Do I deserve a payrise?

robnye

if only i could get above 3%.........

i have the same job title, do the same job as a colleague, but he gets a car allowance = £6.5K pa (gross), plus wage is higher.... does it grate of course it does... especially as i have had to replace my car twice since working here (6 years)

i had argued the point about the car allowance, but was told no go.
18 months ago my manager admitted he had compared both our packages and yes there was a difference, so last year i got 2.1% he got 1.7%........ big deal, this year i have found out that he is also getting the £6.5K car allowance....... now that really grates.....
the down side is..... my pay is good, i havent seen any jobs closer to home (i work on the outskirts of london) than pay anywhere near what i get.

so in short, if you feel grieved by not getting decembers bonus/payrise, why not ask for a 6 monthly performance review......

poppy_f1

cazziebo wrote: »

Yep - agree with optimist.

Most companies I work with do not give an additional award during the year in which a person has been promoted. If it's performance related then you need a year to see how the person settles in - and objectives are usually set for a year.

Remember this when negotiating the payrise at the time of promotion...

thats how it works in my place

Zazen999

They could say, as my old employers used to, that not only had they considered this when calculating the initial pay rise, but that in the first year of any role, you could only be expected to perform at a lower level and thus only every get a 'good' and never a 'very good' or 'high'...one reason why I don't work there anymore [amongst others].

worcester1

CrustyMcMuffin wrote: »

Last August I got a promotion at work and with it came extra responsibility but also an increase in pay. I just found out today that the rest of the company employees got a performance based salary in December. When I found out I felt a bit cheated as even though I got an increase in August that was based on an increase in responsibilities whereas this one is performance related.

Surely I should be entitled to this payrise unless they think my performance is below par, and even then they should have the decency to tell me that.

That's my thoughts on the matter, what do you think? Am I being greedy expecting this latest payrise as well?

CrustyMcMuffin,

I got a feeling that come April this year this same thing is going to happen to me.

My story is that I got promoted this month to a Senior Analyst Role and after much haggling I was given a 11% payrise - I wanted 16% but didn't have the energy to fight for an extra 2K.

Like most companies we always get yearly payrise and mine was set to rise by 5% before the promotion - so I am biting my time and ready to go to war with my director come April when I find out that I am not getting at least 3% payrise based on my new salary.

As well as my regular added responsibity I am doing the role of our recently vacated data intergrity manager and my head of department is leaving end of this month too - guess what? they are not replacing both of them. So myself and another junior colleague are expect do most of the technical aspect of their roles whilst the Direcorty takes over the strategy decision of the team. The company will be saving a total of £90k p/a in salary alone by not replacing the two of them. So I will be damn if they try to screw me on my payrise as well.

The OP is wrong in saying that you are greedy - your added responsibilty should be rewarded with at least a standard 10% rise and they should have awarded you the same payrise as the rest of your colleagues.

Please do not just sit there and accept this. Prepare a document outlining all the extra responsibilities you have taken, the incremental value you have added to the department/company and how your new responsibilities will add even more value. Present this to your manager in your next 1-2-1 and ask him to escalate your case to senior management.

Good Luck