Are all industries struggling. Some still giving pay rises. Reckon it's 3 yrs next month since I've had one, in fact I've effectively had pay cuts as bonuses were cut to nothing this yr!!
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No and not for the foreseeable future.
Thanks "Dave"
Most definitely not! Supply and demand innit?
I decided to have a look around on a couple of job sites recently. Just out of interest. I reckon salaries are down 25-30% right the way across the board (in my field). Freelance hourly rates have been the same, with no increase, for over 5 years. But I've now been informed from mates who freelance that clients are know knocking these down, with a take-it-or-leave-it proviso
Not a chance here. Thankfully I work in a job that I love, so it's not all doom and gloom.
Only through redundancy and getting another job. Seem to be a lot of companies taking the wee wee out there. My prediction is once the financial mess is over a lot of very pee'd off employees will start moving around and there'll be a lot of turmoil in the job market.
None for me in the last 2 years either
and getting the push in 4 weeks to boot 🙁
I hadn't had one in 4 years. I moved job (and country) for a good increase.
Here in Luxembourg the government mandates cost of living salary increases interestingly enough.
Yup plenty of pay rises in my line of work, (and the fact im fairly junior so its still not too diff to improve!)
Microsoft BI and datawarehousing
Sort of- not a pay rise as such but stopped making NI contributions recently
Yes, after 7 years we had a company wide 4% pay rise, oddly after our worst season ever!!
I had a pay rise a couple of weeks ago, followed this week by redundancy!
Yep. Last year, though, so not [i]that[/i] recent. 8)
No, and the company I work for is doing quite nicely, not struggling at all, just using the "world economic woe" as an excuse to increase [s]fatcat salary's at the top[/s] competitiveness.
Just wondered which areas of work were still getting them. Subbies in the building trade have been hammered over the last coupla yrs. I'm lucky in the fact I'm salaried but it is most definitely squeaky bum time for us in the next coupla months if we don't sell something house wise!! I could be getting the full and final pay cut 😯
As an NHS slave.............er, no and not likely to for the forseeable future. 😐
No, even though as a company we increased sales 64% last year. And targeted to reach 50% increase over next year.
Company wide paycut a few years ago, 3 rounds of redundancies so just happy I'm employed!
Yep. Annual payrise + bonus.
As another NHS robot, not for 3 years but Pensions contributions going up AGAIN.
Yep, got one last month and another one due in May fingers crossed. The company I worked for are doing pretty damn well, which helps!
Yes thanks, and due a promotion soon 🙂
But then I don't live in an economy that doesn't really have anything to offer the world any more...
10% last year. We had a few guys leave and I think my director is/was petrified of losing any more senior people.
My pension is going by about 4% - does that count?
Yep, one in August and one this month totalling 25% along with a 20% bonus. Market driven as the oil and gas sector is booming.
Yep, quite a big one actually. nice big bonus too.
If I ever went without any pay rise in a year, I'd leave.
Yes. Every year. Wouldn't work somewhere that didn't provide annual pay rises.
It must be lovely to have the choice. Quite a luxury nowadays. Ask the 2.7 million presently well and truly choice-less
After a period of unemployment, I'm just very glad to be working. Even earning considerably less than I was before
last year, but by less than the rate of inflation. Before that, nothing for a couple of years. No bonus to speak of either.
*grumble*
Yes. Every year. Wouldn't work somewhere that didn't provide annual pay rises.
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Not for last 4 years. Massively depressing.
5% just before Christmas.
Only been in this job 12 months, didn't have a rise in over 3 years at my last place.
Yes, I will expect 3-4%.
i received an 11p per hour payrise last year after 3 without........i'd rather they hadn't bothered to be honest!
Not going to know till this time next week.
I got a pretty decent rise this time last year though (approx 10%). Have been struggling to recruit decent staff recently and it seems expectations are higher at the moment salarywise. Also had a hard time getting a couple of contractors on at day rates between £400-450.
C# development, IT, with a boss who appreciates my work. Companywise though things are tough in the retail market and we contribute nothing to society so we will all burn in hell in the end!
3% last year, just had 2½% so better than nothing, and I work in a business that involves some print.
7 years and counting.
Got £150 this year, but i'm on a pay spine which see an increase each year. Due about an extra £1k in Aug, but i suspect that will be wiped out by higher pension contributions.
Annual payrise here, always lower than inflation though so essntially an annual paycut.
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oil and gas here also - 30% on my base and 35% on my day rate
perhaps not an entirely fair comparison as id just finished my
"graduate training period"
I shall spend time tonight looking for building work within the oil industry 😀
"I shall spend time tonight looking for building work within the oil industry"
youd be surprised at what jobs are required ill tell you that
publicly funded cancer research here
so not a chance- infact we narrowly avoided a paycut!
Over the last 3 years 0%, 2%, 3%. I've had promotional payrises on top of that each year of about 2%, Doesn't feel like I have any more money though and given the rate of inflation I'm probably no better off.
Still, a small rise is better than bugger all. We've had a really successful year in our small area of the business but unfortunately other areas have had the worst ever so it is toning down the optimism.
I'm really lucky that I work for a multinational. My division is not doing so well, so far from a pay rise, we'd be looking at redundancies, but our parent company is doing well outside Europe, so we're getting a pay rise in April. My wife works for the NHS so she's insanely jealous. But then, she didn't have 30% layoffs and a 30% pay cut two years ago!
5% last year and looking like 4% this year.
God bless the union 🙂
There's a lot of employers claiming poverty, the good proportion of which is bullshit. They are either lining the senior management pockets, or saving for a rainy day... If its the latter then fair enough, just be honest I say.
I got a 10% bonus in November... Then 4.5% payrise in January. My employer then got spooked by two people leaving and feared I would do the same so I got another 8% this month.
I don't take it for granted though, I'm equally happy as anyone else just to have a job, I'm just fortunate that I got into an industry just at the right time that's not stopped booming and I'm one of the few with a lot of experience.
22% payrise this year and 28% the year before. I do work my @hrse off though so I figure I'm worth it.
Nope, another pay cut on top of the other cut backs affecting our take home!
I've got a couple in the past few years but just the odd 2-3%. In that time I have been promoted and taken on more responsibility and I'm going to ask for another payrise at my next review in the summer.
3 in the last 6 months 😀
One annual bonus and two promotions.
Not even an inflationary pay rise for 3 years now. No sign of it changing any time soon either. Working for a charity.
Will probably make more off my photography business next year though.
Yes thanks.
Pay rise, bouns and redundancy. Hmmm...
Got about 3% at Christmas, we always get something like that as a nod toward inflation.
I wouldn't work anywhere that didn't at least make a token effort toward inflation - I mean its not like I'm worth a little bit less every year is it?
In reality 3% doesn't cover the huge rises in food/fuel/etc, but its better than nothing.
I'm arrogant/qualified/good enough to not hang around anywhere that wasn't giving me what I thought I was worth... despite what the Daily Mail might tell you, there is money around in Defence.
4% and an annual bonus.
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Got about 3% at Christmas, we always get something like that as a nod toward inflation.
I wouldn't work anywhere that didn't at least make a token effort toward inflation - I mean its not like I'm worth a little bit less every year is it?
In reality 3% doesn't cover the huge rises in food/fuel/etc, but its better than nothing.I'm arrogant/qualified/good enough to not hang around anywhere that wasn't giving me what I thought I was worth... despite what the Daily Mail might tell you, there is money in Defence
Well, some us do stuff that we like to think makes a positive contribution to society so money isnt the be all and end all. Still not too happy about it TBH. Don't have much choice though as there's very few opportunities in my sector/area at the moment.
Good to know there's still money/pay rises in Defense, ie war. We know where our priorities are as a country.
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Yes, but that's because I've been inundated with instructions.
Aye, 19%. You're worth whatever you can negotiate with your employer. If you don't like it - move on and up. If you can't do that you're probably not worth it.
I've effectively moved jobs three times in the last year, gone from £25.5K to £37K basic by seizing the opportunity....... Companies don't give a flying F for employees so the feeling is reciprocated and the next company to offer me £40K plus will have the honour of my services 😆
freeagent - Member
Got about 3% at Christmas, we always get something like that as a nod toward inflation.
I wouldn't work anywhere that didn't at least make a token effort toward inflation - I mean its not like I'm worth a little bit less every year is it?
In reality 3% doesn't cover the huge rises in food/fuel/etc, but its better than nothing.I'm arrogant/qualified/good enough to not hang around anywhere that wasn't giving me what I thought I was worth... despite what the Daily Mail might tell you, there is money in Defence
Well, some us do stuff that we like to think makes a positive contribution to society so money isnt the be all and end all. Still not too happy about it TBH. Don't have much choice though as there's very few opportunities in my sector/area at the moment.
Good to know there's still money/pay rises in Defense, ie war. We know where our priorities are as a country.
Woa there mother Theresa - be careful on that moral high ground...
I completely agree that money isn't the be all and end all, and at no point did I say I earned loads... I just said I wouldn't hang around somewhere that was taking the p*ss out of me - ironically if I was responsible for £20 million worth of projects (as I am at the moment) in the charity sector i'd probably earn more than I do now...
If you want to earn loads of money, try finance or law, not Engineering.
I think I heard this morning unemployment benefit in going up more than the armed forces average,
self employed designer - 75% pay cut 3 years ago, but through some exceedingly long hours andd hard graft nearly back to normal. oh - and no pension, holiday pay or sick pay, and most definitely this daylight robbery of being able to phone up after your holiday and say you were ill therefore not using any holiday entitlement 😉
Got 3% in Jan last instalment of a three year deal
Part of the deal was if inflation was over 3.5% or under 2.% both sides would talk about extra or less to take that figure into account
The company were not so keen when it was at 5% in fact flatly refused to even discuss it, bet they would have if it had been 2%
Tijuana taxi .work for the reich of the open kind ?
Hopefully next week, but I am not expecting much, it will be the first for a few years, so many I have lost count.
After our CEO effectively ran the company into the ground last year, which resulted in a round of layoffs, I doubt we'll get anything this year and there's more than an outside chance the company won't survive the year either!
1.76% next month after a 20% pay cut last year when I switched jobs.
Not complaining because at least I am working and bringing in some money.
19% in a job I've been in 4 months, total surprise that 'come to my office' email was..
I actually just offered a prospective employer the opportunity to give me a pay cut, and ended up with a pay rise 😯
Was down to the last few for a job I really, really wanted. Competition was the toughest I'd ever come up against and roles like this don't come around often. I knew at least one of the other candidates and by the fact that I am currently practising for a global firm, knew that my salary would probably be higher than the others.
So I tried to take salary out of the equation and level the playing field. I was really up front and gave the board a figure I would prepared to take (which I pointed out was a 20% cut on my current salary). No point wasting anyone's time eh?
Was offered the job (much to my surprise) and they came in at about 15% HIGHER than my CURRENT salary. Took a good few days for it all to sink in. As sad as it may seem to some people who believe that work is nothing more than a means to pay the bills...I cried that night. Mixture of excitement, relief, but probably above all I finally started to feel like I was worth something after over a decade of competing toe to toe with my peers.
Corporate/Commercial Law. Generally sucks balls, but may be looking up 😉
Tijuana taxi .work for the reich of the open kind ?
Yes indeed I do and what a pleasure it is.
Passed my 3 month probation so now I get a whole £500 a year more than my previous salary 🙂
Last year I got a 20% rise but that was after 5 years of being on the same wage. I do work about 22 hours a week on average for a full time type wage plus 'bonus' payments monthly so I am happy with where I am. Will never be rih but have all I need/want.
we're boot strapping at the moment, and as the company has no real income, neither do it. haven't earnt a penny since April last year through my 'real' job. taken on a 2nd job to pay for food etc.
still, when payday comes... 8)
I had 3.7% last year, standard cost of living increase within my company.
Currently negotiating this years deal, I'm pushing for 10% + RPI as I've been in post for almost two years now and have proven myself as one of the top performers in my team. I'll also get a 3% bonus for hitting all my targets this year (this is written into my contract).
10%cut three years ago, no increase since, private sector , no pension yada yada
In the UK I had a pay decrease by 10%, increase in hours and workload then another 10% decrease and told to feel fortunate I kept my job.
Moved to Australia, doubled my UK wage from moving (OK cost of living is higher but its still an overall gain).
10% pay increase after 3 months, had a review after 6 months, gained some other benefits, company phone including personal use, a training allowance and some others.
It was hinted that if I asked in 6 months time I may get some other benefits or increase.
Yep 4k payrise and a good bonus last year. I work my arse off in some stupidly dangerous and horrific conditions though so it almost makes up for it, although I have shortened my life expectancy somewhat due to a few incidents earlier in my career.
4th year without any sign of a salary increase - if nothing comes this year I'll be looking elsewhere