AIBU to be surprised at 2nd extended notice period?

[BlueRaspberry7]

I’ve been with the same company for three years, with steady promotions and pay rises. I have a mid-senior role on a high-performing team bringing in lots of revenue.

Last year, I was given a new contract and clearly told that the notice period - from post-probation to five years service - was being increased from one to two months.

I’ve been given an updated contract, which now states the same notice period has increased to three months.

nothing was mentioned when the contract was revised this time. I do realise the onus is of course on me to carefully read the contract, but why mention the increase notice period last year, but not this time?

And is it normal for notice periods to increase twice within the first 5 years of service? Thanks

It's normal for notice periods to increase with seniority. You've been promoted to more senior roles, so it isn't surprising that your notice periods have changed.

Quite normal.

the longer you stay the more valuable you are to them and the more difficult to replace

it’s in your interests.

if you were made redundant then they’d have to pay you the notice period plus redundancy pay n

3 months in more senior roles is fairly normal, I’ve always looked at it as a good thing because it means 3 months notice pay or time to find another job in a redundancy situation, but I work for a company with a lot of US staff members who get zero notice so my perspective may be different.