Asking for a payrise

[Exhaustedlady]

having below inflation pay rises for 10 years, I just feel exhausted. I know colleagues on are more than me, it’s insulting. Previously when I’ve brought up remuneration it’s been brushed aside. No doubt they’ll let me walk if I threaten, even to their disadvantage

I would request a salary review in your next one to one, it sounds like they won't offer, so it's you're best chance.
Would you be better off to go elsewhere? I am not sure what your industry is like, some are booming and some are dying.

No where near else to go, industry flat

If you're not joining or potentially leaving an employer, little incentive for them to give anyone a rise. Loyalty doesn't pay. In this market there's very little leverage if they think you are easy to replace.

I would be looking into sideways moves

This is where my ponderings are this week as well.
I have been here 2.5 yrs. Salary still the same.

The tech who was on Min wage has of course had their increases - as they should, but nothing for me - or any of the others!

We are parented by a NL company - they get 8% holiday pay extra by law, and 2 appraisals and pay reviews a year...Nothing for UK.

So I have decided to ask. I have scenarios worked out. I am also looking sideways..........

Option 1: Point out the average increase in wages from the date I started to now and ask for it to go up by that - a 4k rise*
OR
Track it as what it was above min wage when I started vs now - which is a 8k rise.

The other option is that they pay me the same and I just do 4 days instead of 5.

I feel cheeky af, but then I was on only a few K less for an ADMIN SUPPORT role in 2014. I am now an OM...and still below the average yearly wage.

HOWEVER, things are rally quiet here at the moment - but my GM has left and I do a lot of odd tasks - and now tasked with looking for and arranging a move to a whole new office. Thats FM role shizz!

I know what the hourly rate was for the person we had in just for procurement on a freelance basis, which works out at 3 x my rate - but without them I also do purchasing.

I need to man up and just ask - worst they can say is NO. They will NOT let me go as no one else to do the stuff I do.

I think that irks me the most is that they try to highlight how it makes it harder for the business..........but like, its ok for us to be poorer! Like I need to be earning 3.1k more today to have the same buying power I had in 2024 when I started here.

My partners company is the same..........so he has just started doing less and less and less work...He is essential to their business though, so they put up with that - wont pay him more tho!

We can do it though cant we!! We will do it!!

If there aren’t external job opportunities then your leverage is limited. Ultimately companies are forced to pay the market rate for people if they want to attract and retain.

I used to work somewhere that only offered a pay rise if you literally got an offer from elsewhere and showed it, and they didn’t want to get rid of you anyway.

It was pre the jobs crisis so easier to get other offers. People would do it with no intention of actually leaving, just to get a .rise.