£67,031.92 is a frightening number indeed....

Treadingonplaymobil

DH has had his payrise meeting. Good and bad. He has been offered a rise (good) but it's only about half of what he asked for (bad) and comes with an expectation of no further rises for 2 years as he works towards his next 'milestones' (bad - he wanted a 12 month program to his next rise). Also lots of inferences about 'greater commitment to the company' before any further milestones will be deemed to be reached, which equates, in his work environment, to working longer hours (for no extra money). He is cross as he works incredibly hard so he can leave on time, whereas his colleagues and boss all lame about all day and stay longer in the evening. The other probably bad bit is that it won't go through payroll this month as the person who can officially sign off the payrise is away for a week.

So all things considered it really isn't amazing, but when it finally comes through it will be an extra £120 a month or so, which will make a noticeable difference to how tight our budget is. I'm only planning to allocate a small proportion of that to extra debt payments - the rest will go on making our budget genuinely balance, rather than the current wishful thinking approach (e.g. DH has no clothes budget under the current plan, which is unsustainable, and only one person in the family can get a haircut each month, and the birthday pot is only £20 a month. Things like that).

enthusiasticsaver

Sorry the payrise not as much as you hoped but I guess it is something. Working in the public sector as I do we have had 1% for the last seven or eight years. Ironic that as I retire early at the end of this year my pension will be inflation linked so more than 1%. I think it is around 2.5% at the moment.

JoJoC

I'm glad that he got a rise and I'm sure that the £120 will come in really useful in balancing your budgets, but it's a shame that the conditions are attached to it. Particularly the insinuation that he has to work longer hours unpaid for the next two years to be considered for another rise.

Do try to think of it as a positive though. Next month, you'll be £120 better off than this month

Silver_Queen

TOPM, I'm just wondering whether you would be happy to do a new SOA? The one you had when you started this thread is quite outdated and it would be interesting to see how things stand now!

Indout96

Also lots of inferences about 'greater commitment to the company' before any further milestones will be deemed to be reached, which equates, in his work environment, to working longer hours (for no extra money). He is cross as he works incredibly hard so he can leave on time, whereas his colleagues and boss all lame about all day and stay longer in the evening.

So I am not the only person who lives like this LOL everyone else happy to stay for no extra money until 7 or 8.00 pm whereas if the effort was put in by them all work could be done by 5.00
But they are the ones looking good to the boss.

emmie26

£120 is great and it will give you a little cushion instead of having to dip your sticky fingers into all your saving pots

Treadingonplaymobil

Silver_Queen wrote: »

TOPM, I'm just wondering whether you would be happy to do a new SOA? The one you had when you started this thread is quite outdated and it would be interesting to see how things stand now!

I did do one a month or two ago (either beginning of April or beginning of May), but even that is kind of out of date now. Once the pay rise is confirmed and our in/out has actually changed I'll do one.

Mum_of_2_monkeys

Bad news re the pay rise conditions - I hope the £120 extra helps enough & makes enough of a difference to make you both feel it was worth the hassle - but my burning question that hasn't been asked already is did you tread on the playmobil whilst tidying the bedroom?!

armchairexpert

Oh goodness, I hate work cultures of presenteeism. It's one of the many things that create barriers for working mothers, and it's a huge reason why I left my former career and now earn about half of what I would have been doing! Sorry your DH is up against that situation. Could he realistically look around for an alternative?

Treadingonplaymobil

Mum_of_2_monkeys wrote: »

Bad news re the pay rise conditions - I hope the £120 extra helps enough & makes enough of a difference to make you both feel it was worth the hassle - but my burning question that hasn't been asked already is did you tread on the playmobil whilst tidying the bedroom?!

No, but mostly because I never got round to actually tidying the playmobil!

armchairexpert wrote: »

Oh goodness, I hate work cultures of presenteeism. It's one of the many things that create barriers for working mothers, and it's a huge reason why I left my former career and now earn about half of what I would have been doing! Sorry your DH is up against that situation. Could he realistically look around for an alternative?

Not really an option unless things got really bad. He likes his job and there are very few jobs in his sector round here. He could get a consulting job/contract but that would mean travelling and longer hours, and probably less job security. He is determined not to be sucked into the stupid presenteeism game.