The annual "how big was your payrise" thread
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I was given a "bonus" of £12. I had only been working for a small portion of the bonus period, but still...
Someone said it was "better than a kick in the teeth". Felt like an actual kick in the teeth to me.
Someone said it was "better than a kick in the teeth". Felt like an actual kick in the teeth to me.
Lea
Well-Known Member
for the same company? Same role?
Yes same company, same role. I work as a PA and other PAs who started after me were being offered higher salary than me. The worst is that I had to train them up. I guess I didnt ask for a high enough salary when I started.
rubbershoes
not the only raver in the village
we'll be looking at payrises this month
i want 10%+
i made for them last year than anyone has ever made so now's the time to ask for it.
and a bonus would be nice. there's a bonus scheme coming in from next year and althiough there wasn't a scheme last year i'm hoping to get a bonus anyway
fuck it if i dont get one now no one ever can
i want 10%+
i made for them last year than anyone has ever made so now's the time to ask for it.
and a bonus would be nice. there's a bonus scheme coming in from next year and althiough there wasn't a scheme last year i'm hoping to get a bonus anyway
fuck it if i dont get one now no one ever can
I keep on forgetting you two are different people
And then when you post after one another, a little bit of my brain explodes
Dead Cat Bounce
A member of the Waffle elite.
1.5% with a possible + 0.9% if certain things are achieved, these things have been explained but I still cant work out how we're going to achieve them.
Still, to be getting any pay rise is a shock.
Still, to be getting any pay rise is a shock.
Ich bin ein Mod
does his make up in his room
2.5% which was agreed on a couple of years ago
Definitely 0% and quite probably a 10% pay-cut ... which wouldn't be so bad but my boss got a promotion and I acquired a ton of their work - no promotion, AND a likely pay cut
It does however give me significant leeway to telling my promoted boss (who I still report directly to) to take her own bloody work back so I have time to do mine when she gets arsey cos I miss a deadline when everyone else is too scared to say a word about pay/bonuses (we're not getting those either) for fear of being next on the "redundancy" list.
It does however give me significant leeway to telling my promoted boss (who I still report directly to) to take her own bloody work back so I have time to do mine when she gets arsey cos I miss a deadline when everyone else is too scared to say a word about pay/bonuses (we're not getting those either) for fear of being next on the "redundancy" list.
Due in February but delayed until at least July and to be reviewed then depending on the economic situation. (It's completely performance based as well)
EastEnder
Brixton Barnacle
My annual review should've been in the first week of March, which I was quite optimisitic about given that I'd not had pay rise in 2 years, but somewhat annoyingly the company went into administration at the end of February, and everyone was made redundant (and left to claim their meagre statutory redundancy from the government). So now I'm self employed, and the notion of a "payrise" is laughable.
DRINK?
bummed by karmachameleon
company wide prob about 2%....personally should be getting a big one as new job created and qualified...in theory at last years market rates should be about 30% though in this day and age 20% is more realistic though they may turn round and tell me that there is nothing and too be honest there is nowt I can do
Working in the NHS we got screwed over for a 3 year pay "deal" (or rather the rather useless and gutless people in Unison who voted for it... reminds me, time for me to shift to a less useless union, the cunts!).
From what I can remember I think it was 2.75% from April, followed by further increases of 2.4% in 2009/10 and 2.25% in 2010/11 (to quote the BBC)
... more like a pay cut huh.
I'm done with working in the NHS, it's charity work and they just heap it on and expect you to sup it up. Luckily I'm looking elswhere.
From what I can remember I think it was 2.75% from April, followed by further increases of 2.4% in 2009/10 and 2.25% in 2010/11 (to quote the BBC)
... more like a pay cut huh.
I'm done with working in the NHS, it's charity work and they just heap it on and expect you to sup it up. Luckily I'm looking elswhere.
equationgirl
Respect my existence or expect my resistance
Payrises last year in the company ranged from 1.5% to around 15%, with bonuses for derisory amounts. As the company I work for is funded indirectly by the government the payrise is decided by the remuneration committee, and additonal pyrises are agreed by the committee on a case-by-case basis.
Predictions this year range from 0%-2.5% (if you've been really REALLY good) and if we get bonuses at all we'll be lucky, despite the fact that we've met all our targets despite being completely understaffed.
Even though it's a crap job, at least it's a job and the people I work with are good fun.
Predictions this year range from 0%-2.5% (if you've been really REALLY good) and if we get bonuses at all we'll be lucky, despite the fact that we've met all our targets despite being completely understaffed.
Even though it's a crap job, at least it's a job and the people I work with are good fun.
Looby
Well-Known Member
I don't know.
We've only just had the pay offer enforced that was supposed to have been agreed last june. We called off a national strike because the employer agreed to look again at progression awards and a possible increase in pay offer through 'efficiency savings'. Since then we have plummeted into recession, civil servants are more unpopular that ever and the employer for the first time in I don't know when is considering using the RPI to set our rise by. They might try and cut the offer we have already balloted to reject I've heard.
I know we're lucky to still have jobs but that doesn't make it easier when faced with too much work, not enough staff, management bullying and what is effectively a paycut.
We've only just had the pay offer enforced that was supposed to have been agreed last june. We called off a national strike because the employer agreed to look again at progression awards and a possible increase in pay offer through 'efficiency savings'. Since then we have plummeted into recession, civil servants are more unpopular that ever and the employer for the first time in I don't know when is considering using the RPI to set our rise by.
They might try and cut the offer we have already balloted to reject I've heard. I know we're lucky to still have jobs but that doesn't make it easier when faced with too much work, not enough staff, management bullying and what is effectively a paycut.
FridgeMagnet
Administrator
I keep on forgetting you two are different people
And then when you post after one another, a little bit of my brain explodes
Surely "not getting a pay rise" isn't really all that distinctive in this day and age?
ethel
Well-Known Member
I don't know.
We've only just had the pay offer enforced that was supposed to have been agreed last june. We called off a national strike because the employer agreed to look again at progression awards and a possible increase in pay offer through 'efficiency savings'. Since then we have plummeted into recession, civil servants are more unpopular that ever and the employer for the first time in I don't know when is considering using the RPI to set our rise by.
I know we're lucky to still have jobs but that doesn't make it easier when faced with too much work, not enough staff, management bullying and what is effectively a paycut.
as we have the same employer...the rumours i'm hearing are 1% and no progression.
we'll be out.
Looby
Well-Known Member
I bet we won't, there'd be no public support for it in the current climate. The GEC will no doubt recommend that we reject it but people I have spoken to are of the opinion that if we don't take what's on offer it could get a whole lot worse.
Also, I believe the GEC are going to recommend that any extra is channelled towards the progression pot so those not on max will climb a little at least. Good for me but not my poor colleagues who've been there 20 years.
'Thanks for all your hard work over the years, here's a bit fat fuck all as a reward'.
0%. For the fourth year running. That's because since the introduction of new contracts a few years ago in which new starters earn even less than before, us old hands who earn these ludicrously high amounts (very few quid above minimum wage) won't be getting any more until the lower rates have caught up.
Errol's son
Well-Known Member
125%
zenie
>^^<
shit I'm really sorry to hear that mate, know how hard you worked for them, hope you're doing ok?
kabbes
First intersubjective, then internalised
We're going to have to cut costs in our department. Either somebody goes or we all go to a 4-day week. I'm torn because I would be the last out the door, so I could stand my ground and carry on. But I really don't want to see anybody lose their job. And I was hoping to earn as much as possible for the next few years and then ease off, but on the other hand easing off is part of my life plan and is there ever a good time to take a 20% pay cut?
I might take the opportunity for the 4-day week and just make it work. Working 4:3 rather than 5:2 would certainly make a big difference I think.
I might take the opportunity for the 4-day week and just make it work. Working 4:3 rather than 5:2 would certainly make a big difference I think.
Payrise hasn't been mentioned. The firm's losing lots of contracts and quite close to folding so I don't see any point asking. Anyway, after last year's 2 per cent stunner I've given up on the idea of payrises to get a higher salary and am looking for a new job instead.
