no pay rise for 5 years

Southend1

tir21 wrote: »

i am where i want to be - i just want a 0. 5% pay rise every 4 or 5 years

I think you need to be much more ambitious than this. You should seek annual rises at least equivalent to RPI inflation, or you will be worse off year on year.

Murphybear

I have always worked for large organisations such as University or NHS where you were on a pay scale where you automatically went up a grade with a higher salary each year. There was also a cost of living rise as well.

I was last in paid employment in 2004 which was before the recession started biting.

I would be interested to hear from people who have similar roles as to whether things have changed in the last 9 years.

AP007

Southend1 wrote: »

Of course you can. You could negotiate for a percentage rise on all pay points.

A union can negotiate for one person who gets a different pay already to the others and maybe better or worse benefits and the company have decided they aren't getting anything?

I really do doubt it as the company will just say 'sorry no pay rise for you'##

tir21

AP007 wrote: »

The person I was talking about never got another job. You can tell the company you are going to leave but how funny would it be when you don't and still get no pay rise.

i think it would be better to say you will have to start looking at other job opportunities rather than straight out saying you are going to leave

Seriously to bale of this now you should count yourself lucky you have a job regardless of pay rise or no pay rise

others have told me to change job to get a pay rise so theres plenty of jobs out there apparently

No one can really love a job that much if the lack of a pay rise is making you post on here about it.

maybe posting here shows i really do love the job that much

ILW

Southend1 wrote: »

Of course you can. You could negotiate for a percentage rise on all pay points.

Many employers do not have pay points, just individual contracts.
Just as it should be.

tir21

Southend1 wrote: »

I think you need to be much more ambitious than this.

this already seems too ambitious for my company. i dont see much point in being more ambitious

tir21

in one part of the letter they say there is no money in the kitty for pay rises and later say that recruitment levels show they are paying enough

so they seem to be saying theres not enough money for a payrise but if there were enough money for a pay rise you wouldnt get one

should i query them about this apparent contradiction?

AP007

tir21 wrote: »

i think it would be better to say you will have to start looking at other job opportunities rather than straight out saying you are going to leave



others have told me to change job to get a pay rise so theres plenty of jobs out there apparently



maybe posting here shows i really do love the job that much

If you love the job that much work for the salary they give you

tir21

AP007 wrote: »

If you love the job that much work for the salary they give you

why if by asking them i could get more?

loving a job doesnt prevent one loving it more if you could negotiate say a 0. 5% pay increase every 4 or 5 years

ILW

tir21 wrote: »

why if by asking them i could get more?

Thought you had asked and they said no.