Pay Rise and no better off

Hammyman

Quackers wrote: »

well, that's exactly what I am doing...for less money.
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You're not doing it for less money, you're doing it for £3000 more. Surely anyone with any self worth would want to be poncing off the state less, not more? Surely the aim of the game is to be free of having to be supported by welfare and standing on your own two feet or isn't that "done" nowadays?

Quackers

Hammyman wrote: »

You're not doing it for less money, you're doing it for £3000 more. Surely anyone with any self worth would want to be poncing off the state less, not more? Surely the aim of the game is to be free of having to be supported by welfare and standing on your own two feet or isn't that "done" nowadays?

I think you're kerfuddling me with the OP...

Wish I was getting £3000 more

I am getting less money overall...with the view to earning more in the future.

I appreciate you don't like my wording but I know what I mean

Edinburgh65

I know you have your worries, but did you actually realise that people on JSA only get about £3,380 per year, before you complained about a £3k payrise?

DaisyFlower

Take it, it is far better to earn it than rely on state benefits that could be withdrawn at any point. Also once your children are older you wont qualify for CTC and any payrises you have turned down along the way will mean a far lower income into the household in the future.

seven-day-weekend

Take the pay rise. No contest.

calleyw

A £3k wage rise:eek:

I got a whole 18p a hour pay rise.

And my whole household income is less the OPS.

Yours

Calley

dseventy

Dont forget a promotion clearly says the company value you and it could be a stepping stone to bigger and better (and more paid) things.

D70

ohdamnit

There are a number of reasons to take the pay rise tbh:

a) If you get standard of living rises from your company then it will be overall a positive for the future
b) Your pension if you have one or ever get one, will be based broadly on your salary.
c) If you are ever made redundant your payment is made based on your salary.
d) If you want another job you will quote your salary not your overall income.

It is irritating that you should not be better off, especially if you are having to do more work/more stressful work, etc, but overall the benefits will outweigh the negatives

Blobby8_2

andrean wrote: »

I am sorry, I'm not altogether sure what I need either! I would be interested to know if my calculations are completely off or not.

Other than that, who can I pay for advice - a financial advisor of some sort who can advise me about the dilemma I'm faced with (or rather my employer is faced with). They don't want to give me a rise in salary if I will then lose all my tax credits. Their line is "what's the point".

My underlying issue is that they have not offered enough and this is relevant to my question (but I guess there are no answers - at least for now.

Their line is actually "well if your no better off we may as well keep it"
I apologize if our government has given you too much of my tax money, to support you in a time of need. That time of need is coming to an end because, with the help of benefits, you have started to advance to the stage when you can stand on your own two feet and maybe even start to pay back into society and help people who are in the position you were.

DX2

No child support from the father?