Asking for a pay rise
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I'd not focus on there being no internal pay structure and what others are earning - Surely you should work out how much you think you're worth and give a case for that?
Salaries at my employer are fairly open. At our yearly salary review I asked for a 30% rise, and funding for a degree with the Open Uni. I gave my case as to why I thought it was reasonable and they accepted it.
Others the same age/experience level/salary as me asked for 5-10% as they thought anything extra would be cheeky.
Salaries at my employer are fairly open. At our yearly salary review I asked for a 30% rise, and funding for a degree with the Open Uni. I gave my case as to why I thought it was reasonable and they accepted it.
Others the same age/experience level/salary as me asked for 5-10% as they thought anything extra would be cheeky.
are you friendly with your line manager?
When I first started my current role I was a little shy and got nominal cost of living raises. 1.5 years in and one of my team left, I had to pick up extra work for 3 months whilst a replacement was found and put in a lot of extra work. the day before the new person started another team member handed his resignation in (4 person team) and I picked up more work. The day the guy handed his notice in me and the remaining team member got called into a meeting with our manager 'I need to check you're both happy and not planning on leaving' i stood up and said i was too busy but I didn't plan on leaving. I got called into the manager's boss's office and got given £50 as a thankyou and told to submit my timesheets so they could give me time off to make things right.
Worked out they owed me around 8 days holiday and I didn't have the time to take them as we where to busy so asked for the payment instead, 2 days later called into a meeting with HR for a 25% payrise and the 8 days holiday back when I could take them.
Fast forward 3 years and I was on better terms with my new boss, I dropped the "If I dont get atleast 5% i'd be tempted to look elsewhere" and that got me a decent raise.
If you deserve it, ask for it, if you dont, ask what you need to do. Telling them you want to get paid more is better than demanding extra pay
When I first started my current role I was a little shy and got nominal cost of living raises. 1.5 years in and one of my team left, I had to pick up extra work for 3 months whilst a replacement was found and put in a lot of extra work. the day before the new person started another team member handed his resignation in (4 person team) and I picked up more work. The day the guy handed his notice in me and the remaining team member got called into a meeting with our manager 'I need to check you're both happy and not planning on leaving' i stood up and said i was too busy but I didn't plan on leaving. I got called into the manager's boss's office and got given £50 as a thankyou and told to submit my timesheets so they could give me time off to make things right.
Worked out they owed me around 8 days holiday and I didn't have the time to take them as we where to busy so asked for the payment instead, 2 days later called into a meeting with HR for a 25% payrise and the 8 days holiday back when I could take them.
Fast forward 3 years and I was on better terms with my new boss, I dropped the "If I dont get atleast 5% i'd be tempted to look elsewhere" and that got me a decent raise.
If you deserve it, ask for it, if you dont, ask what you need to do. Telling them you want to get paid more is better than demanding extra pay
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