When is it fair to ask for a pay rise?

chloe9

I've been in my job for a year now. I started on a relatively low pay for my industry under the guise that I would quickly earn more. In the last year I've had two pay rises of £1,000, the last one being around six months ago.

My skills and responsibilities have increased quite a bit in this time and to be fair, I thought by around now I would have been give another pay rise. I also would have hoped, after considering what my starting salary was, that I would be earning a few grand more than I am now (which would be more in line with what others in similar roles elsewhere are earning).

In your opinion, when would it be fair to approach the topic myself?

Annisele

If you've only been there for a year and you've already had two pay rises, that suggests to me that pay is reviewed quite often in your workplace.

Are there any formal procedures for pay reviews? Where I work there are - and you'll not get anywhere if you try to argue for a pay rise between them.

BlueAngelCV

Do you have performance reviews in your job? I would have thought that would be the best time to bring it up.

Personally if you had one about 6 months ago I wouldnt bring it up for another 6 months but if you're responsibilities have increased in this time then you could use that as an argument.

chloe9

Annisele wrote: »

If you've only been there for a year and you've already had two pay rises, that suggests to me that pay is reviewed quite often in your workplace.

Are there any formal procedures for pay reviews? Where I work there are - and you'll not get anywhere if you try to argue for a pay rise between them.

There is no formal procedure for pay reviews. The only reason I had two pay rises in such a short time was because they and me knew that I would quickly evolve into a role that deserved more pay and I would therefore see my pay rise quite quickly.

However it seems to have halted with no sign of when it might move again and I just need to figure out how long it's fair to wait before pushing it myself....

LadyMissA

chloe9 wrote: »

There is no formal procedure for pay reviews. The only reason I had two pay rises in such a short time was because they and me knew that I would quickly evolve into a role that deserved more pay and I would therefore see my pay rise quite quickly.

However it seems to have halted with no sign of when it might move again and I just need to figure out how long it's fair to wait before pushing it myself....

metion it at your appraisal or review but 2 x £1k increases are very good in 1 year. Most people are lucky to see that in 5 years!

Little_Ole_Me

chloe9 wrote: »

However it seems to have halted with no sign of when it might move again and I just need to figure out how long it's fair to wait before pushing it myself....

You are a newbie with the company, they have already given you 2 x £1000 pay rises in the last 12 months, and you say ''there is no sign when it might move again''

Sounds great - Any jobs going at your place? :rotfl:

InsideInsurance

Every company I have ever worked for has only done annual pay reviews and I would argue that it is the norm. If your last pay rise was 6 months ago then I'd say in another 6 months.

That said, some companies had many grades of staff and it was possible to move up the grade scales fairly quickly and each was associated with a payrise. That however was a "promotion" payrise though not a pay review one.