may seem unfair but that's life!

daisychain01 · 18/02/2020 18:10

The only way to ever increase your salary in a bit chunk would be to change employers.

Or become better qualified to a different role spec or more advanced in your professional capability and apply for a promotion role. Increase your worth to the organisation is a sure fire way of being promoted, if it's a skill they need and you're there to solve their skills 'problem'.

MsDivine89 · 18/02/2020 18:22

We always get annual pay rises but dont usually find out till march
Last year i got 7% but my job role and responsibility had changed alot over the course of the year and this brought me up to benchmark
This year I would expect to get 3%
But who knows...its litterally a find out last minute thing

TokyoSushi · 18/02/2020 18:29

2% a bit rubbish but better than nothing!

Figgygal · 18/02/2020 18:32

I’ve had one every year been at my company 12 years and think budget this year is 3% but cost of living increase more than my increase every year unfortunately

AutumnGlitterBall · 18/02/2020 18:48

As a public sector worker, I had either 1% or nothing for over a decade. 2018, we got 6% but there was nothing last year. Next review is due in April but I doubt we’ll see anything worth writing home about.

EBearhug · 19/02/2020 10:21

0-7% here - I infer (but don't know) that HR are trying to fix the easy part of the gender pay gap, as those of us with 7% mostly seem to be women - although that is mostly based on hearsay from other women.

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Stinginthetail · 19/02/2020 12:26

Although I work for a large multi national (they pay my wages, pension etc) it's an offshoot (don't want to out myself) so no scope for progression up the ladder unless my boss leaves. I did stand in for her when she went on mat leave which I enjoyed and did well at and had a bigger salary to compensate. I do get other work related benefits and yes that is included in the package. This query really was just related to annual pay rises and what the 'norm' was out there. Thanks for all those that replied.

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FAQs · 19/02/2020 12:31

No pay rise for 10 years, so actually a pay decrease every year when take into account raise in Min wage and inflation.

Invisimamma · 19/02/2020 12:49

It's not been confirmed yet but expecting 3% as we got this last 2 years (earners under £36k, over that get 2%), Smallish charity.

DP is in the NHS and will also get 3%, as agreed in the NHS Scotland three year pay deal (9% over the three years).

partygamer · 19/02/2020 12:52

2% last year, and 2% the year before that, following five years at 0%!

m0therofdragons · 20/02/2020 09:55

When I worked in a school the unions spent 10 years arguing a pay increase so we got no rise at all Hmm
I'm getting 2 this year due to annual increase in April and increment rise in September but that will then stay the same for 3 years.

MumofBoys2020 · 22/02/2020 20:29

I’m pushing for 14% this year. My workloads has gone crazy, obscene, with countless weekend projects scheduled. I’m managed 6 on my last review, my team has grown to 9 since then. I tend to get 4%. I got 15% 3 years ago when I got another job (had enough was genuinely going to leave), but otherwise my rise are small. If I don’t get the rise I want I’m leaving. I’ve done to hate my role, I stay as it’s flexible and I’m not badly paid - or I wasn’t for what I was doing 2 years ago. Business is bombing and my role has change significantly, I want paying for it.

SluggishSnail · 23/02/2020 14:24

My workplace gave 1.4% this year. I think it will be barely noticeable.

EmmaC78 · 25/02/2020 22:26

We got 1.8% and I also go up one step on the increment ladder so that probably works out as another 1.5%.

WeAllHaveWings · 26/02/2020 07:29

I get 2.5% - 3% a year roughly, occasionally more. A combination of cost of living and performance against targets, I know the salary banding for my role, where I sit in it and why. I have a similar role to around 12 other people in our company and our salaries are all very different depending on our area/level of experience/performance.

If you salary is fixed for your role, everyone earns the same and you think it is below market value for the role you need to gather evidence and approach your line manager as a group to ask for it to be formally reviewed.

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