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What sort of pay increase are you getting?

Posted by Puzzleheaded_Let7235@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 802 comments

1.65% & 1.85% last year. I dread to think how much my purchasing power has reduced.

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xzibitt_demon@reddit

4.50% salary increase and performance percentage is 20%
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CussingGoose@reddit

11.77%
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No_Tomorrow_8108@reddit

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AvatarIII@reddit

Just got my bonus and pay increase letter. 3%
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TheUnholymess@reddit

Whatever the minimum wage is going up to
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theyau@reddit

Tbf over the last decade or so, increases in the minimum wage have far far outpaced median earnings growth
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Random_Guy_47@reddit

Keep in mind that it's a percentage of a smaller number though. Getting a 5% raise gives a much bigger increase to someone earning 50k than it does to someone on minimum wage.
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PoliticsNerd76@reddit

Sure, but it doesn’t negate the very real effect of wage compression between dead jobs and semi skilled work
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dr3ezy@reddit

Implying that minimum wage jobs are unskilled and don't deserve higher wages is a very selfish opinion to have
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PoliticsNerd76@reddit

Not saying they’re not hard, but they’re not skilled. And no, they don’t deserve much higher wages. 66% of full time salaried is plenty. Min Wage full time is about to hit £24k in April.
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NaturalSuccessful521@reddit

Lumping all minimum wage jobs into one is really quite rich. I'd like to see you tell a care worker that their job is not skilled.
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PoliticsNerd76@reddit

It’s not skilled. It’s just poor conditions. That’s why we import people to do it.
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TheUnholymess@reddit

You have a poor grasp of reality that, while it may afford you some blissful ignorance, invalidates your opinion on this subject.
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SmugDruggler95@reddit

No he's right. Do you need skills or qualifications to do the job? No. Therefore it's Unskilled work.
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TheUnholymess@reddit

Yes, you do need skills and qualifications. Any other silly questions?
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SmugDruggler95@reddit

Are they Level 3 AQA or above or not? If not (which it's not) it's Unskilled. It's a legal definition I'm not just shitting on carers?
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TheUnholymess@reddit

Firstly, any job that requires training is, to some degree, skilled, else it wouldn't require training. The main point of this whole discussion is that the definition of "unskilled work" is deeply flawed and does not take into account the actual skills many jobs require. Skills and skillsets exist outside of AQA qualifications.
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SmugDruggler95@reddit

But it's just linguistics you're getting hung up on. Existing outside AQA is already accepted by having equivalents. You can accept that a job requires skills to do but is still in a legal definition unskilled work. Not sure why people get so offended by this. What other word would they used if not unskilled? It's just people getting offended over a word. It has no bearing or impact on what your job actually constitutes, but you have to have a definition SOMEWHERE and you have to call it SOMETHING. The level is in the right place, A-Level equivalent. So if it's a job you could get a 16 year old to do (like care work, warehouse operatives, waitress) it's Unskilled. If it is impossible for a 16 year old to do because they would not be old enough to have completed the required amount of education or training to be competent, it's skilled. Example will be flawed as its just an example but point stands. Really simple, no need to take it personally.
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PoliticsNerd76@reddit

What is skilled about care work? It’s very hard job, but it’s basically geriatric babysitting. It’s not exactly difficult on a technical level.
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TheUnholymess@reddit

Gone very quiet there buddy, you ok?
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TheUnholymess@reddit

Developing positive and trusting relationships with vulnerable people takes a great deal of communication and interpersonal skills, the job itself requires excellent time management skills, conflict resolution and de-escalation skills (it's common for the people receiving the care to be uncooperative or outright hostile, depending on their specific care needs, be it physical, mental, or a combination of both) as well as the various manual safety skills (lifting and moving people who are unable to move themselves, while not hurting them or yourself requires significant skill) to name just a few. I say all this as someone who has worked adjacent to carers in a variety of environments, from palliative care to acute medical and everything between, so is an informed observation, rather than direct experience, but it is plain and obvious to see how skilled a job it is when you spend time around it. Your dismissive assessment of it being "geriatric babysitting" just highlights your lack of knowledge of the work and further reinforces the fact that you are not qualified to pass judgement on what constitutes a "skilled" job.
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NaturalSuccessful521@reddit

Hats off to you
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Small_Promotion2525@reddit

Neither are most graduate jobs, once you have learned how to account, accountancy isn’t hard by any stretch of the imagination, working in a care home is far harder.
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PoliticsNerd76@reddit

Go and quit your care home job and pass The ACCA then…
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SmugDruggler95@reddit

It's not skilled. I did at 17 because my grandad had just died and I wanted to help people like him. I learned everything on the job. I didn't complete an apprenticeship or training program. I didn't walk away with any certificates. It's Unskilled work. Do you learn skills on the job? Yes. Do you need skills to start the job? No. Therefore it's Unskilled work.
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NaturalSuccessful521@reddit

I don't feel that your experience speaks for the sector
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SmugDruggler95@reddit

It doesn't matter what my experience is. The difference between skilled and Unskilled work is what is required to become employed in the role. If you can get the job with no qualifications or accredited experience, it's Unskilled work. Of course there are skilled carers. But there are no Unskilled doctors, electricians, engineers, architects, train drivers etc
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NaturalSuccessful521@reddit

You can. And your definition of skilled varies from mine. You can try to be correct all you like.
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SmugDruggler95@reddit

It's not wether one of us is correct or not the is a legal definition.
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RiverGlittering@reddit

I was a software developer on minimum wage. That's generally considered skilled work. Also shitty pay. On the upside, I basically never had to buy food if I was travelling after a fair bit of negotiation. The one saving grace. But hey, if I didn't deserve a higher wage for modernising a few government systems, then I'm not sure basically any manager who comes in twice a week and sits there deserves more than NMW either.
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scarby2@reddit

>I was a software developer on minimum wage. How? I'm a software developer and even as an intern was getting more than minimum wage (admittedly it was £5.30 and I was getting £6.50)
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RiverGlittering@reddit

Living in the arse end of nowhere and taking what you're given, mostly.
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FabulousPetes@reddit

Yeah I work a white collar job but would crumble if I had to go back to some of the minimum wage jobs I had when I was younger. They can be grueling and absolutely deserve decent pay.
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ConsistentCatch2104@reddit

They are low pay because they are designed to be temporary. Starting level jobs. I’m not talking about care workers or such. But waiters, bar worker, grocery store workers. I know some do that all their lives. However that isn’t what the job is designed for.
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petrolstationpicnic@reddit

What do you mean, designed for?
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ConsistentCatch2104@reddit

Intent, plan, map out, blueprint… you can hopefully get the drift.
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MasticatedBrain@reddit

Are you 12?
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FabulousPetes@reddit

There is no 'design' - the idea that these jobs are supposed to be transient is a myth. In fact, the only reason they are so transient is because of the low pay. They're hard graft and these workers keep our economy ticking.
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thirdratehero@reddit

I was recently made redundant from a decent job for a mate. Was unfortunate, etc. blah blah. Had to go back to full time cooking after being out the game for a few years. Went into a restaurant kitchen again and my back and legs were on fire for hours. Change of job again since (same industry, but different style of work) has brought me a happy medium, but for a good while I was questioning how I used to spend 12-15hrs a day on my feet and didnt bat an eyelid.
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Gnome_Father@reddit

This is 100% a problem with skilled workers not getting paid enough though. I must admit, I do feel a bit hard done by earning the same or similar wage to people in my position when I was an aprentice though...
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Small_Promotion2525@reddit

A lot of minimum wage jobs are much harder than middle of the line office jobs, should we not be paid on how taxing and hard your job is?
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PoliticsNerd76@reddit

You’re not paid for ‘hardness’ you’re paid for how much shareholder value you produce, and how rare your skills are.
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Small_Promotion2525@reddit

Depends what you do for a job.
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The-Enginee-r@reddit

Where is that not the case? Only real exceptions i can think of are roles that don't add any direct £value such as social care and similar, even those likley save some money down the line and have a £ saving associated.
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mammammammam@reddit

Funnily enough, during 2020 when people were at home doing diy and gardening I was suddenly an essential worker as opposed to the 'skilled people' who we managed without. There are so many minimum wage jobs that are crucial to everyone.
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Curious_Reference999@reddit

That doesn't take into account the deductions that people in higher salaries have compared with those on lower salaries. People on high salaries actually need a higher percentage increase in order to keep up. I'll give an example, any increase I receive is subject to 40% tax, 2% NI, 15% student loan, and 10% pension. That's a total of 67%. When inflation was 10% I would need a 30% increase in order to maintain my purchasing power. Someone on minimum wage would need around half of that to maintain their purchasing power. The minimum wage increases are mandated, but over the last 3 years I've received 1x 5% increase and that's it.
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Good-Animal-6430@reddit

Sort of? But also people on higher salaries still only need to buy one lot of food per person, one set of clothes etc. The percentage they spend on general living costs is smaller, and the percentage of their income that goes towards VAT is smaller. Total tax burden as a % of income for someone on a very low wage is often much higher than you'd think once you factor in fuel duty, vat, council tax etc etc- as these are all fixed according to the value of the item rather than the income of the person buying it
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Curious_Reference999@reddit

Absolutely. I agree. But I was just pointing out that to maintain purchasing power, the higher earners require a higher percentage increase. Council tax is a disgrace. Everyone should pay the same fixed percentage of their properties value each year, then councils should be funded from the central government (with amounts assigned by an independent body, not whoever is in power at the time). It is unfair that the poorest can be paying more than 3% of their homes value in council tax when the richest can be paying less than 0.1%.
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Free_my_fish@reddit

Great idea, a rate-based council tax! We could call it rates for short. If only someone had had this idea already
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Curious_Reference999@reddit

I don't know what your sarcastic comment is supposed to be suggesting. I never claimed that I made up this idea. It's something that has been doing the rounds for many years and is the best solution. Here's one such campaign: https://fairershare.org.uk/
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Free_my_fish@reddit

It wasn’t sarcastic. Look, no /s
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scarby2@reddit

This fixed percentage is also a terrible idea. They have that in parts of the US and because property price increases have been massive everyone's property tax has gone up massively.
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Curious_Reference999@reddit

It's not a terrible idea, it's the best idea there is to improve the incredibly unfair council tax system. You just don't understand how it could work. If the amount raised was above what was needed (unlikely) then the percentage could be reduced. Everyone would still be paying the same percentage of their property's value, it's just the factor that has changed.
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scarby2@reddit

>. If the amount raised was above what was needed (unlikely) then the percentage could be reduced. If this would actually happen I'd be more on board with it but no local government will ever give up on tax revenue, they'll just find something to spend it on no matter how pointless that might be. I also am not a fan as if I buy a home in a working class area that then gentrifies I have to pay a much higher amount of tax on the same home. If there were safeguards I could get on board. Maybe cap increases to the lower of inflation or median growth.
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Curious_Reference999@reddit

It wouldn't be local government revenue. It would be paid to central government. Local government would then be entirely funded from central government. What you've pointed out in that post is another problem with the current system. The local government wants more money so they keep putting up council tax by the maximum amount that they can. With the fairer system, this would be out of their hands. Your point about gentrification is irrelevant. Under the current system properties can be baselined again at any point and your gentrified area will move up the tax bands. The current system is unjustifiable and unfair. It needs to be reformed and the proposal given above is the best solution.
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scarby2@reddit

>Your point about gentrification is irrelevant. Under the current system properties can be baselined again at any point and your gentrified area will move up the tax bands. Didn't realize this was a thing. I thought properties only changed bands if you had significant work done >The current system is unjustifiable and unfair. It needs to be reformed Agree >. It needs to be reformed and the proposal given above is the best solution I'm not convinced
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Curious_Reference999@reddit

Yes. Currently they guess what a property was worth in April 1991. They could decide that this is too long ago and therefore they'll change it to April 2025 or whatever. But this still will not solve the problem. Councils in poor places, like Hartlepool, will have the majority of their housing stock in low tax bands, and they have a high local council spending requirement, so their council tax will be high for low band properties. Yet somewhere like Westminster, which will have almost all of their properties in the top tax band, and have minimal local council spending requirements, will still have a low council tax charge. If you don't think the fairer share proposal is the best option for reforming the council tax system, please suggest an alternative. I don't see a fairer solution than charging everyone the same percentage of their homes value.
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scarby2@reddit

So, I'm not exactly qualified to be designing tax code and the concept of fairer is a little wooly generally. There's also the question of what we're trying to incentivize. If we're going to do value based taxation then I'm more onboard with land value tax in order to incentivize denser more sustainable development this also helps low income people who tend to live in flats, maisonettes and terraces. However this still has drawbacks and I'm generally concerned around the potential for people being forced out of their homes (especially those who may not have the ability to move easily). We could also just abolish property based taxation entirely and fund these things out of income tax/corporations tax (this also has problems). Also a purely centrally funded system largely removes the incentive for councils to improve their areas
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Curious_Reference999@reddit

I'd argue that people moving out of properties that they can't afford is a feature, not a bug. A major problem with housing in the UK is that we have people (generally older people) who live in houses that are way too big for them. This has a negative impact on their health and (arguably) life, and also deprives a family who desperately needs more space from occupying that property. Having a property tax based on the value of the property will be a greater incentive for people to downsize in order to save money, which in turn helps the whole country.
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scarby2@reddit

>A major problem with housing in the UK is that we have people (generally older people) who live in houses that are way too big for them. I agree I just don't want to see anyone pushed out of a 2 bedroom terrace within a short walk of services. In the right parts of London these are going for about a million in what used to be working class areas. Larger properties also tend to have poorer land use
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Curious_Reference999@reddit

Those people in million pound houses could move to somewhere cheaper and cash in a fortune, or they could pay their fair share in taxes. It would be more difficult to achieve with land value than property value.
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scarby2@reddit

You and I may have different definitions of fair. Also I don't want them to move somewhere else and further stratify the neighborhood. It's a good thing to have a mix of people.
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Curious_Reference999@reddit

It may be a good thing to have a mix of people, but it's undoubtedly better to have a funded government and reduced inequality. Yes you may disagree with what is fair, but I don't see how anyone could argue that charging everyone in the country a fixed percentage of their homes value is anything but extremely fair, and much more fair than the current system.
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scarby2@reddit

It might be better than the current system, but it's not perfect and I think an LVT is much fairer and incentivizes the right things.
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AvatarIII@reddit

Who is going around revaluating properties or would it be an estimate based on purchase price and property market growth?
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Curious_Reference999@reddit

There are many different ways in which this could be achieved.
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AvatarIII@reddit

Sure but what is your vision?
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Curious_Reference999@reddit

It's not my vision. There are many documented ways in which this could be achieved, I'd be happy with any of them over our current situation.
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AvatarIII@reddit

Fair, do you have no preference at all?
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Curious_Reference999@reddit

Not particularly. As long as it's justifiable, fair, and ideally efficient.
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Fun-End-2947@reddit

If just looking at raw purchasing power, yes this is correct However that isn't really how people are really impacted by wage stagnation or smaller increases than inflation Someone on 50k getting a 3k payrise vs someone on 100k getting a 6k payrise is the same % uplift, but there is a clear inequity at play Mainly because the person on 100k is far more likely to invest this amount in their pension with a 20% uplift and avoiding excess tax (all their basic needs are met, extra money becomes easily investable) If someone allows lifestyle creep so severely impact their finances to the point that they "need" a larger uplift than someone on a lower wage, they have done something fundamentally wrong and are financially irresponsible
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Emotional-Start7994@reddit

Exactly what has happened at my workplace. All a percentage increase does is increase the pay gap between the higher and lower earners. Somebody earning 50k a year is getting double the pay rise over someone earning 25k a year (although I'm sure tax wipes a bit more of that out). Wouldn't it be fairer to give everyone a fixed amount increase each year?
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biffo120@reddit

The 40% tax bracket being lowered will eradicate a fair chunk of the 50k rise.
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Random_Guy_47@reddit

Percentage increases benefit higher earners more. Fixed amount increases benefit lower earners more than higher as the tax owed on the increase would be less. Fairer would be to give bigger increases to those earning less. They need it more. If you give an extra 10k per year to someone earning 100k it's not that big of a deal. To someone earning 20k it's life changing. Think about how you spend the money. There is an amount of money that you need for the necessities (mortgage/rent, bills etc) there is then a further amount of money for some luxuries (eating out at resteraunts, a trip to the cinema etc) and you need to put some away for a rainy day if there's anything left. If you give more money to a low earner they can now afford to actually have some luxuries and savings instead of barely scraping by.
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AvatarIII@reddit

Sure but a £1 per hour increase to minimum wage is a lot better than a 50p per hour raise to someone earning £15 per hour
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TheDemonBunny@reddit

I uses to earn well over double the minimum wage. Now I'm earning Like 20% more these days...
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MasticatedBrain@reddit

Minimum wage is not enough to live on beyond basic survival. Median earnings can fuck off.
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SteelSparks@reddit

Interestingly that’s caused some issues where jobs requiring some specific/ specialist knowledge and experience which used to pay above minimum wage have now been caught up by the minimum wage; meaning those staff are often just leaving for easier work elsewhere for the same money. I’m thinking specifically of admins in colleges/ universities that do things like exam arrangements, but I’m sure it applies in many other roles and industries too. I’m aware of several instances where exam arrangements have been screwed up (to the massive detriment of students) directly because the staff who knew what they were doing have moved on elsewhere.
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AvatarIII@reddit

When I started my job 15 years ago I was earning about £6 more than the minimum wage, now I'm earning about £3 more than the minimum wage. It's a niche job but quite a lot of my younger colleagues have master's degrees and are earning less than me, pretty crazy people go to uni for 4 years only to earn less than £3 an hour above minimum wage.
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TheUnholymess@reddit

Easy to do when the baseline is so low though isn't it?
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D_Tyranus@reddit

The UK has one of the highest minimum wages in the world.
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TheUnholymess@reddit

Doesn't mean much when we also have one of the highest costs of living and the highest housing costs though. That's the problem with focussing on figures or percentages in isolation, it's all relative. And relatively speaking, our minimum wage is garbage.
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No_Manager_1064@reddit

I’m foreign in Britain and no… it’s one of the cheapest places on earth. Energy is expensive but that’s all the tax. Food, insurance, borrowing, cars, are much MUCH cheaper.
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Ok-Blackberry-3534@reddit

We're about 22nd in the world for cist of living. Not very low, but not especially high.
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mediocrityindepth@reddit

...but every time the NMW goes up, so do many of the baseline costs you're feeling at the time because of that increase in order to pay for it. The cold reality of pay rises is that they only truly have any effect when you get them and other people don't.
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PoliticsNerd76@reddit

No. When people say this, they mean as a % of median income. The UK, even accounting for relative costs / wages has one of the highest Min wages in the world. That is reality.
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TheUnholymess@reddit

I don't think you are correct on that at all and I think you're making a very inaccurate assumption there, however, I would be very interested to be proven wrong if you have a decent source for that?
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zeusoid@reddit

Arguably baseline isn’t low, now, has out paced inflation by about 130% over the same period of time
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DeifniteProfessional@reddit

Every time the minimum wage goes up, my purchasing power goes down. It's controversial, but increasing the minimum wage just makes everybody poorer. Tax cuts for the lowest earners is a far better solution, but for some reason, people love paying tax
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TheUnholymess@reddit

You seem to be forgetting the sheer number of people that already don't earn enough to pay tax...how are tax cuts going to help them exactly? Minimum wage increases do not make anyone poorer, that's just a lie you've been fed by capitalism.
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DeifniteProfessional@reddit

I'm not eating up some capitalist lies, it's pretty obvious. Minimum wage goes up, prices go up, inflation goes up, and my wage doesn't match it. Councils and the Government already grossly overspend tax money, and they could do with being forced to cull a few jets
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TheUnholymess@reddit

Well done for avoiding the point I was making and only replying to the one bit that you can twist to your broken narrative. I'll ask again: how do tax cuts help those who are already earning too little to be required to pay tax?
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DeifniteProfessional@reddit

Oh yeah, you're right, I did indeed skip over that - my mistake. And you know what, you're not wrong. It doesn't help them one bit. I didn't say my ideology was perfect, merely trying to say that the government forcing businesses to pay more money to staff just results in a cycle of increased inflation. A £1/hr pay rise to a member of staff is a £1.50/hr cost to the business, and with rampant greed from corporations, the cost of the goods and services go up to cover £2/hr (obviously these are made up figures) Not to mention tax on goods and services. Remember when they dropped VAT from 17.5% to 15% and things got a little easier? Then suddenly it shot up to 20% and it's been getting worse since
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flyingmantis789@reddit

You are right, what people don’t realise is every time the min wage goes up businesses just pass on the cost to consumers causing inflation to go up and it becomes a vicious cycle. Cost of living was better pre 2020 than it is now with a higher min wage but much higher prices.
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Chippiewall@reddit

By design though. They deliberately made it so minimum wage is 66% of median wage.
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zombiezmaj@reddit

Definitely. If my pay had increased to same % that NMW has increased last 5 years I'd be incredibly happy with my salary
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Daveddozey@reddit

So massive then. April 2025 is £12.20, 17% higher than April 2023
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TheUnholymess@reddit

No, not massive in real terms at all. Less than a pound an hour. Sure, if you present it as a percentage and compare it to two years ago (rather than one for some reason?) you can make it look better than it actually is but the reality is, in real world spending terms, it's tiny.
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Daveddozey@reddit

Two years because that’s what’s in the post
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ChickenTikkaMasalla_@reddit

Yes but it’s still more of an increase than most people are getting
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TheUnholymess@reddit

Only in percentage terms, not in actual spending power. When the cost of everything rises more than the minimum wage, which it consistently does, it still leaves those of us on minimum wage in a worse position. This seems to be the bit a lot of people gloss over.
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LitmusVest@reddit

Yep, this complaining is crabs-in-a-bucket bullshit.
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Great-Break357@reddit

Couple in the rise in employers' contributions along with this inflation busting minimum wage, it's made employees far more costly than they realise or care to realise. £12.20 is more like £14 p/h to the employer due to additional N.I/pension/tax contributions made on their behalf, so the government is essentially stealth taxing by jacking up the cost to employers. Employees don't seem to give a toss about this and ignore that it even occurs. Staff costs have absolutely shot up and has affected u.k growth detrimentally. And the sad part is the average person on the street hasn't benefited one bit.
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minimalisticgem@reddit

For me I’ll finally be making £10🥴 I’ve made £4, £5.60, and 8.60 over the years
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joelepicngl123@reddit

Dude real, I've got a part time job and it's that bad that I'm just glad to have it, with it being fucking minimum wage
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Great-Break357@reddit

You're lucky you are protected by a minimum wage. This hasn't always been the case. Back in the 90's there wasnt one. The 1998 National Minimum Wage came in at £3.60 I was earning £2.50 p/h in 1993. Unemployment in the UK hovered around 7% and drove down wages. Practically slave labour. I understand your frustration and hope your situation changes for the better soon. Best of luck
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joelepicngl123@reddit

Thank you. The job market is abysmal for young adults, hoping to persist however.
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Great-Break357@reddit

Well, you've got the right attitude mate, and that's imperative. Things will come your way and if they dont, you've just gotta look ;)
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will_i_hell@reddit

6.7% in April
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deadlygaming11@reddit

Same. The board at my job are so out of touch that they are incapable of doing a reasonable pay rise. My main boss even wants to give a proper pay rise but can't.
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Hermitmaster5000@reddit

Out of touch how? Costs are going up dramatically, energy being a massive portion of that. Do they have the additional income to give pay rises?
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Ry_White@reddit

They won’t be feeling that, their pay is set at 102x whatever yours is.
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deadlygaming11@reddit

The worst thing is that they aren't even paid. They're all volunteers but with great pensions and the chairman is extremely stingy.
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deadlygaming11@reddit

The job i work at has a volunteer board who doesn't get paid at all. They all had extremely well paying jobs, leading to extremely well paying pensions. The place earns enough to pay more and provide better benefits from what I've heard from my boss (GM of the business), but the board doesn't pay more.
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Expected_Toulouse_@reddit

Whatever value in stationary and batteries I can put in my pockets
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Hugh_Jorgan2474@reddit

Don't forget toilet paper and coffee.
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Expected_Toulouse_@reddit

Our company removed coffee, tea and milk as cost cutting, so we have to bring that in
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emil_@reddit

Unless your company is bankrupt, that's disgusting.
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catjellycat@reddit

I have never had a job where tea, coffee or milk have been provided! I work in the public sector tho so got to avoid all those Daily Mail headlines about lazy workers stealing your tax money to spend on Yorkshire Gold
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emil_@reddit

Not providing them in the first place is fine, but taking it away a cost cutting measure is ridiculous. It means you're either completely in the shit / banckrupt as a company or you've no clue how to run a business.
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Icy-Tear4613@reddit

I worked at a dairy company where we had to buy milk.
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TheDisapprovingBrit@reddit

My place has tea ladies who deliver tea to your desk. Sounds nice, but it's really just to keep people at their desk and stop them chatting around the kettle.
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PeterG92@reddit

Or you work in the public sector
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ManInTheDarkSuit@reddit

I've found (it seems oddly) that my public sector experience has always had tea and coffee provided. Civil service type jobs, that is.
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Just_Engineering_341@reddit

I'm an academic. Never had free coffee.
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ManiaMuse@reddit

When they start getting rid of free supermarket brand teabags and instant coffee you know things are bad financially. It's one of those things that I suspect does not provide much of a saving when you factor in the reduced productivity.
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Fr0sthetic@reddit

Tbh I'd always thought it normal - we paid £2 a month into a tea coffee fund, whilst some others brought their own presses/strainers.
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spicy_Mandy_Ackee@reddit

Whatever value in stationary and batteries I can put in my pockets - A true office ninja, always prepared for any unexpected stationery emergency!
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Ch1v3r55@reddit

That's pretty f'ing depressing (unless you're public sector and is something of a pre-requisite).
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Martyn_X_86@reddit

Wars have been started for less!
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ashyboi5000@reddit

The LA I work for doesn't supply either, I can understand why in a way "council spends £thousands on coffee for staff while bins go uncleaned." It's probably in the top 5 why I hate working for them. It may be a little thing but it was such a moral destroyer when I found out and b) was always a good trust booster when the trainee was given the petty cash/bosses card and sent out to pick up emergency supplies. Even as a non-trainee I enjoyed the emergency run to the shop, always picked up a little extra for an afternoon treat.
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PleasantAd7961@reddit

You joke but I just paid 7 quid for Nescafé gold at aldi
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Hugh_Jorgan2474@reddit

That's why I'm not joking.
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pinkgeck0@reddit

Free coffee is one of the perks of the job...
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Perite@reddit

I had to buy some AAA batteries for my keyboard the other day. £8 for a small pack of Duracell from the little Tesco. Start selling pilfered batteries on eBay and you might end up with a pretty decent side income
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ND_CuriousBusyMind@reddit

Primark used to do batteries until a couple of years ago and they were brilliant for about £1 - £1.50 and approx x10. Now I get mine from Aldi or lidl because they're so much cheaper than Tesco etc and last as long.
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SquidgeSquadge@reddit

I grab toothpaste samples :) not had to buy my own for years.
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jodilye@reddit

Stationary means stopped, as in pArked cAr. Stationery as in pEns and pEncils. I don’t usually jump on these things on Reddit, but it’s a fun one that people don’t often notice and I like the way to memorise it, lol.
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SausageMattress@reddit

Hey, thanks mate. I didn't realise that. Every day's a school day!
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Varniepoos@reddit

I don't think that's the easiest way to remember it as parked also has an E in it. How I've always remembered it is Envelope for Stationery, then you know the other one is an A.
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123twiglets@reddit

Well say car park then
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Hot-Novel-6208@reddit

How are you meant to put them in your pocket if they keep moving?
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AliveAd2219@reddit

OkAy.
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Wildwife@reddit

This is one of the downsides to WFH, I can’t just go to the stationary cupboard when I need a new stapler or note pad for at home. Also all the free personal printing I did at the office as well is missed greatly.
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rancidsepticbitch@reddit

I work for the NHS, go figure
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Dry_Action1734@reddit

*laughs in Civil Servant*
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Realistic_Welcome213@reddit

Civil Service pay increases have generally been a lot more than 1-2% though.
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Dry_Action1734@reddit

It’s not done every year though. And for many there were no increases at all for years.
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IcySandwich2768@reddit

How does it work with no individual salaries _and_ no pay spine? Surely it has to be one or the other? I'm public sector but not civil service. We have a pay spine and no individual negotiation.
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SpasmodicSpasmoid@reddit

There is a pay range for each grade. I’m what you call a HEO and my pay range for that grade is something like 35k-39k, 90% of people joining a role in my organisation at the HEO level would join at 35k but then never be able to move up the spine to 39k. They stopped that a long time ago to save money. I joined my organisation as a HEO and because I have specialised skills I was able to get in at 39k. To get a pay rise (except the 2% a year) I will need to go to the next grade up called SEO and that is 45kto54k. The only way of getting up to that next grade is to leave my current job and apply for a role somewhere else in the business. There is no way I can progress well in salary as well as stay in my current job unless I move around
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IcySandwich2768@reddit

Thanks. That's exactly what we have, except the pay spine is continuous between grades. Likewise there are no promotion prospects other than getting another job.
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SpasmodicSpasmoid@reddit

Can’t increase up the pay range either, luckily I managed to get paid at the top of the pay range during interview when I got my current role. But if I’d started at the bottom I’d have no chance
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MixGroundbreaking622@reddit

The lack of pay bonus for technical skills absolutely kills them. Instead of hiring programmers for competitive pay, they try to hire them for £24k. They then realise no decent programmer would work for that, they contract BAE in for staggering figures. So instead of just paying a good wage, they are now paying a great wage and the management cut on top!
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odkfn@reddit

I work for a local authority and my job requires me to have a masters in engineering and to be a chartered engineer. I have to pay my own institution fees and I don’t get bonuses or anything. That being said the work life balance is great and I’m never stressed at work like I was sometimes before in the private sector. Actual pay rises more than the 3% we often get would be good but oh well!
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SpasmodicSpasmoid@reddit

I’ve been in cs since 2014 in a science research centre and with the exception of last year 5% every pay rise I’ve had has been 1.5% or2%
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Chosen_Utopia@reddit

some haven’t had a pay increase since 2021 lol
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Daveddozey@reddit

Civil service pay is way down in real terms since 2010 https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainer/civil-service-pay But there’s evidence that for individuals it’s not, as grade inflation has offset it, and the org becomes more top heavy.
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Purdowner@reddit

I’m not a civil servant, I work in a university, and we are in a similar position. For retention purposes, and because people work hard to get them, people get promoted to offset the wage stagnation, and so many departments are top heavy as a result. I have to apply for a promotion to get a pay rise, I’m at the top of my band, I don’t really feel ready, but my family needs the money.
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Mr_Venom@reddit

Sounds like my place, except we've got nowhere to promote most of the professional services staff.
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Bendy_McBendyThumb@reddit

Where I used to work in the CS, the 99% were pitted against each other in pools of 50. You did or didn’t get a payrise depending on how you ranked against those other 49 people, judged by people who don’t know you or what you do, only how well you can big yourself up in writing. Why was that system so shit? You could have a pool of 50 top performers, and 5 of those would be considered “Bottom 10%”, no payrise, no bonus, no recognition. Meanwhile, a pool of the 50 worst performers could be grouped, with the top 5 getting a decent payrise and bonus. This isn’t even half of the issue, but one of the most laughable ones for the system. Meanwhile, senior management’s system doesn’t have the bottom 2 performance outcomes - they only had Good, Very Good and Exceptional. This meant they were all **guaranteed** a payrise _and_ bonus, _AND_ their percentages were higher (I recall at 20% figure for Exceptional, whether that was a bonus or payrise I can’t remember), meaning they got even larger bonuses and payrises on top. They haemorrhaged staff for a few years. I wonder if they really thought that system was “fair” while preaching to us that it was. I didn’t get a payrise for 2 years before deciding “fuck this”. I loved my job and my colleagues, but the disrespect was unreal. If you’re wondering why I didn’t get a payrise, it was due to “behavioural issues” - apparently taking time off after your daughter has died isn’t worth anything to those judging you. I did some important work 2 grades above my level that year when I was back to it, and that’s how I got repaid. Got a job out of nowhere in similarly technical work, believe it or not, thanks to a recruiter. Thankfully I haven’t looked back, get a small Christmas bonus and a “cost of living rise” every year. It was fun going out shooting guns every now and then, but I think I’m happier where I am now.
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MixGroundbreaking622@reddit

I was in for 7 years and had no or below inflation pay rises every time.  The civil service is criminally underpaid and anyone who's good just leaves. You end up with mostly unenthusiastic people who do just enough work to not get disciplined and you can't fire them. It's a complete mess.
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User131131@reddit

I think they’ve had pay increases last couple of years but prior to that pay was frozen with no increases for a long time
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if-you-ask-me@reddit

Yeah. Nearly 10 years pay freeze with barely 1% increase for some. Unless they were so poorly paid the Gov HAD to increase their salary to ensure compliance with NMW rates!
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RedditSuksForever@reddit

Why do you think he's laughing? He doesn't have to worry like we do
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Mollystring@reddit

You get paid plenty for what is practically nonsense generalist roles Source: I’m a CS
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SpasmodicSpasmoid@reddit

I’m a civil servant and do scientific research and development with state of the art equipment , it’s not just general dogs body type roles
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DispensingMachine403@reddit

Cries in Local Authority
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strangesam1977@reddit

cries in Higher Education
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commentings@reddit

Yeah probably about 1.5 - 2% for the last two years in my area, so pretty much a wage cut
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CS_727@reddit

We got 5% last year, were you not part of that? Admittedly a long time coming.
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Dry_Action1734@reddit

Yeah, a very long time coming. It doesn’t make up for years and years of little to no increases.
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chainedtomato@reddit

Absolute bollocks. Misses is a civil servant and her pay rises have tracked inflation far far closer then my private sector non existent pay rises
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Dry_Action1734@reddit

Good for her. I’d like to know department she’s in so I can make the switch. All departments pay different amounts and have different increases at different grades. HEO in the Home Office? Happy days with the previous pay rise. Many other grades and departments, not the case in the slightest. Glad your wife is doing well for herself though.
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guIIy@reddit

3%, same as last year. Company didn’t meet its targets this year so bonuses were only 5% too.
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Paradiddles123@reddit

1% each year plus a bonus yearly. Not ideal having one large bonus and getting stung with a huge tax deduction but I just got a nice little refund from the student loans company for overpaying.
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Charming_Ad_6021@reddit

You don't get pay increases by staying in the same role in the same company these days, either change role or change company. The best time to start looking is before you need to, it's much easier to find a new job with better if you have no real time pressure behind it (please note: easier does not mean easy)
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Training_Chip267@reddit

I'm due 20% next year with the same company in the same role.
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BetYouWishYouKnew@reddit

I've been at the same company for over 10 years. Pay rise every year. 4 promotions in that period so it's not all in the same role, but a lot of them were. Bonus some years when the company did well. Reddit has a weird thing about not staying in a job... truth is, there are some good employers out there. The other side of the coin is that in my opinion all of my colleagues are great employees... if employers treat people right, they get the benefits.
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oh_f-f-s@reddit

Would you be comfortable sharing your industry?
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BetYouWishYouKnew@reddit

Yes no problem: I'm a chemistry graduate working in waste management (in the hazardous / chemical waste sector mainly) Although my experiences as an employee are probably more due to working for a small company with an owner who cares about his staff, rather than being sector specific. My early experiences in the workplace taught me that above everything, I never wanted to work for a massive multinational organisation!
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Icy-Tear4613@reddit

It’s not a Reddit thing, it’s a fact that can be easily googled…. Just because your personal experience is different means fuck all.
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BetYouWishYouKnew@reddit

The comment said "you don't get pay rises staying in the same role at the same company." At my company, people do. You probably wouldn't.
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Icy-Tear4613@reddit

That’s nice…..what a pointless comment then. The fact remains.
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Asleep_Mountain_196@reddit

You also reset all your employment/redundancy protections too, sure you might get a pay bump, but you can be sacked for no reason for the first two years (as things stand).
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nklvh@reddit

Funnily enough, you *can* be sacked for no reason, but if they *do* give a reason, that reason better be lawful! Protections for Organising, Pay, Health & Safety, and WTD still apply, and even if not explicitly stated, could be constructive or retaliatory dismissal.
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spubbbba@reddit

The other part is that a lot of times the new job comes with more responsibilities along with higher pay. There certainly are jobs where a company will value new employees more than existing ones, even if their existing employees have more relevant experience. However this is not the case for everyone, I just get the impression it is over-represented on Reddit. I've been with my company for a while and have got internal promotions that I wouldn't have had much chance at had I applied for the same role in a different company. Already knowing the systems and culture we use and having a good working relationship with other team members made all the difference.
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DeifniteProfessional@reddit

The larger your employer, the more true it is. Once an employer gets to over 1,000 staff, they start to talk about shit like "pay bands", and unless there's genuine career progress, you're going to hit the top of your role's band and be shafted, even though you'll get a new colleague with a somehow different pay band that pays them more. Small employers tend not to pay as well, but the company is often nicer to work for and as it grows, you see pay rises more often
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Anonynymphet@reddit

Then you’re the exception, or do you think your lived experience is the same as everyone else’s? Because if so, you could leave your company and get a £25k pay increase just like I did! /s
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Training_Chip267@reddit

Perhaps I am the exception... Or maybe just exceptional... Hence the big pay rise. I work fucking hard for it by the way.
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Anonynymphet@reddit

Lots of people work incredibly hard at companies who won’t give them pay rises according to their work. My company is also great and I’ve had 12% pay increase to my starting 49k salary (I moved companies from 24k to this), and I’m awaiting on another pay increase for April. It’s also great that you’ve got your 20%, however, but be a little aware it’s also not because we’re “exceptional” compared to others, it’s just some companies are wank. “Spent a number of years being the only one in my friend group who ever had any money, as everyone else had gone to college and uni. Long story short - 30 years later, they all live in big 4 bed detached houses. One is even retiring next year. Guess who’s in the smallest house and has the crappest holidays? Not saying I’m unhappy and certainly don’t live with regrets, but I do wish someone had guided me in the direction of education or at least a trade, all of those years ago.” This is a comment you’ve previously made. Your life doesn’t sound very exceptional, but it’s fine as most people’s lives aren’t, but at least be consistent.
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R-M-Pitt@reddit

Good for you. My pay hasn't changed since 2021. I bought it up in my last review, asking them to at least match inflation. "We don't believe the official numbers for inflation are correct" and "we pay a fair market rate". Finance/energy, outside London. I'm somewhat trapped as my pay is good for the city we're in and all other roles I can find are 5 days a week in office in central London.
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GiGGLED420@reddit

Yea I got 18% last year at the same company and in the same role
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Much_Fish_9794@reddit

Whilst there can be truth to that, that’s typically only the case for less senior roles. When I started my career I changed companies every few years, and had a significant pay increase. I’ve now been at my current company for 10 years and have had really decent pay rises and bonuses each year, but in a senior role, and I’ve taken on more responsibilities and won business.
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0nce-Was-N0t@reddit

I used to think this was stupid, and companies would value long-term employees. I worked for company A for 5 years in a entry but professional role, my salary started at £21k when I joined and went up to £24k over the 5 years I was there... but the company moving premises actually meant I tool a £2k per year pay drop in additional travel. I looked elsewhere and started working for company B and got an instant £10k pay increase. 2 years is all I could take of that wanker manager. I now work at company C. They gave me an extra £1k. I recently accepted a promotion that my 8 years experience allowed me to apply for. My salary has increased by more than £20k in 4 years.
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tlvv@reddit

This isn’t always true.  I’ve had a pay rise every year and all of them have exceeded inflation.  Last year I got a 9% raise. 
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thefogdog@reddit

I mean, if you work for a good company, you do.
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VooDooBooBooBear@reddit

That's just false. The narrative that you NEED to job hop yo get substantial pay increases needs to die. My pay has increased by 9k in 18 months. No promotion or job hop.
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glasgowgeg@reddit

> You don't get pay increases by staying in the same role in the same company these days I've regularly had above inflationary increases in the last 7 years in my current role/company. I have no intention of moving role/company because I get paid well and have a great work-life balance from it.
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Hermitmaster5000@reddit

This is it. If you don't leave/move, they know they don't have to pay you any more, and clearly don't value you enough to worry about that. Always move, and always try to not be replaceable.
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IcySandwich2768@reddit

If you're irreplaceable you also can't be promoted.
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VolcanicBear@reddit

Being irreplaceable is an idiot's game, unless you want to become part of the furniture. If you like your employer (and they're a decent employer), just be good at your job and the rest works itself out. If you're after 20-30% then yeah, definitely move.
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Choccybizzle@reddit

Maybe in your industry.
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SuspiciousElevator5@reddit

Fully agree, this is an industry thing. My base has doubled over the past 4 years with no moves. Tripled since I started working with 1 move that didn't actually increase pay (relatively fixed scales). Bonuses do have more variability so potential benefit to moving, but again all in I am now c. 240% up over 4 years without a jump!
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heartpassenger@reddit

I agree with this, and did in my early career, but now it’s difficult because I need to be somewhere for 2+ years to get even the most basic maternity policy, and I’m wanting to have kids in the next few years. It’s annoying knowing I could maybe jump ship for better pay, but the flexibility at my current job and maternity policy means in the long run it’s worth staying. Feeling the crunch.
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PharahSupporter@reddit

Pretty much yep, I had a 30% pay increase a few months ago from switching companies. Well worth it.
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BarracudaUnlucky8584@reddit

"Inflation" increase is standard. I think we're on track for around 3% increase. It's basically the minimum the company can do without the majority of the workforce quitting on the spot.
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kate_is_lost@reddit

3.75% this year and next year and 3.5% the year after that.
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Different_Spell_219@reddit

Performance related pay increases was started in the company last year. I was promised a 3% but only given 1%. Having an ‘appeal’ this week and ready for a FIGHT! 💪
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OkShift7596@reddit

surely the answer is to only work 1% harder than the basic then as thats how much more they value you?
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Different_Spell_219@reddit

I worked super hard last year and surpassed all of my targets by like 200% so if that’s working at 1% harder, I don’t want to do that again 🙃
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TheAngryNaterpillar@reddit

Performance related pay is being introduced in mine too but they've not told us what the % will be.
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SometimesMonkeysDie@reddit

We had it introduced last year, along with the salary bandings. I suspect these might be reworked this year, as, by doing nothing, exceptional (aside from having no sick days) I jumped from the bottom band to the top and got 10%
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Alt-with_a_fault@reddit

I be don’t have a job, but my husband finished his master’s last October and he got a new job making 2.5 times as much (per year) starting February. I assume I’ll be getting a pay increase as well 😂
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jr-91@reddit

Boss parked up a new electric sports car out front recently, told us we've made 50% of our projected revenue for the year and he's currently in the Alps with his family over half term. I'd be surprised if anyone's getting a payrise lol.
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Pleberino_@reddit

How’s things lad? Saw your post about earning minimum wage at private dentist
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jr-91@reddit

Better than they were thanks! On £32.5k now so a bump up from before. Working agency side as a graphic designer. Turbulent with turnover but a lot of pros about the role so we'll see. Thanks for asking though
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Zomz93@reddit

£28k to £35k with the potential to make it £45 due to commission structure - although this is a promotion to a new job within same company
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detta_walker@reddit

Over the last two years a total of 1.5%. Then they put me on a different pay plan this year as my headcount was moved to a different department. And that reduced my pay by 8%. They said they would try to minimise the impact by giving as big as a pay rise as they can this year but also set my expectations. Hehe. I’ll find out in 2 weeks. Cherry on top: global leadership changed recently and said we have too many people of my level. So it’s important to show extra impact this year. Or else… But my pay is still much better than what I could get elsewhere so I just smile and get on with it and continue saving as much as I can.
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butwhatsmyname@reddit

Last year it was 3%. This year there have been a lot of livestreams from The Senior Leadership mentioning how "tough the market is" and how these are "challenging economic times". So I suspect the answer for this year is "not much unless you're at the level where you get to do livestreams about how tough the economic climate is"
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oh_f-f-s@reddit

My company has been going on about how Q4 2024 capped off a great year, but I'm positive they'll find some way to wiggle out of giving us all a pay rise
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360Saturn@reddit

I seriously don't understand how people can bootlick like this. Every company I've ever worked there's people that talk like this and either they're bloody good actors or they actually believe it.
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McSenna1979@reddit

This thread is rife with them “but the company, wahhhh”
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Diega78@reddit

Yet somehow the top execs will get a 6 figure bonus. It's a vile practice, and the quickest way to alienate staff.
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McSenna1979@reddit

This thread is rife with them “but the company, wahhhh”
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dreamsonashelf@reddit

I used to work for that kind of place. Several years of 0 to 3% increases (depending on how much the staff had pestered them and they felt they couldn't get away from it), while workloads increased constantly, but leavers weren't replaced. Higher management got themselves bonuses. At best, we had a £25 (mostly useless) One4all gift card at Christmas, while our team worked for one of the accounts that brought the most money in. At some point, my line manager fought with higher management for me to get a payrise following all the new responsibilities I'd taken on since being hired a few years prior. It dragged on for 6 months until they eventually approved it (~9%, which on one hand felt massive to me, but at the same time long overdue). A few months later, I had to leave due to unexpectedly moving. They advertised my job with a salary that was another 15% higher than what they had recently agreed to give me. (Not that where I am is much better now, though)
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Izwe@reddit

3% here too, but none of the leadership crap, I'm just worried about the company going public one day and all our benefits (and future pay rises) disappearing.
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youreaname@reddit

Sounds like we work for the same company.
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butwhatsmyname@reddit

Our usernames do create an eerie sense of interconnectedness.
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Fr0sthetic@reddit

Have a look at their published accounts on companies house, and then ask in a team meeting how you've made record profits this year. Or maybe see you're hemorrhaging money!
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oh_f-f-s@reddit

I'm finding out today. Probably be what it was last year, a big fat donut (0%)
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The_Deadly_Tikka@reddit

My last pay increase (not including promotions and job changes) was 3% and that was considered very high. I'm expecting anywhere between 1% and 3% despite my company having an amazing financial year and my department being the highest performing. Staying at jobs rarely is the best way to get paid more now.
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tommmmmmmmy93@reddit

40% for changing employer. 5% for staying. No brainier.
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Dazza477@reddit

I got a 32% increase last September, so that will tide me over until the end of the year. I've been promoted a couple of times internally over the last 5 years I've been here, a 72% increase since I first started. I was simply in the right place with the right skillset when a crucial person left, so I leveraged a hefty increase. Still not market value, but growth opportunities here are insane.
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No-Description-1427@reddit

2nd "record year" in a row and we are getting 2.9% (if you're a good or better performer)
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twojabs@reddit

In my working life I've tended to get inflation +x% but really the x% is 0.5% and inflation is an average of 2 months results which has typically been the least inflationary results of the year, so basically the wages have kept pace but very limited ,l no improvement.
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Much_Fish_9794@reddit

On average over the last 5 years I’ve received 8% pay rise each year. 2022 was 12%. I’m expecting this year to be 5-6% based on last years performance, however this years performance is already looking amazing, so expecting next year to have a sizeable increase again. Bonus wise, I’ve a scaled performance related bonus, it can range from 20% to 60% of salary. It’s always towards the upper end of that scale, but last year wasn’t amazing, still achieved 24%, which is amazing, but not in context of the usual.
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TheDemonBunny@reddit

Going from 32 to 41k ish soon. Having to move jobs/industry tho. 9 years in my current job and have had 2 2% increases in that time. I'm a nurse and the NHS was striking over 2% every year...so yeah fuck this job
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YGhostRider666@reddit

2022 we got a 10% rise 2023 we got an 8% rise. This year maybe 5% as inflation has fallen (we get a payrise to effectively match or beat inflation each year) thanks to the union!
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hopefullforever@reddit

It is crazy to think that in my previous job I didn’t get any pay rise. I was so naive. I thought that the company would take step to offer one to you if you preformed well. In my new company we get a yearly pay rise and a small bonus. Was completely new concept to me! I got 4.5% this year.
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Tomd0m@reddit

Redundancy
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CuteWafer@reddit

2.8%. Almost insulting
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Low-Championship-637@reddit

None i dont have a job
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CURB_69@reddit

They've said 2.3% for doctors and the union have said strikes for anything below about 7% so I'll have that time off to look forward to.
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CEta123@reddit

How is public sector workers getting well above inflation pay rises sustainable when private sector is not? T
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Daveddozey@reddit

The best place to be is in the private sector but supplying the public sector. Train drivers for example are going on strike soon because a 4.5% rise to 76k isn’t good enough.
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REDDITKeeli@reddit

I think that is just train drivers. Their union is the only union that ever seems to do anything. Compared to other jobs like it, they have the best pay and best work schedule (no Sundays). From the outside, it feels like they are taking the piss a bit, every year they seem to get ridiculous pay rises; though if you were a train driver you wouldn't complain (difficult to justify if you get asked though). Other public service jobs like bus drivers haven't gotten much. I'd like the government to fix train drivers and reality check them, but that'd lead to a mass exodus so obviously they can't do that. Teachers and nurses just need to strike and not give a fuck about their students/patients (which obviously they do), train drivers obviously don't care and it's not like when they return their expected to save the guy from yesterday or teach all the lessons they missed (that's why these jobs don't strike, they end up creating more work with backlog, there is no backlog of trains).
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Lost_Afropick@reddit

They were frozen for a long time so there is a lot of ground to make up
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CEta123@reddit

That doesn't mean its sustainable to do so.
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CURB_69@reddit

Because they gave us real term paycuts for 14 years that the private sector didn't get so they need to catch up and were very clear we will strike until we do.
View on Reddit #48908673

Curious_Reference999@reddit

Average salaries in my industry have increased by approximately 0% in 14 years and we're not an outlier! Wage stagnation is across the board, so giving large pay rises to the public sector when the private sector isn't increasing is going to lead to disaster and/or large public sector lay offs.
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BoopingBurrito@reddit

The private sector got bumper pay increases (4.3% at peak) whilst the civil service got zero in 2010. Then civil servants for 0% for another couple of years after that, whilst private sector mostly stayed in the 2% range. Then civil servants moved onto a 1% max increase, with some areas getting less, whilst private sector wage growth steadily increased over those years through 2%, then 3%, then 4%. Then in 2021 civil servants for 2.8% whilst private sector growth was 10.3%. And in 2022 civil servants got 2% whilst the private sector growth averaged around 7%. You have to understand that shit wages reduce morale, low morale reduces productivity, and reduced productivity in public sector leads to problems for the whole country.
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Brian-Kellett@reddit

Private sector is apparently 6%. Public sector had such low pay rises for over a decade (that were effectively pay cuts) that they need to catch up. If it doesn’t then we’ll all work in the private sector - who needs doctors/nurses/teachers anyway? The market decides and all that jazz. I won’t say it was the only reason I quit nursing after 25 years, but it certainly played a part. I mean what would you do if your pay rise was below inflation every year for 14 years? Quit, right?
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Anonynymphet@reddit

Unfortunately it’s the stupid admin/managerial roles within local councils, schools & NHS that are taking from the pay of roles that are necessary (nurses/doctors). I know payroll advisors in public sector on £90k. Blame the public sector bloat for lack of pay rises, but public sector SHOULDN’T be in line with private sectors pay, considering the public sector’s pensions in comparison.
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Dr_Turb@reddit

Me: private sector, never had a rise that matched inflation, only rises came from internal promotions - but I never quit because - I've no idea why. Fact is, I don't think public Vs private is a realistic grouping for comparisons. Some public sector areas (and certain roles within those areas) doubtless do better than others, and likewise in private sector.
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CEta123@reddit

I simply don't believe that 6% figure. 5% tops. More like 4% for most. Maybe it's skewed by increases in very low wages and at the top?
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AntThrowaway505@reddit

7.14 % this year.
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addisbad@reddit

38% in 2023 and 3.3% in 2024. Let’s see what 2025 has to offer. For what it’s worth I’ve asked for a 40% raise
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TemperMe@reddit

Cost of living raise every year usually in June. Then a yearly review around your hire date where you usually get a raise (~60% of the time)
View on Reddit #48984195

Jurgen1602@reddit

25% after changing job. PhD comp sci, 5 yoe 110k total, Edinburgh hybrid at a start up
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itsWootton@reddit

A what?
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Odd_Cryptographer941@reddit

Minimum wage increase in April
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Wallace_Sonkey@reddit

Not getting one this year because Rachel from Accounts' jobs tax has made it unaffordable. We're getting 2 extra days of annual leave instead.
View on Reddit #48976884

devandroid99@reddit

I think about 3.5% this year, but with new qualifications, raises and OT my salary has increased by about 50% in the last 4 years. Join a union.
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darktourist92@reddit

2.65 this year, last year was 3%.
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LadyEvaBennerly@reddit

No idea, because I work for the NHS and despite the pay review being in April every year for as long as its existed, no one seems to remember this until about July, when they tell us what pittance we'll get. Then they don't give it to us until October. And no they don't pay interest.
View on Reddit #48908987

runrunrudolf@reddit

I was in maternity leave for the first few months of this FY and because this meant additional calculations I didn't get my backdated uplift until December...
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TwoValuable@reddit

Pay negotiations started early for once, we've were given a figure in December (2.8%) where as last year we didn't have anything confirmed before April. However the unions etc need to pull their finger out and send out the votes to see if people will accept it or not. Personally I think we should go for more.
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ooooomikeooooo@reddit

That was the number submitted to the pay review body by the government but the PRB have not given their recommendations yet which the government then use to decide the actual amount given so there's nothing to accept yet. It'll be earlier this year so might get the increase in July instead of October.
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TwoValuable@reddit

Ah my mistake, about the pay review body. That was still earlier then previous years though. Still terrible how long they make us wait.
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CaptMelonfish@reddit

and when you get it in october it's a lump sum that's taxed heavily because it's all in with your usual pay so you see a little bit but not get the full benefit of said lump sum, and it would have been far better if your rate had just shifted in april.
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Shark_Tooth1@reddit

Doesnt matter if it’s lump sum or the same paid in instalments, if taxed under PAYE then the total tax paid is the same on the yearly basis. You may get taxed more on the lump sum the month it is paid, but the following months you will pay less tax as the tax calculation is readjusted
View on Reddit #48911003

MedicBikeMike@reddit

Unless you're on UC and the lump sump means you receive 0 UC that month so it all gets swallowed up by that.
View on Reddit #48913463

InfamousLingonbrry@reddit

Our work will pay us in instalments for lump sum payments to reduce the affect on UC payments.
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Haunting_Design5818@reddit

I’m always surprised how few people understand this
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D0wnInAlbion@reddit

It depends how much you earn. It won't make any difference for income tax but will potentially increase NI contributions for some low paid workers and reduce them for higher earners.
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IHaveAWittyUsername@reddit

I work for a charity - we're still negotiating the payrise from 2023 which is likely to be 1% and then last year's which is likely to be 3%. Union keeps kicking off but I kind of just want that money now.
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DispensingMachine403@reddit

LA here, we got our back pay in December, and with no interest
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Jazzy0082@reddit

It was 5.5% last year, which is not to be sniffed at! Funnily enough my wife seems to quite like that it takes a fucking eternity, because when the backdated pay comes she goes and treats herself and treats it like a bonus. Took herself to Florence last time round 🤣
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Intelligent_Bar2345@reddit

I got 6.7% and then got a promotion just after which was only an extra hundred a month gross on top of the rise.
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Capitao_Caralhudo@reddit

I real life I'm not getting a pay increase. But since this is reddit I'm getting a 50k increase on top of my 300k salary
View on Reddit #48973463

pixelunit@reddit

5-10% a year depending on performance
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VolcanicBear@reddit

5% last October and my boss was pretty apologetic.
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Shark_Tooth1@reddit

That’s fairly decent as it’s above current rate of inflation however it depends if that was a yearly cost of living rise or a one off payrise
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celaconacr@reddit

A lot of companies were nowhere near matching inflation in 2022 (9%) and 2023 (7.2%). I would expect to see a lot of companies providing above inflation increases for the next few years. Inflation arguably isn't entirely representative of the cost of living either especially if you break it down by economic groups (income, mortgage debt...)
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DeifniteProfessional@reddit

Yup, inflation figures are totally messed up when they're accounting for a general wider picture, as opposed to the fact cucumbers went from 45p to 89p, milk went from £1.09 to £1.65, etc., petrol/diesel is still sniffing £1.50/L and electricity is up 500% (I actually have no idea on that last one, but it sounds right) That's basically all I buy. Food, diesel, electricity. So to me, inflation is up over 100% since 2020.
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celaconacr@reddit

Mortgages tend to be the big one on top of that. I'm fortunate that my mortgage was relatively small but the costs has increased 25%. I dread to think how much people maxing out their mortgages have had to pay extra going from something like a 2% fixed to a 4-5% mortgage. That's got to be a huge proportion of their take home pay.
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DeifniteProfessional@reddit

Ah yeah I can't get a mortgage because I was born after 1995 and live in the South. I could rent, but people are renting their dead nan's cottages for £1200 minimum so it's a stinger
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Shark_Tooth1@reddit

I enjoyed your self-deprecating comment. Come move up north mate, I travel to London for work weekly from 400 miles away
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v60qf@reddit

Companies are all fingers in ears when we have a year of 10% inflation with no pay increases and as soon as it drops back down it’s here’s a 0.1% above inflation payrise aren’t we the best when in reality you’ve been completely mugged off.
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CatFoodBeerAndGlue@reddit

lol we got 4% two years ago and our boss still uses that to justify not giving us another one, like we should internally grateful.
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craigybacha@reddit

5% in reality is great. I know it's not officially, but in line with what most is getting, it's great.
View on Reddit #48916573

Wise-Field-7353@reddit

0, 2, then 4 this year.
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Jkdup@reddit

I got a handshake once
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ArghZombiesRun@reddit

About 7%, which I was pretty happy with. This calculator is useful [https://www.ons.gov.uk/visualisations/dvc409/calc/index.html](https://www.ons.gov.uk/visualisations/dvc409/calc/index.html)
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Nightman_84@reddit

Last year 3.5% this year, redundancy as of the end of 2025.
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Statham19842@reddit

3% usually in April. However, my rent has gone up 15% and cost of living is getting out of hand. Salary increases aren't cutting it. How can I contribute to the economy without having any disposable income?
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southafricasbest@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/hnc8ingqwyje1.jpeg?width=602&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b2b236e84004592b630dd6edc986dfeeb2746771
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Shantay-i-sway@reddit

This year at my company we just all got 5% - normally its 2-7% based on performance but they did same percentage for all this year. It’s very well received but you can imagine the small percent of those who got much higher ratings are pissed off and vowing not to try as hard next year - so theres that. We got 3.5 last year and 8 the year before. It’s a large UK company in private sector though. My partner is lucky to get 1%. Although until the tax threshold increases its not as good in real time for those earning around or just above the threshold for 40% which is most of the company
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Dark_Foggy_Evenings@reddit

Won’t even offset the rise in Freddo prices.
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cloudyextraswan@reddit

Got a 10k raise last year. Getting a 3k raise this year.
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Heliotropolii_@reddit

4.5% this year, and made a 3 year deal which totals 10.5% over the deal and has an inflation renegotiating clause
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SPOONY12345@reddit

I’ll be going ‘down’ to minimum wage in April
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RandomiseUsr0@reddit

Don’t actually know yet, not been announced yet - I fully expect the words “challenging global context” and “investing in the future”
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mitchvilla89@reddit

20%, but I’ve been underpaid for a very long time
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HarmadeusZex@reddit

Wait, you get candy ? We get potatoes
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I_want_roti@reddit

4% with a 10.8% bonus Last year I got 4.5% with a 7.4% bonus Was disappointed last year but this year I'll take that considering I cruised in bare minimum throughout 2024 vs going over and above the year before
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Shitelark@reddit

3% and £1250 of shares, before tax, probably more like 950.
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gaspoweredcat@reddit

well i did quite a lot for the company last year and ive taken on a lot of responsibilities etc so after a discussion with my boss late last year i was given a solid 10k increase from 30k to 40k, which has allowed me to actually buy a house and escape the hell of renting. im very lucky that i have a good job in a great company that exists basically to ensure our very lean but skilled team can all enjoy a good life, its a sort of niche industry but we are regarded as one of the best despite being up against companies 10x our size. we all have pretty high levels of autonomy, input and freedom. its a very rare situation i know but there are still a few places where your dedication and hard work are actually rewared
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ChipsCheeseNGravy@reddit

Obviously I know nothing about your role or company, but it sounds like if they gave you a 10k rise to 40k, your role is probably worth a decent amount more than that. * lean skilled team * niche industry * regarded as one of the best * high levels of autonomy I suspect you could be earning a decent amount more, as a wild guess.
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gaspoweredcat@reddit

oh i know for sure i could, but this job is perfect for me, i get to develop my abilities with an incredible amount of freedom, i never feel bad about going to work i genuinely enjoy it enough that im happy to take the lower amount, and i know for sure that if we start doing better profit wise i know my boss will fairly adjust my wage its a very unusual situation, the guy who set it all up is someone i worked with like 10 years ago at another company, he got screwed over by them, then by another company, so he got sick of that and started on his own with the aim of just keeping everyone in a good situation with the least stress possible many times he has said "we could expand, easily, but i wont do it unless its the right person as i dont want to upset what works" we are basically paid as well as the company can reasonably afford , everything is as open as possible, he will give me the figures for the month/year if i ask. its very hard to describe in a way but it all just works. money isnt everything, i earn plenty enough to fund a pretty nice life so im not willing to break what works very well for a few quid more
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week5of35years@reddit

We have not had a raise since July ‘22, they say the update will come next month payable from April 1st, we all think they will excuse the raise by saying it will cost too much to pay Rachel’s public defectors salaries and so we sacrifice our raise for NIC’s - I love our company and Rach…
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Winter-Stops@reddit

I'm NHS.... I've got no chance for this 😂
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BluePortaloo@reddit

I'm only getting pay increases by moving jobs. My pay is up over 100% since 2020 and I'm doing the same role. (IT Infrastructure engineer). No pay rises in 18 months but looking at the market I should be able to jump another 5-10k with my next move.
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ConsistentCatch2104@reddit

We got 5% in early 2021. Another 4% in September. 5% in 2022. 4% in 2023. 4% in 2024. Just announced 4.5% in 2025.
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Aerodye@reddit

Pretty good this year; base +10%, total comp +20%
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purplechemist@reddit

Sorry, I don’t understand the question.
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plunk1000@reddit

Zero this year. When I asked my director why, his response was “We won’t be entertaining any salary increases” with no further explanation. Gut wrenching.
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Reasonable-Fail-1921@reddit

Oh, none this year - I work for a local authority who are trying to cut our hours from 37 to 35 with the accompanying pay cut - which is deferred over the next few years through ‘pay preservation’ which they’ve decided to do in order to try and hoodwink people into not realising we’re actually getting a multi year pay freeze. They are still telling us ‘You will get the pay rise’ even though we won’t actually physically see it for maybe 3 years. Doesn’t affect part time staff, so half the work force will get a rise and half won’t. It’s lovely.
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dutchcourage-@reddit

Just under 4% this year, the past few years has been around 7% each year.
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pegman55@reddit

Manager is trying for it, but none at the moment. Still below minimum wage 😢
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Ruu2D2@reddit

Why you on bellow minimum wage ? Are you apprenticeship?
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pegman55@reddit

Nah, shitty company.
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hurricane_97@reddit

I'm about to jump from years of causal part time bar work while studying to a 30k grad job. I know its not a huge amount in the grand scheme of things but for me it will be incredible, plus ill be working standard 9-5 instead of late nights and weekends.
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vanqu1sh_@reddit

22%. I changed employers.
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BonusEruptus@reddit

£6.69 a month on UC lol
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Squeaky-mouse-2022@reddit

3.5%
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ero_mode@reddit

Nothing, I'm on the same pay since 2023. Although all my breaks are paid.
View on Reddit #48957123

strongsideleftside1@reddit

2.6% not great
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girlrac3r@reddit

Still waiting for last years increase
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Killerbot2332@reddit

We’re going from minimum wage to minimum wage
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JayKobo@reddit

I jumped jobs for a 10k pay increase plus 40% of salary bonus this year. Can’t complain
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sidneylopsides@reddit

~12% every year since I started in this role.
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Nyx_Necrodragon101@reddit

Every pay increase I've had has been from me leaving and getting a new job.
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ArtistEngineer@reddit

Let me consult my spreadsheet ... 2019: 3.05%, 2020: 4.42%, 2021: 4.55%, 2022: 8.78%, 2023: 0.00%, 2024: 2.70% The 2022 increase included a mid-year 5% increase that they gave across the entire company when inflation started shooting up 2023 was the they fired 1/3 of our UK workforce (around 200 people in total) so they didn't give anyone pay increases, and then 2024 they started to reduce the pay increases, probably to force more people to quit ...
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SquidgeSquadge@reddit

Maybe like 20p if anything per hour? We are currently looking to buy our first home and will be relocating to buy as it's cheaper north of London than the south coast. We can be a bit nearer to our aging parents in the north east of England and my husband can work from home but still needs train access to get there the odd time a month. I'm looking at availability for jobs in my field and it's all fucking minimum wage, despite them wanting the qualifications, experience etc. I still only get paid a couple of quid over that but it's so cheeky places want more experienced people but want to pay the walk in wage.
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ChaseTWind-TouchTSky@reddit

I get a pay increase based upon my productivity
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ubiquitousuk@reddit

30% real-terms pay cut since 2010.
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Ctrl-Alt-Del-Monte@reddit

1% this year nothing for the last two years
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BadPallet@reddit

I’m not? Why? Do you know something I don’t?
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totoer008@reddit

I got 10%, because I was « exceptional »
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Hyperion2023@reddit

P…ay … in…crease?
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Longjumping-End2001@reddit

I work in an investment bank and last year we got 0% pay rise for the fourth year running and a 2.4% bonus. At an investment bank. Meanwhile record profits “partially benefitting from the interest rates”. They’re not even shy, when asked about pay rises the CEO says you should have deep dedication to our clients and money goes back to our shareholders. Fuck these companies.
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fbruk@reddit

13% last year...but looking like 1% this year
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saz2377@reddit

Since starting my job in November 2018 have had a pay rise every 6 months all pre arranged on salary journeys. Over the last 5 years I have had approx 15k in pay rises. My last one was October last year and for the first time since starting I haven't got one pre arranged for April. I have possibly topped out on the pay scale for my position now.
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YodasGoldfish@reddit

Whatever the January '25 RPI figure is
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Bowla1916@reddit

Got roughly 10% increase for upskilling on site last week as well as a near infinite supply of timber to burn which when coupled with a back boiler in my fireplace means I’m heating my home for free too. Result
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Zriza@reddit

Just lost my paid breaks.
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Artistic_Ad4753@reddit

Just got a £2 raise
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P2P-BSH@reddit

Annual raise?
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Artistic_Ad4753@reddit

No it's been a few years
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Bango-Fett@reddit

Prison service here, probably around 4-5% after negotiations or perhaps a 3 year deal at 12% in total
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BigZoop69@reddit

4% backdated to April last year and another 4% backdated to when I got my competency up at my railway job. TfL has me in a chokehold and I genuinely despise my work and shifts but I have to keep going for the pension and money
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wilbso@reddit

My previous role I got a 1.4% increase after a year. But for the amount of things I was doing unrelated to my role, felt like it should have been a 14% increase
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KurtWuster@reddit

Nothing. Funding received will not reflect National Insurance increases from April, so the only pay awards will be for staff close to National Living Wage.
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fingersarnie@reddit

Pay increase? Hahahaha…..know any other jokes.
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charlottedoo@reddit

4% in April but it will probably go up again before the years out due to our union fighting for us. I think I’ll go up about £4000 this year due to the pay range in my job increasing. It was 37-45 but now it’s to 51 so we’ll see.
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v2marshall@reddit

Anywhere from 5.5 to 13% in the last 4 years
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4u2nv2019@reddit

6.5%
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ghin6@reddit

I got 8% last year but my rent went up by 4%
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Artistic_Data9398@reddit

2.5 but technically it was 4.5 as it was a 2 year deal
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KnarkedDev@reddit

Just started at a new company, 30% increase since my last job. 40% if I get the full bonus.
View on Reddit #48939158

cjc1983@reddit

4.15%
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steak_bake_surprise@reddit

Nothing, I'm freelance, there's always someone who'll undercut you.
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dl1966@reddit

Why do some companies do yearly reviews and offer no pay rises to anyone? Mainly in the service sector. It’s ridiculous, I get it’s a shit job but what’s the point setting new targets and having more responsibilities if the pay will stay the same?
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NoLoquat7248@reddit

The last official response from my company was along the lines of.. Hahahahahahaha you wish. Don't ask again
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TheRealSlabsy@reddit

😂
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InevitableOk7205@reddit

Unionized workplace, 3.5% last year. Shooting for a flat 5% this year, but that's the negotiation target and by no means guaranteed.
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MinMorts@reddit

About 13% last year, 9.6% so far this year
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AvatarIII@reddit

I think I get told my pay rise in a few days. Probably won't be amazing but I'm expecting more than 1%
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Dzeire@reddit

4.4%
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Alien_Goatman@reddit

10p
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mozzamo@reddit

Your company does not owe you a pay increase to match cost of living. It’s nice if they do, but they need to be making more profit than they were before to make that possible. Shocking how many people fail to understand this
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PhilsomeFour@reddit

Been asked to reduce my hours so an increase ain't happening anytime soon 😭😭
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mozzamo@reddit

You’re funny
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Halfang@reddit

😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 Is this bait
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Bigbadgergnocchi@reddit

You guys are getting pay increases?
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McLeod3577@reddit

Sticking with the same company for too long will mean your pay will stagnate. I've been at companies for long stretches (6 yr, 10yr, 10yr) and it's much harder to negotiate increases compared to getting a new job where the starting salary is already adjusted to the market rate.
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Professional_Elk_489@reddit

Unless you are way above market average in which case it's fine
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Shoddy-Computer2377@reddit

I moved jobs and landed myself a 35% rise over the old one. Then there was a pay review six months in and I got another 2%.
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callardo@reddit

Trouble is when the companies do this they end up spending so much extra money (old company was spending 6 figures alone on agency fees) not to mention all hidden waste off money on training new staff and when they mess something up.
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Perite@reddit

Usually true but not always. Personally I made an internal transfer in my company that gave me a big jump up like I was a new starter. But if I had stayed in the same role at the same level then yes, pay would have stagnated
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DeifniteProfessional@reddit

Sad but true. I've managed to squeeze out a couple of large pay rises as I've progressed my career, but the only way I'm seeing a big pay rise is if the company suddenly does really well and I get a sort of "promotion", otherwise I'll have to leave! Trouble is, going for those few extra quids isn't going to help when the cheapest house in my area is over 10X the new salary still
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Affectionate_Day7543@reddit

Didn’t get anything last year because I hadn’t been in my new role long enough. Done find out this years until may
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bowen7477@reddit

You guys are getting paid?
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SquirrelOfDestiny@reddit

Posts like this remind me of a meeting we had with our CEO about 10 years ago. The company wasn’t doing so well and the CEO came to explain his recovery plan. Part of it would be that bonuses would be cut by 50%. Most of the people in the room looked at each other confused. None of the people on our floor were entitled to bonuses.
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IAdoreAnimals69@reddit

In some kind of bullshit company-wide mandatory attendance "let's meet the new CEO" video call last year the CFO mentioned how profitable the company had been. In the mandatory Q&A at the end one fantastic woman asked "will we be seeing a pay increase because of this?" After stumbling through a very long "No" there was a big kerfuffle in the background, and two months later my salary increased by 0.5%.
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pg3crypto@reddit

Yeah but the thing is, in the UK it is possible for a person or organisation to have an incredibly high net worth, tons of capital and assets, but still be broke as fuck...the only time money costs you virtually nothing is if you're sitting on it and doing nothing with it...and even then, inflation takes it's sliver away. The second you move value in the UK, it is subject to taxes, fees and various other costs and administrative bullshit. There is just no incentive in the UK to move any kind of value around or to share it. Putting an extra pound in an employees pocket costs considerably more than just the £1...if your employer increases your pay by £100, it's entirely possible it costs them double that to do it. This is why most, weirdly even people on higher salaries, are broke as fuck...there's probably loads of people out there wanting to tap into their asset based net worth but it just isn't feasible because they will lose 30-40% of it in taxes, fees, lost time etc...this is why wealth is leaving the country...because there are places...nice warm places where your net worth effectively doubles because it costs virtually nothing to get at it. Personally, I'd rather the money was spent here than in Monte Carlo or somewhere.
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IAdoreAnimals69@reddit

I'm well aware of the problem with distribution issues. Their gross revenue increase was substanfial, and to many people the small pay increase would seem negligible compared to it. I would personally argue It was a generous increase based on the figures. You seem to be attacking the UK quite specifically here. Taxes exist in various forms in most prosperous countries.
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pg3crypto@reddit

Absolutely, I agree. I'm not against taxes, I'm all for them, but when the system is as clunky, outdated and broken as ours is it needs a radical rethink in order to ensure that we aren't inadvertantly punishing behaviour that we want to encourage. The UK in particular has much more punishing laws around investing than countries like say Germany and the US. If you lock up money into an investment in those countries you pay more on short term investment than you do on long term investment. So if I put capital in a business in those countries, the longer I leave it in that business the less tax I pay on the returns. Greater risk, lower tax. In the UK it doesn't matter how long you're invested in something, its the same rate of tax...or worse if the government changes its approach, a longer term investment might attract even more tax...it's therefore not worth investing capital for extended periods of time. You're just punished for it.
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WastedSapience@reddit

Maybe by next year you'll be able to afford to cook at least some of them!
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IAdoreAnimals69@reddit

Imagining myself sitting in a pitch black room after rushing to count out 100 grains of salt before the sun set, running a match flame up and down the length of a frozen chip as my Friday night treat.
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WastedSapience@reddit

It's good to have a dream!
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craigybacha@reddit

They should have put their hands up "sir/maam, we value the company and we're happy for bonuses to be cut by 100%"
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DogScrotum16000@reddit

Statistically yes. The average worker is getting pay rises above the rate if inflation. If you're not you're probably doing something wrong (like being too terrified to leave the public sector because then you won't be able to have 5.99 months per year on the sick)
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IcySandwich2768@reddit

Stop calling me out.
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leoinclapham@reddit

Yes, about 3 % last year for the average performer in the company.
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swallowyoursadness@reddit

You guys are getting paid?
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madame_ray_@reddit

Imagined this in a Will Poulter meme.
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imanc18@reddit

You guys are getting paid?
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dizzycow84@reddit

Literally said that when the notification popped up lol
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proseccopickle@reddit

I said this out loud too!
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Judgegeo@reddit

3% company wide, likely further 2-3% performance related
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mdh89@reddit

Last year I got a 13% pay rise, I’m expecting nothing this year, I may yet be surprised but I highly doubt it.
View on Reddit #48930021

TheTreeDweller@reddit

Going against the grain with a 7.5% increase every six months then an entire review to reflect changes in pay, inflation etc later this year. Electrical engineer before I get asked.
View on Reddit #48929577

Miserable-Entry1429@reddit

12% increase.
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Material_Leg7115@reddit

Last year was 5% this year was 3% both years I got additional RSUs.
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Legit_Vampire@reddit

I work for NHS it will be crap
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wanderingunicorn1@reddit

What's one of those
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CEta123@reddit

Usually get two rises a year at around 2-3% each. Not great, but keeps up with inflation just about. But because tax bands are still not increasing with inflation take home is obviously less than that. I do think these stats are skewed by the top and bottom. Anyone earning between £35k and maybe £80k doesn't beat inflation.
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LogicalReasoning1@reddit

A consistent annual 4-6% increase is pretty good (assuming role isn’t changing)
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Dr_Turb@reddit

I suspect you're right.
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No_Witness_3836@reddit

5% each year.
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Puzzled-Quail2076@reddit

120 a day to 260 a day in 10 years.
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Appropriate-Divide64@reddit

0% for the 2nd year. 😂😂😭
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Moorsie64@reddit

Zero, the same it's been for as long as I've been in my job.
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Mae-jor@reddit

3% on average for the last 4 years. This year I’m aiming for a minimum of 5% as still underpaid for my position.
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ThatChap@reddit

We're asking for 7%. We might get 3%
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Street_Adagio_2125@reddit

6% last year, 3% this year
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ToePsychological8709@reddit

Whatever I decide to put my prices up by.
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mycatiscalledFrodo@reddit

Dunno yet,probably 1%like last year
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BadBadDingo@reddit

As little as my boss can get away with. He'd reduce it given the chance.
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Neeky81@reddit

1% for the past few years. This year it was about 4% which is the best I’ve had it years!!
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idontbleaveit@reddit

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha (catches breath) ha ha ha ha…..
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Specialist-Web7854@reddit

What is this ‘pay increase’ you speak of?
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PurpleSquirrel811@reddit

Whatever they decide the NHS pay bands go up to this year.
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stubwah@reddit

3.5%
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Dartzap@reddit

2% if I'm lucky. 4% if the universe is exceptionally kind.
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thevoiceofalan@reddit

Work in HE current talk is on outsourcing, voluntary severance, recuitment freeze etc. This was also leaked to before some the staff heard.
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tracinggirl@reddit

I think last year i got 13% total. They originally offered 4ish% which was really not enough for me and I was struggling to pay bills. I got another offer, said i was going to leave, and they agreed to the 13%. This year we got told we wont be getting any bonuses or anything, so id be surprised if we got an increase. If we dont, or if its below 4% I will be looking elsewhere and telling them this.
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Euphoric-Brother-669@reddit

12.5%
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Rusty_Fish@reddit

My union have put in for 6% but we expect to get 3-4%
View on Reddit #48907516

rainbosandvich@reddit

My union somehow managed to slash the remuneration package in half this year
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BoopingBurrito@reddit

Were your employer trying to remove it entirely? If so, saving half might have been as much as the union could manage. Remember they don't get to set the budget, the employer does that.
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rainbosandvich@reddit

I hope that they managed to save it from being worse, rather than just rolling over. But I know that there's a probably a reason thee employer encourages people to join that particular union which is probably because they're toothless.
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Raunien@reddit

If your employer is actively encouraging you to join a union it means that union's shit. Or the company is run by socialists but that seems unlikely.
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rainbosandvich@reddit

That's what I figured. The slash in benefits is just further evidence.
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VooDooBooBooBear@reddit

12% last year, 16% this year as a junior software dev.
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XBumheadX@reddit

I believe it’s in negotiation at the moment. Normally gets settled by March and the back dated pay and new rate is in place by April. It was 5.65% last year but the company is doing really well at the moment so I’m hoping it’s not less than this.
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SimplySomeBread@reddit

2.5%, and even that's only because they'd go under minimum wage otherwise. currently sitting at £0.56 above minimum wage (about £1.1k p/a full time), will go down to £0.09 above minimum wage (about £175 p/a full time). it's a fucking disgrace when they're always going on about how much money they spend on shite, rave about how much they're getting from piling extra work onto us (deliveroo et al) and citing inflation as a cost for them, then refusing to raise in line with inflation.
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BeneficialPoet3342@reddit

Told 3.5% across all employees and now being told it's 3%! Not great but I only joined mid August so only worked part of the year and got a decent bump when moving from old company.
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Whitelakebrazen@reddit

10% last year plus a bonus.
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soggy_bellows@reddit

4.5%
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Acceptable-Bag7774@reddit

3%. Got 0% last year 
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ollieroxx@reddit

6.5% last year, 4% this year
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itsheadfelloff@reddit

Last year was 3% but that was the first raise I've had in 3 years or so. I've been looking to move on for years but the job market is dead in my sector. Fortunately nobody really checks my overtime so I'm not exactly struggling.
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DoJ-Mole@reddit

28p an hour increase. Yaaaaay
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Ok-Volume-3112@reddit

10-15% plus (hopefully) a new role on a new salary scale
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Zerodriven@reddit

2.8% is what I think we're expecting, which is bleak.
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alexwhit80@reddit

I think I will get this year a twix and a pat on the back.
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will-je-suis@reddit

Just got 4.5% which I was pleasantly surprised by as was expecting about half that
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Real_Drama68@reddit

The only way I’m getting a pay increase is if I move jobs. The NI increase in the UK has fucked yo any chance of decent pay rises for pretty much everyone this year.
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help022@reddit

2.5%. But im moving jobs which is given me a 25% increase. Don't hang around for crappy pay rises - jump ship
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Future-Obligation-80@reddit

Pay increase 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I work for the NHS, undervalued, under paid and overloaded with work!
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Informal_Drawing@reddit

2.9% CPI instead of the 3.5% CPIH We should be getting. Cheap bastards think we can't work out we are getting fucked over.
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louietp@reddit

I’ve not once received a pay increase. Only when minimum wage have gone up
View on Reddit #48918215

DrThots@reddit

10.94% payrise
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TheHammeredDog@reddit

5.88% this year, pretty happy considering I only started in the role last July! Apparently the average across my company was 3%.
View on Reddit #48918172

StationFar6396@reddit

20% drop. Such is the life of a business owner.
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ImBonRurgundy@reddit

3% Got 3% last year and 3% the year before
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deadeye-ry-ry@reddit

I got 6% last year hopefully something similar this year
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BenjiTheSausage@reddit

About 50%... But I'm currently an apprentice
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woodseatswanker@reddit

0%, after 0% last year and 0% the year before that. Yes I am looking for a new job.
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AnonymousTimewaster@reddit

I only joined in November so I won't be getting anything this year, but I moved from a £26k role to a £43k one so that was a good 50% or so.
View on Reddit #48917551

DarkLordZorg@reddit

Our EBITDA was 18% we're getting 2% I did get a bonus though.
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Charming_Rub_5275@reddit

7.2% this year and a small bonus. Pretty happy.
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Bishost@reddit

Can I ask what can be expected as a graduate engineer at a big company (not software engineering though), it’s been difficult to find out what pay rises we can expect
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PeachesnPain@reddit

My company won’t allow promotions or salary increases within 2 years, and I got 10% after 3 years
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Bloody-smashing@reddit

4% we got in November. "Higher than inflation" pay rise apparently
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FabulousPetes@reddit

Last year we got 5% which was okay, but this year looking at below 3%.
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ChillCommissar@reddit

A stern thank you through gritted teeth that's supposed to represent a smile. Then a polite "let's really try our best to up the sales and keep costs to a minimum"
View on Reddit #48916893

Papaya-Extract@reddit

12.5%, but they will expect 20% more of me.
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KittyLover-7@reddit

Getting a pizza party
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Bread_is_the_devil@reddit

8% each year for the last 2, when I worked in HE I was given 0.5% and told to say thank you when inflation was 12% so I resigned and got a better job
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Calm-Treacle8677@reddit

0% but My rent went up so I now qualify for universal credit as a full time employee. 
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ygn@reddit

0% because they argue I'm the highest paid engineer in my team
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Striking_Smile6594@reddit

No idea yet, we find out in March. Only been with my company for just under 18 months so this is first time I'm considered eligible to be included the annual pay review.
View on Reddit #48916463

goodmythicalmickey@reddit

30% (I've got a new job)
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samejhr@reddit

8% in January, 16.5% last year, 11% in 2023.
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craigybacha@reddit

When I was employed I got no yearly pay rises for 6 years at a company outside of a promotion (which I forged and pushed for myself) and ONE 5% rise. No wonder people jump around. If I was doing it again I'd have jumped around more at the beginning of my career. Now I'm self employed, my earnings this year are on track to be around 70% more than last year. I doubt it will compound year-on-year like this, but hopefully there's still good growth to be had .
View on Reddit #48916394

DrDamnDaniel@reddit

We got claps during Covid
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pencilrain99@reddit

I do not covet fincial reward , I want Power! The power to be supreme, the power to be almighty, the power to be Master of the Universe!
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Kind_Shift_8121@reddit

None. Industrial sectors worldwide have gone through a contraction due to political instability. If we could focus on getting some work done instead of voting for populist candidates that promise better living conditions, then maybe we could improve living conditions.
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tacticall0tion@reddit

Not a large enough one.... Welding was once a nice well paid job, currently the gap between skilled pay, and minimum wage is dreadful. I've pointed out to my boss that I could be paid the same, if not more being sat at home doing telemarketing bullshit rather than commuting to work, getting filthy, and having the stress of making sure products are made correctly, functional, and safe... Oh yeah I'm also the only person of the 10 people who work in my company that is able to program our cobot welder.... Reckon I'll be lucky to hear "50p raise" in April... A whole £1,000/y I won't even notice the difference
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LJ161@reddit

2.4% :(
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WiccanPixxie@reddit

I don’t believe the company and union negotiations for this year have even started yet. We are only getting our pay increase from last year (backdated) next month! I mean it’ll be a nice lump to get at once, but it would be nice if just once, they managed to negotiate and have it settled within a much shorter space of time! Last years pay increase was 3.8%
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OutrunningReality@reddit

5% plus rumoured company wide 40 week bonus (I don't live in the UK).
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ooooomikeooooo@reddit

We really need to normalise using indexes instead of % to show earnings, and inflation, increases over time. If you get paid £1k per week and then get a 0% rise for 9 years and then a 50% rise in year 10 it looks like a 50% rise but if inflation has gone up 5% per year that would be 63% and cumulatively it would be £11.5k Vs £14.2k. Using year to year values allows employers to hide previous year's underpayments. Indexes stops them being able to do that. This is why doctors in the NHS seem unreasonable asking for massive rises for pay restoration when they are only asking for recompense for the years of underpayment and all that would do is being out in love with what they should be getting more but does nothing to reclaim all the money lost in the years between.
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Purdowner@reddit

I find it interesting that so many of the comments here are a kind of “I’ve got it worse” complaint which sometimes seem to imply those getting more should get a pay reduction rather than everyone on lower pay should get an uplift. For those in sectors where it’s possible, if you want to fight for better pay & conditions consider joining a union. I know they get things wrong, but overall it’s better to stand together than try to get change individually. I am no ideologue, but I do believe in solidarity.
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Federal-Hippo5805@reddit

Maybe 5%. However it still only takes me to just above minimum wage.
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OddPerspective9833@reddit

8% last year but that was in relation to a specific target. 3% this year
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Dessie_Hull@reddit

14% this year after 1.5% last year and 10% the year before. Last year was tough but we’re pushing for growth this year and things feel optimistic so far.
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murrzeak@reddit

Last few times I got it, it was 3% for just a bump and %6 with a promo. Not too big in real money after tax.
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dlay87@reddit

I earn about 12% more than I did in 2017.
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owlracoon@reddit

I work in hospitality. So none. Tbf I'm paid above minimum wage already. (Manager)
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DukeofMemeborough@reddit

The last two years it’s been 5%, this year it’s 3%.
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Quick_Mongoose_2205@reddit

2% ish. Better than nothing I guess.
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External_Pay_5897@reddit

2023 - 8.5% 2024 - 3.5% 2025 - TBC 2023 I joined my first Company that actually gives Pay Rises or the expectation is there from its staff. 2006 - 2022 I would typically get 1-2% every 2-3 Years. It wouldn't be unheard of to go three years without a raise. It's given me a sense of zero expectation. If we get nothing this Year, I'll just take it as being the default option. I think colleagues would kick off but I'm used to being shat on.
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ComplexOccam@reddit

5%. But I’ll be switching jobs as that’s still not enough for the shit I do.
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Facelessroids@reddit

About 10% a year
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Scrot123@reddit

3%, hopefully. Realistically I expect it to be about 0-1%, which works out as an extra £20 in my pay. Whoopee.
View on Reddit #48915620

Overlook_Johnny@reddit

I wasn't expecting one as we lost a major contract, but my boss and the MD said my work was exemplary and gave me a 10% increase.
View on Reddit #48915518

chlotastrophe@reddit

2.5% this year
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Silver-Doughnut-9217@reddit

2%. Also expected to work past 5pm on a regular basis unpaid as that's how a salary works apparently..
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penguin62@reddit

Excluding grading, last year I got 6%. Including grading it was nearly 30%.
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Elemayowe@reddit

3.5% was our first offer and is current out for voting with our union members.
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The_JimJam@reddit

5% the first year, 2.5% this year. But my wage is still below the average in the UK (not including London) So not a large increase by any means
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Bacon4Lyf@reddit

Everyone gets 6% but then as an apprentice my pay goes up as I reach my next year of apprenticeship anyway. In May I’ll “graduate” and be on full whack which will be nice, and then when I finish my degree a couple months after that I’ll be put on engineers salary which I’m expecting to be about 6k more than technician
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notanadultyadult@reddit

My boss hinted it would 2.5% which isn’t great tbh.
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StopTheTrickle@reddit

A fairly substantial one. Because I just quit my old job to find a new one. No money in loyalty these days
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Curious_Reference999@reddit

Last year 0% Year before 0% The year before that 5% This year .... -100% as they are shutting down the UK side of the business.
View on Reddit #48915101

JohnLennonsNotDead@reddit

Tree fiddy (3.5%) £500 bonus and £1250 as the business has done well share price wise.
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RagingFuckNuggets@reddit

I got 3% this year. Last year was 5% and the year before that was 17.5% (uplifted inline with market average). You'd have thought that the business improving massively would have meant higher wage rises but nope.. Realise I'm very lucky so I'm not whining, my employer just says how important we are as a team, very important role, we've almost doubled our results but the pay does not reflect this.
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whiskyguitar@reddit

Hahahaha
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WAJGK@reddit

For me, the increase this year will be the headline CPI inflation rate in May (or June, can't quite remember) - so, likely to be somewhere between 2-3%. This follows a 4.5% increase last year.
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DeifniteProfessional@reddit

Ah yes, the CPI rate. A measurement companies use to increase pay for employees, but double it to get their figures for mid-contract price increases
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Bagabeans@reddit

We usually get something similar, but with the increase in Employer National Insurance this year I'm not hopeful!
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oPlayer2o@reddit

Hahaha…..!! Ahaha…!!! Good joke guy.
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PoliticsNerd76@reddit

Why would they pay you more if you won’t leave? The only way to get consistent payrises is to job hop
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Honest-Conclusion338@reddit

Find out next month. Work for a global company which has posted record profits but already hearing the NI changes in the UK could affect UK pay rises. Got 8% last year and I imagine its going to be 5% this year Bonus will be a minimum 10% though. I'm never leaving this place
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Returning_Addict@reddit

5% last year. Not confirmed this year but expecting approx 3%
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jason14wm@reddit

You guys getting paid??
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joylessbrick@reddit

Ours should be 3%. Last year I didn’t get it because my employment date was 1 day before the cutoff date, despite working in the same role for 3 years prior. We even had a big meeting before that where it was pointed out that our branch saved more than 100k. Ok. No biggie, rules are rules (although I tried to challenge that because of being 1 day away from the cutoff date, whiiiich was due to my line managers (3 of them) incompetence, but it is what it is... This year we've saved 150k. There's hints that the budget will not allow for an increase... Not only we're turning a profit with at least a 10% KPI increase, but we fucking saved 150k on top! Wtf... and people look at me funny when I say I'm not doing 0.1% more than what I'm required to. When I raised this with my direct manager, I was told I should be happy to have a job. He didn’t threaten me, that was his genuine opinion...
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boneless_souffle@reddit

Had an increase in Sept with another one to follow in March which totals a 4.8% increase. Still paid in peanuts, just slightly more peanuts.
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Daniito21@reddit

2% in 2023, 6% in 2024 (I was promoted to Senior), so increases below inflation WITH a promotion, sucks
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labbusrattus@reddit

We in the NHS on AfC got 5.5% for 2024/25. However, looking at my band on the pay spine, it’s still 12% or 24% less than the same band in 2010, adjusted for CPI and RPI respectively.
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D0wnb0at@reddit

I am on less money now than I was 18 years ago for doing the same job, and I’m not even taking inflation into account. Oversaturated market these days so day rates for contractors have plummeted.
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MelodicAd2213@reddit

Union are pushing for 12% but can’t see that happening. Three year pay deal completed last year, I felt I had got a considerable increase, until I used the BoE inflation calculator and discovered it only increased my starting salary from 14 years prior in line with inflation. So on that basis it was more of a levelling than an increase. That’s public sector pay for you.
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247_baccardiandcoke@reddit

Well I don't think it going to be as good as it has been now that labour are in power. Having said that it depends on what job you do.  We shall see come the end of tax year 
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SuspiciousElevator5@reddit

Base was up c. 15%, incl. Bonus a little higher at around 16%. Still in quite a high growth stage part of my career, and expect base to come ahead of all-in in next few years (partly as slightly underpaid). That being said I work in a career where £5k+ annual base rise is an expectation for the first 10+ years!
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Flat-Struggle-155@reddit

7% (tech)
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lab88@reddit

We've not done bad (dock workers) since covid we've had about 20% raise. Think we got 7, 5 4 and 4% the last few years. Plus a few cash payments and an extra 1% to our pension. So can't really complain
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IamFilthyCasual@reddit

lol I didn’t see a pay rise in the last 5 years. They actually reworked the commission structure so we’re effectively earning even less than we did a while ago
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joey_shabadoo_junior@reddit

The pay review body has put forward a 3.8% increase. The government normally agrees to it. Will get it in September all being well. Downside is that it will push me into the 40% tax bracket ☹️
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StressedOldChicken@reddit

In academia we're grateful if we're not being made redundant.
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TweakUnwanted@reddit

You spelt decrease wrong
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Many-Giraffe-2341@reddit

Company I work for has an amount for pay increases. Unionised workers come first, who generally get a 6-7% raise. Non unionised grades generally get what's left. So last year we got 1%. Surprised if we get more than that this year. Also first year my bonus is payable but I bet we don't get one!
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ElizabethHiems@reddit

I’m not but if I do overtime I’m getting a pay decrease.
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Mindless-Credit191@reddit

5% but in private sector so pretty happy with that
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toodog@reddit

company statement “Due to national insurance increases there will be no pay rise this year and all expansion plans and additional staff has been put on hold. hopefully will we get through the new challenges or redundancies will be forthcoming.”
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Kind_Ad5566@reddit

Zero last year, not looking good for this year as nothing mentioned yet.
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DrHenryWu@reddit

2.5% offered with some clauses but rejected. Will see what happens next
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IansGotNothingLeft@reddit

After being horribly underpaid for a long time, we got new bosses last year and I had a 16% increase. This means I'm likely not getting one at all this year and I'm ok with that. But if I don't get one next year, I'll be extremely annoyed. I will be getting a bonus this year for the first time in my life. So that's nice.
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CandyKoRn85@reddit

Sounds like you work at the same place I work 😂
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Dramoriga@reddit

Plot twist: you're sitting next to each other in the office!
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Noxidw@reddit

Plot twist twist: same person, 2 different accounts
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IansGotNothingLeft@reddit

Can confirm, I am CandykoRn85.
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PeteSampras12345@reddit

Next to each other in ~the office~ toilet cubicles.
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EquivalentAccess1669@reddit

It’s not been confirmed yet but mine will be around 10% however it’s only 10% because of a pay progression scheme the company does if I wasn’t in that scheme it would be 3.5%
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cider-with-lousy@reddit

Average pay rises in the UK in the three months to December 2024 reported today to have been 6%
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ooft54@reddit

It's performance dependent but as long as you're not considered a poor performer (in which case you get nothing) somewhere between 1 and 3%
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The0nlyRyan@reddit

I work for the NHS so I'll be lucky if I get a cold
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flumpsy@reddit

4% this year, but last year 1%
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Browneskiii@reddit

In an unskilled job: I went from base 26k to base 29k and got a 2k bonus. That's before my daily bonus for just hitting my targets. I dont really do anything, i just show up and do my job, nothing less, nothing more. I'm at the bottom, but I'm respected so i get away with murder, i could literally show up an hour late and nobody would care as things get done. They know I'm good at what i do and they know i dont need the job, so they let things slide, within reason. (I'd never take the piss, but i know i could) I dont push myself, its easy once you know what you're doing, and the people there are good, never had an issue with management either, other than the standard "why the fuck are we doing this?" Type of moment which I'm over after half hour. All in all, for doing basically nothing, I'm on just under 35k a year. I genuinely dont know why people don't do these low stress low responsibility jobs more often.
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SirTinkleberry@reddit

My last pay rise (effective from January) was 14% following a very good appraisal
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Remote-Natural910@reddit

A pay what now?
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TheNymphsAreDeparted@reddit

10% - but I have taken on a managerial role and have covered maternity leave (unpaid) for the last 5 months. Still pretty underpaid for my role to be honest!
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maybemrolo@reddit

2.5% for inflation and 3% because I’m underpaid enough already
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KFC_Fleshlight@reddit

15% but I am 20% underpaid against the market for my role. My employer won’t match me until I get an offer equal to that. However the fact I am yet to get an offer suggests although I am underpaid against the market compared to job listings I am not actually not underpaid against the supply of employees. So… can’t really complain until someone is willing to pay me more.
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extinctionAD@reddit

5% I believe - and still, people will be complaining about it.
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DoKtor2quid@reddit

Pay increase? What is this?
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Venoxulous@reddit

Had a 15% and 17% last year. Will be surprised if i get anything this year 😄
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rohithimself@reddit

6.4% last year. Joined new company in October. Will know in March.
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mknight1701@reddit

3 years on the new job and not only is there no pay rise, expectations are already set that none will be given. The gossip is that we have to leave, attain market value and then come back.
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CorporateWageSlave20@reddit

10.5%
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BigBunneh@reddit

Self employed, this year nothing. Last year I gave myself a 7% ride, but that was the first in about seven years. It's a weird market to be in. I do know others who pay themselves more though, so maybe I should up mine - just don't want to scare existing customers away, I don't have many.
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Scrumpyguzzler@reddit

When I worked in the public sector, I remember learning that we would be on a temporary pay freeze by hearing it on local radio as I drove in to work. No official communication. Temporary pay freeze lasted years and when it ended we only got 1%.
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katiehasaraspberry@reddit

4.5%
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Away_Cauliflower1367@reddit

I got 4.5% last year and would be glad to get the same this year. Although, it will push me into the next tax bracket (unless that changes also) So it won't be as much in real terms.
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ARobertNotABob@reddit

Ha-ha-ha%
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Choccybizzle@reddit

We’ve set our stall out for a real world pay raise. We’ve gone in at 2.5% above inflation for the year. Realistically when I ballot the collective they’d probably accept somewhere around 0.5% above inflation plus a few other perks.
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slartybartfast6@reddit

3.2% across the board in our company, well below inflation again, bit slightly more than last year, but only because the union kicked off.
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wilddogecoding@reddit

Not enough!! And when you do fucking everything goes up!
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veryblocky@reddit

I’m going to find out in March, but if it’s as low as yours I’ll be livid. Didn’t get one last year due to two acquisitions within a 9 month period, so I’m hopeful it’ll be slightly larger to accommodate that
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Conscious_Atmosphere@reddit

94.50/ day to 104.50/day As agency TA
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Mammyjam@reddit

3% this year after 4% last year
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Jimmywtv@reddit

Hahahahaha. I wish.
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SickPuppy01@reddit

At 56 I'm finally at a stage where I'm able to get some good pay rises. Last year it was 10% but that was to keep up with inflation last year, this year's was 9%. Most of that is a result of taking on more responsibilities in my role. In order to do that I had to take on a load of extra training and studying.
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Purp1eMagpie@reddit

Whatever the union agree. Early days in the year yet. I doubt they've even gone for talks yet
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MountainMuffin1980@reddit

Civil Service?
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Purp1eMagpie@reddit

Negative
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throwthrowthrow529@reddit

Think last year I got 20% ish. This year I’m we’ve agreed 6% with a further 6% in 6 months time based on some performance metrics
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No-Accident6125@reddit

Below inflation (again) same as last 5 years
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DogScrotum16000@reddit

You ever thought of not working for the civil service or do you depend too much on the flexitime, generic sick and toothless HR?
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No-Accident6125@reddit

Who hurt you?
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vishbar@reddit

8.3% this year.
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Lovethosebeanz@reddit

I just got a 14.8% increase which was nice.
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Boonz-Lee@reddit

Just started a new job that pays 50% more than my previous one. Hoping for a nice annual pay rise in April also
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Jin-bro@reddit

Big 4 consultancy: absolutely nothing this year.
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Strict-Candidate-144@reddit

Jeez that’s bad. B4 here also, but based in UAE. I’ll have to wait to hear about how we fare in August
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geenexotics@reddit

I’ve been at my job 3 years now and we had 1 pay increase the first year and since then absolutely nothing even though inflation has gone up 20% since 2021. I hate this country
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PleasantAd7961@reddit

My unions still debating. We don't just get pay. We negotiate work life balance and lump sum payouts etc but we tend to get cost ofving pay of beteeen 2 and 4 %
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AddressOpposite@reddit

I always walk into the bosses office in the first week of April and tell him I deserve a wage rise. Due to my experience and reliance on within the company I generally manage to negotiate around 7.5% each year.
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tkayll91@reddit

Nothing at all, which I was expecting for this year. But I will be getting a very nice bonus at the end of next month, which, even after the tax man takes his chunk, will leave me better off than a small % increase would have been.
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moleyman9@reddit

10% in two years whilst bringing in massive cost saving measures that actually pay my entire salary
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A_Chicken_Called_Kip@reddit

Rumour is 1.3% this year.
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Maffers@reddit

2 years ago, everyone in the company got a flat 2K a year increase to help combat the cost of living. Worked out at over 7%. (however, in the years before covid we went 4-5 years with no pay rise) Last year I was surprised we got 4.5%. This year, we've been told we are getting on and it will be backdated to the start of the year, but they haven't released the amount yet. I'd be very surprised if it was over 2.5%, we've had a good year, but the company was bought over and there was some lay off's etc.
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CraigTheBrewer12@reddit

Worked in a very unionised place which meant we were basically guaranteed a payrise of around 1-1.5% each year. Now I’ve moved to a different place where we have yearly pay reviews and appraisals which are interlinked, so the better my performance is, the more of a pay rise I’ll get. I don’t like this system as I’m shit in most aspects of my role.
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jimmy011087@reddit

Probably the usual 3%… hopefully go for a promotion later this year though and continue to make use of some pretty generous overtime rules
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pm_me_your_amphibian@reddit

I just gave myself a 20k payrise by moving jobs, which is the only way to really do it in my experience.
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Intelligent-Media12@reddit

Got 5% last year. Had to fight to get 12% this year but threatened to leave to finally get them to agree. Uk wage is falling behind the rest of the world.
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Watcher1818@reddit

5% in January; 3% previous January
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Western-Mall5505@reddit

I'm looking for work at the moment so hopefully I will be getting £11.44 soon.
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Robojobo27@reddit

In my current job? £0 and 0p to be precise.
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1966Royall@reddit

Not enough, that's what I'm getting
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midlifecrisis563@reddit

Yet to be announced but would imagine around 3%
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covertjules@reddit

Between 4 and 5% every year since I can remember. Social housing sector.
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EatingCoooolo@reddit

Not that it’s a pay increase but I have gone from a council to private sector doing the same job and may pay has doubled.
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MountainMuffin1980@reddit

I have a few friends in the Civil Service thinking of doing this, but the worry about job stability is worrying. Were you headhunted at all? How did you go about finding a post similar to what you already do?
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EatingCoooolo@reddit

They found me on LinkedIn. I work in IT so there’s a huge contracting culture which always opens new positions because of the job hopping.
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MountainMuffin1980@reddit

Ah the rare case of LinkedIn being useful! Have friends who work in IT and we're interested in the Civil Service until they saw how poor the pay was!
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Training-Trifle-2572@reddit

It's been anywhere between 1% and 6.5% over the last 5 years. I'd guess with the current inflation rate we'll be looking at somewhere around 3% this year. They'll probably wait until April to tell us as well.
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360Saturn@reddit

Still waiting to find out if I'm getting kept or cut this year 🙃🤷‍♂️
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d334455@reddit

20% (the joys of pay-wars in the sector)
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osterlay@reddit

Every April we get a pay increase to reflect the cost living. Our union also fights to bump our pay every year or so.
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Ok-Succotash-2885@reddit

In line with cost of living. But our bosses aren't tight fisted arseholes
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stuaird1977@reddit

I reckon about 4% this year , .
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tfn105@reddit

11.5% last year 10.3% this year
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clichepioneer@reddit

A glorious+1.49% that I probably have already spent.
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Daveddozey@reddit

Get a new job. Average wages are up 12.5% in the last 2 years, you’re up 3.5%
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Warriorcatv2@reddit

You have a job? Mind letting me know how you got it? I'm going on a year with applications just being ghosted.
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CaveJohnson82@reddit

1.3% I think mine works out at. And whaddaya know, record profits again this year and yet! Bonus is only just over what I got last year and still half way I got two years ago.
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continentaldreams@reddit

I got 5% which isn't too bad. In the last 5 years my salary has risen by £20k - thanks to company hopping and generally doing a mint job.
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thehman88@reddit

Got 7.5% last year which wasn’t too bad, dk about this year yet.
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paulbdouglas@reddit

3% this year, 5% last year and 10% the previous year, if this trend keeps up, I know I am getting shafted next year
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KnightShiningUK@reddit

Going back to my old job with a 6% pay increase, of which the tax man will take half of course.
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Gibbo982@reddit

Depends what the government decides. Ambulance service always get their pay rise about Sept time. Really takes the piss.
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vsurresh@reddit

Internal pay rise is around £3k - 4k but when I switch jobs it's anywhere from £15k - 20k
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bombhead70@reddit

k
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726wox@reddit

Moody he answered the question 😂
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Zs93@reddit

We usually get 3.5% increase
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726wox@reddit

Got offered 8%, moved jobs and managed to get a 23% increase in doing so
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NoStick9439@reddit

Expectation 5% but realistically closer to 2.5%/3%
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1Redditr2RuleThemAll@reddit

*Cries in public sector* 
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bambinoquinn@reddit

I work in a company that has US and UK employees, but we are all in the same teams. 7 promotions on the US side with pretty decent raises, great bonuses. 1 promotion UK side, and my raise was about £300 a year. I know other people aren't getting anything and they did gut an entire division of the company last year, but my workload has increased by an insane amount in the last 6 months, and for an extra £5.70 a week, it felt like a bit of a punch to the gut
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nimbusgb@reddit

Good joke.
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AzzTheMan@reddit

They do pay rises before Xmas here, and it's more of a pay review than standard cost of living increase. Managed to get 5% this time, and 10% before that. The 10% one covered the increase in my mortgage, I hope the rates come down before I have to remortgage again in a few months. Really feel for you guys who haven't gotten a rise
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NGBoy1990@reddit

I just took a promotion for a 10% pay increase, will probably get another 3% on that in the annual review Last year was 5% plus other changes to terms and allowances I think I work for a good company who treats it's employees pretty well
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plukhkuk@reddit

None - had a shit performance review after a year of poor mental health/personal problems so no payrise for me in 2025.
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plukhkuk@reddit

None - had a shit performance review after a year of poor mental health/personal problems so no payrise for me in 2025
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Shmiguelly@reddit

Probably the same. I've been in my job six years and every year I get closer to being on minimum wage with the amount that goes up compared to my salary. It's shit. Applied for so many other jobs this past year and got nothing back.
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Mission-Raccoon979@reddit

Zero
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mw3915@reddit

I had a meeting last week where we were told nobody below management level would be getting a pay rise this year. In 2024 the company made around £12 billion profit.
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Ry_White@reddit

Increase? Bitch it decreased.
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LDodge7047@reddit

I got 5% last year and then same again this year
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bacon_cake@reddit

I'm giving my staff 5% this year. Albeit I haven't taken a salary for 6 weeks so mine's going down the shitter this year!
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Wgh555@reddit

Council unions have requested 3k or 10% for me but not a chance the employers will agree to that, will be lucky to get half that.
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Historical_Cobbler@reddit

Around 4%, would’ve been higher if it wasn’t for the change to NI contributions from the employer which is a shame. Our budget for pay raise was a fixed pot and the change of NI comes out of it.
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lordofthedancesaidhe@reddit

I was that unimpressed with my pay rise last year I left.
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Watsis_name@reddit

Got 9% last October, 3% last January, and a promotion worth 11% the October before last.
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Daveger4@reddit

Between 1-3% depending on how the worldwide company does. They always find a way to make it the lower end though. So in real monetary terms pretty much nothing
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JaguarOk5267@reddit

17% last year. This year, ~40% expected.
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sayris@reddit

11% this year, been averaging about 15-20% YOY since graduating
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snippity_snip@reddit

5% last year. We’ve been offered 3.2% this year plus a 10% increase on our bonus. I have unionisation to thank for the fact I have consistent pay increases. Join a fucking Union.
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Lonely_Cod3080@reddit

Be grateful that your actually getting an increase...try working self employed in construction...we get pay cuts
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Funky_monkey2026@reddit

*you're
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Lonely_Cod3080@reddit

Oh wow....did that make u feel better correcting my spelling
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azkeel-smart@reddit

Which trade is getting pay cuts? I have been recruiting in construction insdutry for years and it must have escaped me.
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Lonely_Cod3080@reddit

Price work on building sites has dropped a lot...brickwork 2 year back was 700-720 a thousand..its now 600...day rate prices have dropped from 25per hour to 20..when housebuilders slow down prices get slashed..subbies take 5% sometimes more in cuts to keep work...that then gets handed down to the trades..
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SpudFire@reddit

6% towards the end of last year
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Dan_85@reddit

A pizza party. Max 2 slices per employee.
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blackleydynamo@reddit

2.7%, plus I go up a point on the pay scale, so that's about another 2%. Not going to be buying Ferrari any time soon, but I'm very aware that's better than a great deal of people.
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geekhalla@reddit

We will gain the legally obligated bare minimum, and this will be heralded as a kindness we should be grateful for.
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Henno212@reddit

0.0%
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Karenzo81@reddit

No idea, the unions have been fighting it out for 5 months
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sparklylime@reddit

2.8% has been proposed. No chance of it being decided and implemented by April unfortunately so will likely drag on for months.
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Old-Refrigerator340@reddit

You know dam well that whatever we get, the pension brackets will change again to swallow it up.
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ichbinmatt@reddit

Good old Agenda for Change eh?
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buginarugsnug@reddit

2% last year and 4% this year. I wouldn't have got anywhere near the 4% if my skills also weren't increasing though (working towards quals).
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meglimeg@reddit

We’re getting a 3% pay decrease if we want to stay in our current pension scheme ✌️
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No_Art_1977@reddit

5% last year which was a surprise
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nuzzer92@reddit

Approaching my two year mark.. no mention has been made of a pay rise, save for grumbling about new NMW
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dizzycow84@reddit

I don't know. I'm on unemployment benefits so we shall see what April brings if anything 🤞
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NobleRotter@reddit

I'm 53 and never had an inflation linked pay rise. Currently self employed (have been for a lot of working life) so my answer will depend on how well I run the business and how much headwind the economy generates. I do need to increase prices though.
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steve4982@reddit

6.5% last yr this year still not released yet
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manlikenick@reddit

I got 5% this year.
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SamVimesBootTheory@reddit

whatever the minimum wage increase is
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Huffers1010@reddit

Nothing. I'm self employed. It was once possible to negotiate occasional pay rises out of people, but these days, the only route to more money is to find better clients. It's pretty miserable for me but I hate to think what's happening to the new entrants who will generally be on rock bottom wages to begin with.
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aredditusername69@reddit

A pay what?
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PM_ME_VAPORWAVE@reddit

I don’t work
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GrandDukeOfNowhere@reddit

£25; Amazon gift voucher for the employee of the month
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ThePolymath1993@reddit

I got 3.5% last year. At the time that was basically in line with inflation. Better than a poke in the eye with a stick I guess.
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Roylemail@reddit

You people get pay rises?
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f1boogie@reddit

The "real living wage" for my salary. Everything else will probably stay the same. Unless the feel like promoting me at some point.
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Jealous_Echo_3250@reddit

Base was 24% yoy. Bonus was 250% yoy, but only 200% based on 3 year average.  Next year bonus will be minimum 33% yoy. 45% tax rate payer, so not too shabby to be honest. 
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OverTheCandlestik@reddit

Whatever the legal minimal pay increase is lmao
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h3x1@reddit

10.25% this April. 3.25% is cost of living and 7% is performance.
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Mispict@reddit

Probably 3%. Thats what we get most years.
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ultraboomkin@reddit

I am going from £30k to £32k changing jobs next week.
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cmdrxander@reddit

Last year was just under 1%… waiting to find out this year’s!
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CF_Zymo@reddit

2% in 2 years. The beauty (/s) of primary care in the UK.
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CURB_69@reddit

Awful isn't it my wife is a GP partner and she's had to cut her take home pay by a significant amount to give a miserly 3% pay rise to practice staff. Government isn't increasing primary care budgets in line with inflation
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Captain_Kruch@reddit

Depends on how many packets of biscuits and one-bite cakes I can sell on the black market.
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mumwifealcoholic@reddit

I got 3.5 this year, but 9% last year and 11% the year before. And guess what..the company I work for is doing amazing despite being generous to their workers.
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beifty@reddit

or maybe "because of" instead of "despite"
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markhalliday8@reddit

If the minimum wage goes up, mine goes up by that amount. So I technically get a little poorer each time. I sleep away from home. The sleep rate never goes up.
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astralmamba@reddit

Got 3% in December
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Jabberminor@reddit

Every time this question is posted, there's a lot of people saying they don't get pay increases, myself included. I wonder what the percentage of those getting pay increases is, and what work sector they're in.
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opc100@reddit

Fuck knows until the unions come to an agreement in around November.
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NurseAbbers@reddit

*laughs in NURSE* My council tax gets a bigger pay increase than I do. My council refuses rattling pots and pans as payment (from the pandemic), and Lidl kicked me out for trying to pay in good will. And to make it even better, the press invites people who have no idea what I actually do to.comment on whether or not I deserve a pay increase at all. Apparently, my degree and further study/CPD are useless because Nursing is a vocation, not a profession.
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hamjamham@reddit

Joined the business a few days late so I'll still be on "probation", miss out on bonus & payrise for 3 days shy of 18 months. Need to be there 6 months at the cut off, I'll have been there 5 months 28 days :'( 2026 it is, hopefully!
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itsamberleafable@reddit

Ours is based on your manager review. 1/ 5 - 0 2/5 - 2.5% 3/5 - 5% 4/5 - 7.5% 5/5 - 10% Worth noting that a 2 is OK, 3 is doing well, 4 you’re getting promoted and 5 is pretty much unheard of so not as generous as it first looks. Still pretty good though. 
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VladThePain@reddit

2.5%
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Dramoriga@reddit

Lol, I read the majority of comments and now I feel justified getting pissed off at some finance bro's I know who were pissed last year that they "only" got 20% pay increase, not including the 8 grand bonus. I work in the 3rd sector and was happy to get 4% to stay in line with inflation
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North-Village3968@reddit

What’s this pay increase you speak of ? Being left on the same wage year after year is a pay cut in real terms
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TheDoctor66@reddit

My sector got a flat £1290 or 2.5% depending on what was more. That pay award was finally finished last December and applied retrospectively to April 2024. 
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Self-Exiled@reddit

What is a pay increase?
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slb95@reddit

15% this year but I’ve bent over backwards for them for the last year. It’s nice to see a substantial pay rise
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brigzy09@reddit

Every time minimum wage goes up the wage matches it 🤣😅😭
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jonewer@reddit

Probably none. I'm in the public sector and we're having austerity inflicted on us with a savagery Lizz Truss could only dream of.
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atomic_mermaid@reddit

3.2%. It's the first company I've worked for that actually gives pay rises.
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iamdadmin@reddit

You guys are getting paid?
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peachypeach13610@reddit

A miserable 2.5%, and that’s with a promotion. For a hugely profitable company who smashed their targets once again.
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Remarkable-Ad155@reddit

Switched jobs this month for a cool 15%. Last gig tried to pull the "tough times, no room in the budget, let's see in 6 months" bullshit so I immediately walked (along with several others). There's a lesson there somewhere. 
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MJRINVESTS@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/sgrh87z91vje1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3e7fc45738b756695cf0b1ca104617a06c0d3775 Annual pay growth was apparently 5.9% from October to December... mine has been 0% for 2 years 😂
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811545b2-4ff7-4041@reddit

Last year they had the gall to delay pay rises to October, and then, they were sub 1%. So I'm expecting nothing better than that.
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Phyonix@reddit

Because of a screw-up with the accountants and my PAYE, my pay's actually a bit lower now 😭
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cloudylemo@reddit

3% as an additional rate tax payer this year  However my teams got between 5-10% (lower the grade, higher the pay rise) In fact, we cut our annual bonuses to pay for the additional increases for the junior staff.
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FridgeRaider93@reddit

4% 2025 4.5% 2024 5.5% 2023 plus a lumper
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OkWhole2453@reddit

4% last year, 2.5% from April onwards
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Jebble@reddit

20% in 2022 (this was due to an earlier promotion as well) and then 18% in 2023. 2% in 2024, expecting 2% again in July.
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Traditional-Idea-39@reddit

Surprisingly quite a lot, my stipend is increasing by 8% in October.
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professorgenkii@reddit

I got a 10% pay rise just before Christmas
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dandotcom@reddit

5% at Sainsburys but that only equals a small amount as I only do 2 days a week there, my main job is pending review in June but last year is was a rise of about 2.4% (ish).
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MacDaddy2605@reddit

I work in the private sector so currently getting a pay decrease 😔
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ADPriceless@reddit

3.5% this year, slightly lower than last years which was 4%
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Youtalkingtomyboobs@reddit

None as such. Should have had a cost of living adjustment to our pay in August, but it has been delayed until July, and is unlikely to be backdated. I’ve not have a proper pay rise in 5 years, so have basically had a pay cut. The sector I work in is having a tough time, with voluntary severance schemes and redundancies so just hoping I keep my job really.
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sleepyprojectionist@reddit

Possibly none. We laid off sixteen people at the end of last year. (Although I did spot those same roles being advertised on LinkedIn yesterday, so those redundancies look pretty shady) The top brass then announced that they would be making changes to how our bonuses are calculated. Even by hitting most of our targets it is estimated that our bonus will decrease by at least 50%. All “skills based” pay rises have been put on hold. There is a rumour that any inflation based pay rises have also been scrapped for this year.
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marrakoosh@reddit

Had 7% when I got promoted in August and then just had a 1.5% increase now (it was halved as had a pay rise in last 6 months but next year it'll be at least 3%)
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Zealousideal-Habit82@reddit

4% last April and 4% this April coming. Sadly I've had to reapply for my job so I might not see it.
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CrimpsShootsandRuns@reddit

Currently waiting on the union's lengthy negotiations with the company I work for. Company offered 2%, so I expect that after about 6 months of back and forthing I'll end up with about 2.5%. Would be nice to have that raise now, but the backpay is also quite a nice bonus when it comes.
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Actros480@reddit

What's a pay increase?
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PrestigiousCry896@reddit

Hoping for 7%, expecting 3-4%
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oktimeforplanz@reddit

4% on the last normal increase, but should be getting a promotion soon which will be about 20% I think
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JPK12794@reddit

I work at a university so I got 2.5% national pay award which the union negotiated but this year the uni have gotten ahead of it and told us in advance there will be no pay increases. Even though we're all on fixed term contracts and paid for by grants.
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Machinesteve@reddit

0%
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adreddit298@reddit

Haha, pay for my role is decreasing! I earn significantly less per day than I did 8 years ago.
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luckeratron@reddit

I think this year is going to be 4% to 4.5% not earth shattering but pretty decent.
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BigFloofRabbit@reddit

Whatever the minimum wage goes up by.
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1514-RobbieDye@reddit

0%.
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Smart_Joke3740@reddit

Exactly in line with CPI. Was expecting better. However, bonuses were at a record level so not the end of the world.
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PracticalCategory888@reddit

I got fired instead 
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New-Strategy-1673@reddit

After reading my contract, I believe I'm entitled to shit in my hands and clap...
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Poschi1@reddit

Scottish Civil Service. Government have said max is to be 9% over 3 years. I expect my union to ask for more however.
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No_Technology3293@reddit

Over the last couple years it's been around 12-16% this year will likely be in-line with inflation roughly unless I move job which is quite possible then it should be another 10-15%
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Funky_monkey2026@reddit

Unlikely. I've already gotten 11.4% in the past 18 months.
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piny18795@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/m7rv86k0xuje1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6e76d938faf82e4a8f3a38b70f9cfc0fb1ed1eec
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Specialist_Path_2780@reddit

This 😂
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Jaikus@reddit

Redundancy 👍
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trustmeimweird@reddit

3% last year, from 32.6k to 33.6k. Promotion and pay rise coming up in April, hoping for at least 37.5k so I can get a mortgage (just, if I find a provider that includes bonuses), but I'm not optimistic.
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blainy-o@reddit

Got a 3% increase the other week which amounts to a whopping £12-£13 a week. First one for at least 2 years...
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QSBW97@reddit

I imagine 2 or 3% in April. Although everyone will get that despite the fact I'll get told I'm a high performer and I have a lot more responsibility than others in my role
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Specialist_Path_2780@reddit

You guys are getting paid?
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partywithanf@reddit

0
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ProfPMJ-123@reddit

I'll be surprised if I get anything. Our industry is in a bit of a hole at the moment, so there's no extra money available. And we are going to have to pay the additional Employers NI from April.
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turboRock@reddit

0% this year. Apparently I'm already outside the pay band. Ive never heard of it and I'm pretty certain they have just invented it this year in an effort to get people to quit
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Nandor1262@reddit

We get 4.5% in April
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slade364@reddit

Self employed recruiter, so as average salaries go up, so do my fees :)
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No_Preference9093@reddit

I’ll be pleased and surprised if it’s anything other than zero. But even if it is we will probably not get it this year because negotiations will take nearly a full year and won’t have started yet. 
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sillydog80@reddit

For 25+years I only ever worked shitty pay jobs for companies and bosses that didn’t even want to talk about pay rises. Now I work for a place that does it automatically every January. 4 sometimes 5%.
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The_39th_Step@reddit

13% in 2023 and 9% in 2024. Just moved role in the company and got a big pay rise too. I started off on 33k and have kept going up. It is possible.
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upadownpipe@reddit

Probably 3-4%. Bonus should be decent though. There's always lots of movement post bonus in my industry. I'm not actively looking but I'll see what pops up if / when companies try to backfill.
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I_am_legend-ary@reddit

Minimum 5% or I find something else. I know my value to the company I work for, they know my expectations
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CR2010@reddit

I love this mentality, especially in minimum paid jobs, because it's usually those with this mindset that say 'minimum pay minimum effort'
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ThaGooch84@reddit

10% the last 2 years going for another 10% this year and we still won't be up with inflation. Tbh I don't know how some people are surviving when they're earning 25k a year. Good wage in the 90s now it just about pays the bills never mind holidays and days out etc
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salty_sherbert_@reddit

2% Company guidance was 1.5% apparently but I did well last year so got a bit extra
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Final_Reserve_5048@reddit

4% and my bonus was uprated by 15% due to company performance to 13.8%. Pretty happy with that.
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Jonathan_B52@reddit

11% but funny enough the bonus is less than last year. I got 11% because I asked for a pay raise (thanks to this subreddit) but came with what I thought was a cheeky comment - "we expect more from you this year"...
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BirdieStitching@reddit

I haven't had one in over a year. We got a new CEO and they pushed our last review to "we'll see where we are next year".
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Js425@reddit

5% in October and 2.45% in April. Very lucky.
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Sunset_1001@reddit

In and around 50p above minimum wage
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visual-appearance69@reddit

-200% (yes really… lost my job and still owed a paycheque from January)
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Forever_a_Kumquat@reddit

Zero..
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dm_me-your-butthole@reddit

the fuck you mean pay increase?
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Nine_Eye_Ron@reddit

By however much I stop spending on thing I like.
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DickBrownballs@reddit

Whatever our Union spends the year negotiating, to be announced in October and paid as a lump sum of backpay in November... facetiously referred to as the Unite Christmas Bonus. Don't get me wrong. I love being unionised and appreciate what they do, but it hilariously predictable every year.
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Thestickleman@reddit

Hy hourly rate has gone up £9 since 2021 so I'll be pushing for couple £ more this year.
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NuclearCleanUp1@reddit

5% but I have a union and they fought tooth and nail for us.
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Haytham_Ken@reddit

I moved jobs, so 30%. I knew my pay rise at my old job would have been like 2%, if anything, so I left.
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Automatic_Goal_5491@reddit

Last year zero. Waiting on hearing what to expect but I can't see them going more than 1.5%
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Tildatots@reddit

3.25% this April
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chiefgareth@reddit

I think I got a 4% pay rise in November.
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One-Dig-3067@reddit

lol 😂 none
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Munsteroyal@reddit

Feel this 🥲
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Melodic-Lake-790@reddit

0%
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Monster213213@reddit

43%
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DanRose001@reddit

Reviews just went out early Feb and we were all pulled into a room and collectively told no pay rise or bonus this year. That’s from a big corporate finance firm. But you know damn well the newly appointed big dog is getting a new holiday home this year.
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Caltra@reddit

How can you expect the big dog to live off only one home? Selfish /s
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Pooter1313@reddit

15%
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ioniums@reddit

11.94 to 12.71/h, assuming they follow the same pattern for my job role as they usually have
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RugbyEdd@reddit

How much are you offering?
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robrt382@reddit

Not sure, but it will never be as much as if I left and worked elsewhere. I've managed to almost double my pay doing this over the last 8 years.
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Groxy_@reddit

Went from £12 in April to £12.40 in August. And I'll negotiate for £13 this April.
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ComplexNo5633@reddit

😂
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TMI2020@reddit

Me get pay increase? Thats unpossible!
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jalopity@reddit

Last year we got 4.5% across the board. I kicked off (asked nicely) as I’ve been covering for someone on long term sick for over a year, as well as my own job. Got another 2.5% I expect this will come back to bite me and I’ll get nothing this year. Come to think of it we’d usually of heard by now 😮
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Gorgonite2024@reddit

2%.
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Itstimefordancing@reddit

We’ve just had the CPI, but hoping for 7.5% this time, likely going to be 2.5%. We shall see!
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Classic_Peasant@reddit

No idea as it'll be in April, moved sectors before christmas and in old industry we got nothing or 1%. This year in new sector I'm told average is about 4% upwards, but I'll be appreciative of anything 
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Polz34@reddit

Mine was in December - 2.6%
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ChrisRandR@reddit

Zero.
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