What % pay rise are you getting this year?

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Taste_Complex@reddit

Software Engineer here working remotely, mines was 23.33% in a single year.

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3.25% but it's still 1k shy of inflation since my last one and around 2-5k below market rate.. on the letter it said this reflects your importance to the business which is a bit of a subtle kick in the teeth! given my workload has doubled and my remaining UK colleagues are leaving or going off sick

I'm only sticking it out as the markets terrible, I'm awful at interviews and being remote gives me flexibility..

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OriginalMarty@reddit

1%. Got similar last year.

I'm prob 20% or more worse of in past 5 years with inflation and despite being in this industry for 20+ years I've no savings now and life really is a struggle.

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Bean7894@reddit

I moved jobs and went from 46k to 72k, same exact role just at a different company, if I had stayed I'd probably be on 49k-50k

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chickenychickenchick@reddit

What do you do

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Bean7894@reddit

Medical Biostatistician working in clinical research (clinical trials)

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TedCruzZodiac2018@reddit

7%, but I had to raise a stink to get it

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External-Ad-3844@reddit

We have no say in the public sector. People went on strike and we still only ended up with a 1.4% increase 😬

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luckynumbertwotwo@reddit

Can you give advice on how you went about that? I am in the process of disputing mine

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TedCruzZodiac2018@reddit

I didn't make any real points or anything. I work at a consulting firm and you can reverse calculate salaries by seeing their billable rate. My billable rate was lower than alot of the people at my level and I effectively regularly said I wanted to be paid better to right people who have influence over that decision. (My manager, their manager, my PD etc.)

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luckynumbertwotwo@reddit

I work in consulting too! That’s interesting, yeah my manager said I could try to dispute so I’m trying to find the time to put something together. Congrats on the % though, judging from the replies here most people got nothing!

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Puzzleheaded_Bet_618@reddit (OP)

Was worth the fight for sure, most people can’t do anything about it or are scared of the repercussions of trying to push for it

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La-Roar@reddit

Laughs in NHS employee

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External-Ad-3844@reddit

I read NHS staff were receiving a decent pay rise? I left 2 years ago and have since experienced lower pay rises in higher education 😬

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mercibul@reddit

Laughs in high employer pension contributions

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nunsreversereverse@reddit

It's so good. I'd have to pay hundreds a month to get something still not half as good.

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ooooomikeooooo@reddit

Defined pension benefits do not have an employer contribution. The employer funds the scheme but that is to pay existing pension recipients. There is also very high employee contributions required, up to 12.5%.

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mercibul@reddit

Youre added to what my point was? No contradiction here.

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Kewoowaa@reddit

Joins your laughter in SME private sector!

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TavernTurn@reddit

Inflation linked for the next 2 years. Join a union.

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External-Ad-3844@reddit

We have a union and we got 1.4% last year so it was well below inflation after years of below inflation pay rises. Turns out my pay should be £25k more than it is if it had kept up with inflation since 2008 😬

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rocketscientology@reddit

I work for a union and we’re getting 3% 😭 they originally offered us 2.7…

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Mysterious-Fortune-6@reddit

You need to start the Union of Union Workers

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rocketscientology@reddit

That actually does exist lol, it’s very small but one guy at my work is always campaigning for us to join

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Diseased-Jackass@reddit

He needs a union of union of union workers for more support.

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Salaried_Zebra@reddit

Is that the Popular Union?

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WernerHerzogEatsShoe@reddit

Yeah I usually get this. They just increase it in line with inflation every year it seems. Hopefully get something like that again this year.

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KillerFugu@reddit

Our union said all employees should get rise in line with inflation and our base wage shouldn't be performances based so struggling colleague get no pay rise and fall behind inflation.

The multi billion pound company of course said this wasn't doable.

Can't wait to for the ceo to get his next 100%+ pay rise

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BungadinRidesAgain@reddit

Better yet, get your colleagues to join too. Easier said than done however, tried at my place and no one was interested, they'd rather just moan about their shitty pay and conditions and do nothing about it.

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rooh62@reddit

Public sector - none.

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Personal_Lab_484@reddit

Where in the public sector? I was in MOJ and saw some pretty steep increases. Think I went from 69k to 76k in one year

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rooh62@reddit

Local government. I’m sort of stretching the truth I guess - each band has five increments, but once you reach the 5th, no further pay rises. It causes this problem where people at the top of their band are less inclined to progress, because they’ll spend a year or two doing a job with far more responsibility while receiving the same pay.

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rivershenx2shens@reddit

HMPPS have gone from 27000 to 33000 since Jan 24

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Milly_man@reddit

Not even in line with inflation? So you're getting a paycut instead?

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XSjacketfiller@reddit

That's why they call it a 'pay award' & not pay rise.

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takenawaythrowaway@reddit

Pretty standard in the public sector. I've never had a pay rise in line with inflation

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courage_the_dog@reddit

This deoends on which civil service. Here in scotland you actuslly go up the bands and there is also an increase every 2 years or so of the bands' range

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Same_Difference_3361@reddit

Private sector - none.

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trmetroidmaniac@reddit

You guys are getting pay rises?

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WrongExplanation1065@reddit

You're getting paid?

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I_want_roti@reddit

Peak r/AskUK reply

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MantisToboggan25@reddit

They’re quoting a meme

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soltonas@reddit

around 2% as every year

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Same-Age-1891@reddit

0% although in real terms -4 to -8% as a teacher it’s atrocious

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Frequent_Advantage34@reddit

I worked in Aviation. We all got 4%

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Imaginary-Past-8103@reddit

The government needs to raise the tax threshold how can it still be stuck at the same figure soon pensioners receiving state pension will get tax

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Icy-Soup-7071@reddit

I got 15%.

Interviewed elsewhere they offered 15% + bonuses that would bring it closer to 25% + overall better contract/benefits TOIL, more holiday etc.

Current offered another 10% to match.

Went with the new role because they were keen tot ake me on board and my current place winced at the idea of paying me more to keep me. One company is thriving and hiring the other is cutting and saving.

Always go with thriving.

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JniB8@reddit

3%

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gemmanotwithaj@reddit

0 most likely. This is after minimum wage caught up with my salary so now I am an assistant manager on minimum wage with no sign of a payrise on the horizon at all

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Puzzleheaded_Bet_618@reddit (OP)

Disgusting that employers can get away with not increasing salaries like this

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SnooGiraffes4110@reddit

So why don’t you be an employer? You will be rolling in money.

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Puzzleheaded_Bet_618@reddit (OP)

As a wagie, why are you such a beg?

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QwenRed@reddit

What are you expecting? Wages are too high, businesses can’t afford to staff them, you call them disgusting for not raising wages and you’d call them worse if they let staff go to cover wage increases they literally can’t win.

National wage increases does nothing good in the long run, it’s killed the gap between skilled and unskilled so now there’s no real point anyone training a profession bar a very few. A national wage increase on minimum wage just raises the cost of everything for everyone while destroy small businesses leaving only the large, most tax dodging and internationals to be able to afford to staff anything, public services are at breakpoint due to excess wage demands and pensions. Yet the people trying their hardest to run small businesses to medium businesses are labelled disgusting, these are typically the business that actually enhance their local economy rather than extracting the cash

To top it off the cost to hire staff is like 30% more than their wage, maybe you want to complain to the government about that then maybe businesses could afford to pay more.

Look at staff heavy businesses, restaurants and pubs are closing down up and down the country because of it, the business owners are loosing everything, and you’re calling them disgusting.

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Consistent-Bat2644@reddit

I'm an accountant and here are some ROUGH figures from a restaurant (well two restaurants) in London:

Turnover: £1.8million

Cost of sales: £450k

Administrative costs: £220k.

So far a profit of £1.13m

Staff costs: £1.3million.

Bye bye profit, hello unsustainable loss.

And people think the employer's are the problem. As you say, employers pay MORE than the wages, they pay pensions and employer's NI. People always say "I'm not being paid enough" the truth is you're probably being paid TOO MUCH when you think about how much your employer actually makes. I'm sure there are plenty of underpaid people, the reality is wages are pretty bad and they're still too high. Removing employer's NI would be a good start, not sure if the government ca afford take less in taxes and they must make the bulk of it from Employer's NI

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Amazing-Jury-6886@reddit

The govt can afford to cut taxes, but have chosen not too. Instead the public sector continues to waste our taxes and ask for more

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GrapefruitOwn6261@reddit

I own a restaurant and it’s a tough gig. I think a reduction in VAT would be great for hospitality. I pay no vat on any of the goods I buy but because we turn it into hot food we pay vat. So we lose 20% every month but have nothing to claim back. 10% would be better for us.

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Amazing-Jury-6886@reddit

You charge 20% extra for vat. That's not turn over.

Most restaurants have put up their prices. Some by 10% some as much as 50% . So extra wages have been covered

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GrapefruitOwn6261@reddit

It doesn’t feel like it. You can only put up your prices so much before people stop coming. Everywhere I see places are closing down.

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Amazing-Jury-6886@reddit

Thats true. The Italian restaurant that put prices up by 50% is now never as busy as it used to be. The food is great , but not in everyone's budget now.

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SnooGiraffes4110@reddit

Spending £15 for a margarita is fucking luxury. I stopped going to restaurants 3-4 years ago. You can have at least 8 homemade large pizzas for £15. The price difference is striking to justify.

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Consistent-Bat2644@reddit

You all think VAT is the issue, but you are the issue. You're not accounting for it properly. VAT is money charged on top of services, you are supposed to send that money to a separate account. When you are VAT registered, you are essentially a tax collector working on behalf of HMRC. You collect the VAT, you pay it over to them. If you're having "VAT issues", your real issue is pricing and disorganisation. That's not to have a go at you, the majority of business owners are pretty disorganised. That's why they pay me to do it for them. It doesn't matter if they reduced VAT for hospitality, because that would just decrease your overall takings. from a cash flow perspective at least. It doesn't matter if the customer pays 10% extra or 20% extra, you're supposed to be sending it to HMRC anyway. VAT could be 100%, it's irrelevant to your cash flow issues. What you need to do is get a new accountant, because clearly whoever is doing it for you is a bit shit if they haven't gone through pricing. You need to work out how much it costs you to produce food, then work out a sustainable profit on that food and that's how you're gonna work your prices. If the prices are too high and no one is prepared to pay, the business is unsustainable and you need to think of an exit strategy. OR just completely restructure. Sorry to say this, but brick and mortar restaurants are dying. It's too expensive to run. Gas and Energy is insane, staff wages are insane, customers don't wanna pay the higher prices ... I think the future of hospitality will be mobile food trucks / vans, that sort of thing. I could be wrong, but those sort of businesses are much cheaper to run and have better profit margains. But are obviously very seasonal.

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GrapefruitOwn6261@reddit

I think there’s a bit of a misunderstanding here. I’m not talking about how VAT is administered or suggesting businesses can’t organise themselves or pay HMRC. I fully understand that VAT is collected on behalf of HMRC and priced accordingly.

The point I’m making is about effective VAT burden, not mechanics. In hospitality, most core inputs (food, labour, rent) are zero-rated or exempt, so very little input VAT is reclaimable. As a result, VAT isn’t neutral in practice and has a direct impact on net margins in a highly price-sensitive industry.

A reduced VAT rate wouldn’t change the principles of pricing or collection, but it would materially affect post-VAT profitability and pricing flexibility. That’s why VAT reductions have historically been used as a policy lever for hospitality.

This isn’t about disorganisation or survival it’s about acknowledging a structural reality of the sector.

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Consistent-Bat2644@reddit

I understand it perfectly; it’s a pricing issue. Christ.

You buy goods for £10. No VAT reclaimable.

You work your chef magic on those goods. They’re now worth £20.

You add VAT

It sells for £24

You send £4 to your VAT account.

What’s the issue?

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GrapefruitOwn6261@reddit

No

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Consistent-Bat2644@reddit

I’m assuming you deleted your comment questioning my maths lol because 1.13million less 1.3million is not a positive number, is it …

And that might be true, I’m not really a political guy. I don’t know what they spend our money on or particularly care. What concerns me is the cost of employing people is too high which will ultimately lead to fewer employed people. Fewer employees = higher taxes for those who still work

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Amazing-Jury-6886@reddit

I read you numbers wrong !! Deleted my first reply.

Agree. Taxes are too high because there is too much money wasted in public sector. There are also too many people employed in pointless public sector roles.

Having worked in the public sector , I can tell you 80% of admin staff do absolutely nothing and get paid more than the skilled workers.

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Salaried_Zebra@reddit

While there are indeed far too many useless people in the public sector and it's horrifically wasteful in the name of accounting for every penny, this isn't why taxes are so high.

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Designer-Lobster-757@reddit

This is it, taxed highest in history yet every service is under performing.... Is it being spent wisely?

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financem0nkey@reddit

Don’t you think a big part of this is housing. If the cost of housing was in proportion to salaries this wouldn’t be as big of an issue as it is

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dnwlls_@reddit

The logic behind it is that by increasing wages more people will have more disposable income to be able to go out to restaurants to eat instead of eating whatever they have at home. Unfortunately the reality is people are ploughing more money in to Amazon and other tax dodging internationals to sit in the bank accounts of the wealthy (although you could argue they still pay people along the way, and if they were all paid fairly too then there would be less money sitting stagnant in billionaires bank accounts but then it’s a never ending argument and it’s why it’s never going to be simple)

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Unusual-Usual7394@reddit

Pay rise = inflation = low wage people don't see a payrise.

Pay rises come out. Shops inflate their prices for groceries. Everyone pays more

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Jayyww94@reddit

No the real logic is everyone gets more wages, the cost of everything goes up so nothing fucking changes but the goverment look good to the stupid people. Tax reduction is what's needed for everyone to thrive again and nothing less.

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Amazing-Jury-6886@reddit

That a 270k profit. Sure you're an accountant or was that a typo?

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Feisty-Cod-1661@reddit

What a load of absolute tosh!!

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QwenRed@reddit

How so? We’re literally living the reality of it, you genuinely think raising staff wages substantially doesn’t lead to people losing their jobs to cover the excess or businesses closing entirely? You disagree that the high streets aren’t empty? Fair enough if that’s the experience for you but what I see day in day out is poverty and struggling/closing businesses everywhere.

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Silly_Tomatillo6950@reddit

Some difficult decisions needed by Westminster to create and protect jobs but instead we are all on the Silicon Valley ship heading towards an iceberg

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Funny-Seesaw-2977@reddit

It’s the madness of above inflation increases to the minimum wage. What are employers meant to do?

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RochePso@reddit

I guess they expect to pay low wages and have their employees income topped up by benefits

In other words, have their profits paid by taxes on people with better paid jobs

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TheLonelyWolfkin@reddit

Reduce the highest paid salaries, increase the lowest.

The gap between rich and poor is getting bigger and bigger. The only way to fix it is to take it back.

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boprisan@reddit

So few people are getting rich by earning a salary that even if you take all of their wages you would only have pennies to redistribute to lower paid workers.

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DifficultyComplex13@reddit

100%! if you are on a salary, you ain’t rich. At best you’re struggling middle class. Lower> middle class is not the wealth gap you are looking for. Some rough figures from HMRC to be in the:

top 10% of UK earners requires an income of£56kpa
top 5% of earners requires an income £87kpa
top 1% of earners income of £120kpa
top 0.5% of earners income of £230kpa

And of this top 0.5% only 60% of income is from salaries. The other 40% has a raft of loop holes to remain relatively tax free.

And this is just a persons income, there are other more tax efficient ways to be mega rich and have a small income.

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Colloidal_entropy@reddit

It's a bit higher than that, in 2022-23 (last year data available for)

Top 10% was £64,800 Top 5% was £90,500 Top 1% was £201,000

So probably £100k for top 5% today.

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Various-Advice-9768@reddit

The gap between rich and poor is greater than when ?? The rich have always been there and if argue it’s a lot lower now for most people.

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fringe_eater@reddit

The people at the top aren’t necessarily rich. As a small business owner that had to make multiple redundancies over last 18 months - it’s heartbreaking and incredibly stressful for all parties I combed. The trouble is the government have made it a) very expensive to hire people b) increased business taxes c) stagnated the economy. If there’s no money in the pot, where are the pay rises supposed to come from?

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draaj@reddit

This comment obviously doesn't apply to small businesses who arent disproportionately paying their managerial staff more than their front-line staff

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fringe_eater@reddit

I didn’t see any indication they were referring to a certain size of business

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TheLonelyWolfkin@reddit

It was inferred. I assumed people would figure that out from the “billions” part. I don’t think a corner shop owner has the potential to earn billions a year.

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fringe_eater@reddit

I didn’t see the billions part as being relevant to their original headline comment, or the one they were responding to. Also, I’m guessing there is less than a handful of CEOs making billions per annum anyway and certainly not plural. It’s a point that even if true, is completely irrelevant in trying to fix the gap between rich and poor.

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TheLonelyWolfkin@reddit

I don’t think you understand how to read between the lines. It was my comment you’re talking about and I was talking about keeping the gap small to prevent having CEO’s on ever growing salaries whilst laying off the lowest earners because they don’t want to pay them a fair wage.

Small businesses will always be at a disadvantage if people can’t afford to buy their products. You give people who use small businesses more money, they profit. The fact is large businesses end up with most of the market share and freeze out any competition.

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vrekais@reddit

Are there small businesses with CEOs on billions/year?

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QwenRed@reddit

The thing is people think every business owner is a multi-millionaire and their profit is a direct % increase on the ages they pay their staff. A local cafe can be paying a 10-20k out in wages a month. The vast majority of people probably don’t even realise how much commercial electric costs.

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TheLonelyWolfkin@reddit

I don’t think anyone is accusing every small business of having multi millionaire owners who refuse to pay their staff a fair wage.

The issue is larger companies who avoid tax, pay their upper management and CEO’s extortionate amounts whilst cutting costs at every corner, underpaying the lowest paid workers and banking the profit.

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Silent_Frosting_442@reddit

Increase their salaries by the same percentage as the MW increase, ideally.

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QwenRed@reddit

Do you realise where the ends?

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Silent_Frosting_442@reddit

They need to figure out a way to get inflation to slow down, then wage increases can slow down. If you honestly think having a mass of people working 40+ hours without a liveable wage is a solution, there's no argument I can have with you.

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QwenRed@reddit

Agreed inflation has been growing far too much. I think one of the main problems is stealth tax through inflation has sucked out every penny from communities across the country, hence why past governments loved raising the minimum wage.

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HydraulicTurtle@reddit

And just swallow the difference, whilst also swallowing NI increases?

A huge portion of employed people in the UK are employer by small businesses, it isn't all megacorps with huge profits who can take this on the chin.

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Vampire-Fae@reddit

You need to increase the price of whatever it is you’re selling to mitigate the difference in pay rises + profit for yourself.

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silverfish477@reddit

Huh? It’s “disgusting” that employers aren’t forced to give pay rises? Are you living on another planet?

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Puzzleheaded_Bet_618@reddit (OP)

All I did was comment on the fact that them being paid minimum wage for a managerial level role is disgusting 😂, oh the travesty of businesses having to increase their employees’ salaries, whatever will they do.

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AffectionateJump7896@reddit

When the business is struggling and they really want to make redundancies, zero pay rises, generally withdrawing any sort of perk and making life miserable is often deliberate to encourage people to leave.

Personally I think it's a bit misguided as your good people leave and the rubbish ones hang on, but if your business is otherwise going to go under I can see that someone might make the short term choice of trying to avoid some redundancy payments.

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fringe_eater@reddit

Where do you get this data from because I have never seen this scenario?

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Rhyzic@reddit

I've personally seen it, hell I'm one of the ones in my organization about to go! Only a few weeks left and I'm out.

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fringe_eater@reddit

I have never seen a business purposefully remove all perks to encourage people to leave. They remove perks because they’re a cost, or when it’s removal of wfh, because they’re want all hands on deck because it’s emergency situation. The wfh I can see as being utilised to get some people out of the business but your place of work is on your contract - people are either remote, or home based.

A business generally makes redundancies because it is financially under pressure and needs to cut overheads. A business can’t be giving pay rises to everyone when there’s no money anyway. People are miserable because life is tough and the ship they work on is sinking. They can feel it.

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Choice-Ad-2725@reddit

I am an employer. If I give pay rises this year the business will either begin to decline or we simply will have to begin redundancies. The tax increase on companies has had a massive effect. And we were a very profitable company a year ago.

The company has to make profit first, that’s just maths, we won’t do that by giving year on year rises in the face of crippling taxes thanks to this shit gov. Not saying anyone else is any better, they’re all a bunch and money grabbing twats

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glasgowgeg@reddit

so now I am an assistant manager on minimum wage with no sign of a payrise on the horizon at all

That means you'll get a guaranteed payrise in April when minimum wage increases.

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youessbee@reddit

Increasing the minimum wage isn't a payrise.
Its the employer doing the legal bare minimum to pay you.

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glasgowgeg@reddit

Increasing the minimum wage isn't a payrise

If your wage goes from £12.21/hour to £12.71/hour, whether legally obligated or not, that is a payrise.

They claimed they had no sign of a payrise on the horizon, if they're on minimum wage as they claim, they're getting a payrise in April.

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Jess_7478@reddit

Its not a payrise because of inflation, its a pay effectively stay the same. Thats why it goes up every year

When a wage stays the same, thats a paycut

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glasgowgeg@reddit

Its not a payrise because of inflation, its a pay effectively stay the same

NMW regularly exceeds inflation.

Currently, inflation is 3.4%, the increase in NMW in April is 4.09%.

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theirishmun@reddit

You are correct in the literal sense but many people on minimum wage are still catching up. Although minimum wage has recently been rising faster than inflation, prices still remain permanently higher than before, and many of us built up debt or lost savings just to cover lost ground during 2021-2023. Paying off debts and adjusting to higher living costs — rather than making them genuinely better off or financially comfortable. It’s black and white to assume otherwise and depends on everyone’s circumstance. Sure, minimum wage did exceed inflation, but thats not really the overall point people are making is it.

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vrekais@reddit

CPI is 3.6% (close enough to your 3.4%) but RPI is 4.2%... so if you including housing costs NMW has not beaten inflation. Source

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Jess_7478@reddit

Yay

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vrekais@reddit

Isn't the minimum wage now linked to inflation? So £12.21 in 2025 and £12.71 in 2026 are equivalent amounts of money, you can't buy anything extra... it will likely still be a real terms pay cut because if I remember right it's linked an inflation measure that excludes housing costs.

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wizard_mitch@reddit

No

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youessbee@reddit

You misunderstand the point of my comment.
Its not a payrise in the sense that you're being rewarded for your work, its the business paying the legal minimum to ensure they don't get sued. If they could pay less, they would.

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fringe_eater@reddit

You’ve never employed people have you

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glasgowgeg@reddit

I'm not misunderstanding anything, your selective definition of pay increase is irrelevant to the context of this discussion.

We're not talking about solely merit-related increases, the guy I replied to claimed they're not getting any pay increase, that's not correct.

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youessbee@reddit

K.
You're being weirdly defensive about this so I'll just let you have whatever victory you seem to think this is.

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glasgowgeg@reddit

You're being weirdly defensive about this

No, I'm just pointing out that your cherry-picked definition is irrelevant to the discussion.

so I'll just let you have whatever victory you seem to think this is

It's not a "victory", again it is simply pointing out your cherry-picked definition of payrise is irrelevant to the discussion, this is not solely a discussion about merit-based increases.

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tepidfuzz@reddit

Who hurt you?

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Longjumping_Call_104@reddit

How does that leather taste?

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OrangeBeast01@reddit

You misunderstand the point of my comment.
Its not a payrise in the sense that you're being rewarded for your work

Pay rises aren't about rewarding you unless it is specifically spelled out. Annual pay rises are so you aren't worse off due to inflation.

You are getting a pay rise, but you still might feel like you should get more than that, and I agree you're in a crap situation when it's just minimum wage and the bare minimum they can get away with.

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silverfish477@reddit

Brain of Britain 🙄

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DustTheHunter@reddit

The one friend that's too woke

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anon733772772@reddit

Or it’s just both a payrise and your employer doing the legal bare minimum to pay you

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Greedy-Mechanic-4932@reddit

Or, no change in pay because they were already above last year's NMW and are now on NMW?

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glasgowgeg@reddit

they were already above last year's NMW and are now on NMW?

If they are now on minimum wage, that means they'll get a pay increase in April when the NMW increases.

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Greedy-Mechanic-4932@reddit

You really are needlessly pedantic at times. It was quite clear the message I was conveying.

How is this for you?

They are currently a few pence above minimum wage and at 0001 on April 1st 2026 their pay will remain unchanged as everyone else currently on minimum wage have an increase.

Is that better?

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glasgowgeg@reddit

They are currently a few pence above minimum wage

No, they are currently on minimum wage. Read their comment properly. I'll even quote it for you again:

"so now I am an assistant manager on minimum wage with no sign of a payrise on the horizon at all"

They are not above minimum wage, they are on minimum wage.

It's not pedantry to point out you've not read the thread you're replying to properly.

Is that better?

No, you still aren't reading things properly.

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ChirpsReborn@reddit

Ask for a demotion lol

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Beginning-Branch-392@reddit

This is going to become more of an issue ongoing.

Minimum wage is getting close to what we pay our internal sales support.

If they end up on minimum wage, they might aswell get a less stressful job, like, b&q, or something equally slower paced.

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email2212@reddit

So if some untrained, semi useless 21 year old joins your company, they will be paid same as you, an assistant manager? Thats very wrong

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EasilyExiledDinosaur@reddit

The UKs greatest talent is oppressing everyone snd pushing everyone to the bottom. Thats just what it does.

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Philster07@reddit

I mean it's not like we've had an influx of cheap labour either...... oh wait

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Icy-Tear4613@reddit

And then blaming the bottom for rising.

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Ok_Adhesiveness_8637@reddit

Or, you know, get an education and get out of minimum wage jobs.

Or even leave the company thats paying shit wages for one that pays better, most supermarkets pay above minimum wage.

Companies will only pay more when they cant get away with paying less, so sitting at a minimum wage company moaning that its minimum wage is silly when theres no need to.

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EasilyExiledDinosaur@reddit

Get an education and pay 10% higher taxes for the rest of your life.

I just left the country. Couldn't be bothered to deal with it all in a country that hates its own people.

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slimboyslim9@reddit

You’d rather not earn an extra £1 if it means the government takes 10p off you? Some people are so weird about taxes.

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EasilyExiledDinosaur@reddit

No, id rather live in a country where I am not living paycheck to paycheck. And that isnt the UK

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slimboyslim9@reddit

Fair enough. Sounds like that has nothing to do with taxes but good luck to you.

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EasilyExiledDinosaur@reddit

Well it certainly does partially. The UK is a get fucked sandwich with taxes on top and rent at the bottom. And its very very hard to escape those two things and save anything after essential costs if you are not a high earner and have no family to support you.

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Ok_Adhesiveness_8637@reddit

Im leaving the uk for a country that taxes my paycheck more lol. People really dont understand taxes man, its so weird.

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Lunaspoona@reddit

How are people supposed to 'get an education' later in life?

For example, I work 2 jobs. My main is the Civil service which is barely above minimum wage. My second is min wage. I need this jobs to make ends meet and have a little to spend.

I have a degree but its useless. Like many, I was shoved down the uni route at school with no help or advice on careers or clue what I wanted to do like most people 16-18.

To retrain, I'd have to pay a fortune that I dont have, as well as find the time.

For promotions, I am working above my grade. But the pay is so low, that when promotions come up (very rare at the min, look at the CS subs) 1000 people are applying for a single job.

This is not unique to my circumstances/job.

'Get and education or leave' is useless out of date advice and simply not realistic in this climate.

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Ok_Adhesiveness_8637@reddit

So wait, you had a choice of what degree to do, had the ability to go to uni, and yet you still complain, about the choices YOU made. "SHOVED" down... thats an aggressive way to blame others cause you did a degree that in your own words is a useless degree. I wonder how many people told you it was useless but you made the choice to still pursue it.

I was never that lucky, I wasnt able to go to uni (not through bad grades but through having to leave my home country) but ive also never worked a minimum wage jobs, tescos pays more than minimum wage.

Everyone and their aunty tells you to stay switched on in school, do a good degree and you will get a job, for the most point that is true.

Its also very cheap to up skill on places like coursea or udamy (sp), heck, our clients off it for free to their staff.

Your choices led you to this point, dont blame the government/system because you made poor choices when you were younger when you were given opportunities that others can only dream of.

Supermarket managers earn well above minimum wage, but people dont want to do that cause its "below them" then complain about not earning enough.

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Eltothebee@reddit

Hence the hr not wanting people to discuss salary

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slimboyslim9@reddit

Would you feel better earning the same and having younger, less experienced employees earn less? Because it makes zero difference to your own quality of life.

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Silent_Frosting_442@reddit

Yes it's indeed very wrong that the company hasn't increased the wages or its assistant managers.

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Familiar_Work_5408@reddit

That’s literally shocking. What’s the point in having any ambition anymore. May aswell stock shelves for the same money and have zero responsibility

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Electrical-Hearing49@reddit

Same but a team leader

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Taredar@reddit

You mean negative pay rise with inflation and all?

That's what I'm getting anyway.

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glasgowgeg@reddit

No, they're on minimum wage currently, so they'll get an above-inflation payrise in April when the minimum wage goes up.

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Taredar@reddit

Well I'm getting a negative pay rise then, but I'm not on minimum wage so there's that.

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TalosAnthena@reddit

Why on earth wouldn’t you leave? You’d get more than that elsewhere. Plus could you step up to a management job?

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Front_Scholar9757@reddit

Same at my work. Supervisors earning pennies above unskilled staff who report into them.

I earn above min wage as a manager. However, where min wage workers will get a raise because of government enforced increases, I'll get nothing- yet again.

A degree, years of training, and added responsibilities are hardly worth it anymore.

My brother in law who works in a supermarket now earns more than I did as a senior marketing executive just a few years ago. Wouldn't want to take that away from him ofc, but it just shows how crazy things have become.

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HonkyBoo@reddit

Why don’t you go and be an assistant manager elsewhere?

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SquirrelIll8180@reddit

So technically, with inflation, you got a pay cut.

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sillysimon92@reddit

Haha this is how I finally got a raise, my salary was about to dip under minimum last year and they finally stopped dragging their feet.

I'm an engineer so a good third of my wage is overtime pay, so companies like mine try to keep costs down by keeping the hourly down.

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setokaiba22@reddit

Most likely your company will add an inflation increase to keep you above the min wage - but what you want to argue for is above that - considering you are actually worth less as the years gone by according to the company when the min wage increases

You want your difference protecting first of all, if you are 80p say above you want that to stay at the very least, not be say 20p above the min wage

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Ballbag94@reddit

Isn't min wage going up in April, or is that the min wage that'll catch up with your wages?

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financem0nkey@reddit

3% which was £1500. Works out as £50 a month after tax, student loan plan 2, NICs etc. not worth the effort I put in over the last year lol

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chrisgbeldam@reddit

I moved jobs in late November and received a 14.5% payrise.

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hamjamham@reddit

Internal move, but with milestones to be competed by the end of March to achieve a 30% payrise - initial bump up was 16%.

Hopefully get a yearly payrise in June on top of that, but we'll see. Fingers crossed for hitting my milestones!

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MontyBreezey@reddit

How difficult did they make your milestones?

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hamjamham@reddit

Some relatively easy, some quite tough. I've got til the end of March to complete them & currently on track. Let's hope I don't fuck it up.

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Puzzleheaded_Bet_618@reddit (OP)

High risk high reward in the current environment 😭

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chrisgbeldam@reddit

I'm lucky that I've not seen many people impacted by redundancies etc

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LJA170@reddit

What’s your field/industry?

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chrisgbeldam@reddit

Software Engineer in the Rail industry. I know (not personally) a lot of Software engineers have been replaced due to AI etc but in my experience that's not been the case where I've worked.

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LJA170@reddit

That’s reassuring. I wish you the best!

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CharlemagneKidding@reddit

How is it high risk if you only quit your job once you have an offer for a new one? Changing jobs is high effort, only risk is you won't like tbe job or colleagues but that can happen in your current place over time too.

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Puzzleheaded_Bet_618@reddit (OP)

In the current environment, it’s not uncommon for employers to rescind offers, or worse, terminate employment within weeks or months before probation periods end. For those I’ve spoken to on this, it was too late to go back to their old employer, or finding work elsewhere was proving difficult. That’s why it’s high risk, high reward.

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Amax101@reddit

Same, moved in July and got a 25% rise. If you’re not valued, move on.

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SnooCauliflowers6739@reddit

I do have a prospect of a 25-30% rise but it does mean moving to somewhere far less desirable than currently, so not a clear choice

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Unusual-Usual7394@reddit

0% for the first time since 2008

US based business operating in the UK with 90% of our products coming from the US (china > US > UK) so all the economic fighting going on between china, the US and UK has severely hurt our budgets and ability to take on new vendors as by the time we negotiate prices and shipping, shits hit the fan.

Conversion of currency has been the only good thing when profits are reported every 3 months however the US arm is 20x bigger and they're seeing losses which far outweighs the profit the UK is making.

It's either no payrise of 1 in 30 redundancies...

The government isn't helping as well, slapping tax increases left right and centre. Businesses are adapting and refusing pay rises to soak up the increased costs.

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Electronic_Proof_363@reddit

I just got made redundant - only been there 6 months. I'd be happy with any pay right now!

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Working_Ostrich_9687@reddit

Haven’t had a payrise since 2021 🤣 they said go into private sector, payrise is guaranteed- my arse!

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vitorio94@reddit

3%

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coolerthanaverage@reddit

Got a 35% pay rise after being promoted in October, got an outstanding at my performance review so now I should get an additional 5-7% I think + a bonus. I’m making double what I did 2 years ago and honestly have no clue how all this happened 😅

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No-Medicine1230@reddit

2 maybe 3% if the union pushes hard enough

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Sausagemum@reddit

Got made redundant instead lol

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Jayyww94@reddit

Same this week haha starmers great country

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BrandonMac97@reddit

Same 3rd time in 6 years

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Icy-Tear4613@reddit

Getting over the 2 year mark at least?

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BrandonMac97@reddit

Nope never managed to. Longest I've had a job is 19 months as I voluntary switched jobs to get a pay rise which I have now been made redundant from 13 months later.

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SeaSaltSprayer@reddit

Same! Haha

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drycleanedsnake@reddit

I got made redundant about 2 years ago. I remember walking out the room and calling my dad close to tears. I was 25 and thought my career was about to be over just as it got started. Ended up finding another job I’ve been working for about 18 months now, absolutely love it and looking back redundancy was the best thing that could’ve happened. I had a few months of doing nothing at work and then my redundancy money paid for me to go away for 5 weeks before starting my new job. I know it seems scary and it’s horrible news to get but keep your head up and look at it as an opportunity for a new door to open

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Eltothebee@reddit

I got made ‘redundant’ I say redundant but reality is the company closed and I was 45 days away from being eligible for redundancy pay. So I had a shit Xmas, started a new job three weeks ago earning £600 a month more then I did so it’s all good.

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gameofgroans_@reddit

I’ve just gone through it for the first time, still searching for a new role but just make sure you research everything work is telling you - they’re just looking out for themselves not you, which is brutal but true. you’ll come out of it better, that’s what I’m telling myself (mine was a mess). Sending love

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Spare_Minimum_419@reddit

Literally, I am the last man standing in old team post acquisition. Part Vii occurs in April. I know I am gonna be made redundant.

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reinaputa@reddit

Same, first time! Kind of don't feel as bad seeing all the other people here haha

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DystopicMasterplan@reddit

What was your redundancy package?

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goodmythicalmickey@reddit

Snap! 2 months in and half the team has jobs lined up while some haven't even had interviews.

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newsgroupmonkey@reddit

This. Work for myself and got a 110% payrise. Although I put most of that payrise into my pension and gave myself a 10% raise and £1k a month into a war chest (I already have a decent one, thanks to redundancy).

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neatcleaver@reddit

Yeah same last year lol

So this year I'm hoping I'll get a 100% pay rise by someone finally giving me a job 😂

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North_Reflection_938@reddit

My bil company is making almost everyone redundant, and then they will be outsourcing to India

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gameofgroans_@reddit

Yup same!

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Yorkshire-Teabeard@reddit

Saaame

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1even@reddit

Same, shitting it. Erm, should we start a club, guys?

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djh_is_here@reddit

Same! So I guess I’m -100% until I get something. Previously I’d been getting below inflation on my basic for 4 years, but total comp was increasing due to stock value fortunately.

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Jayyww94@reddit

Been laid off

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MangoonianLord@reddit

Fuck all of fuck all.

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needagoodlight@reddit

3.2% in wales

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DMMMOM@reddit

Core and service inflation is probably near 4.5%. So if it's less than that, you're getting a pay cut.

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Rootbeeers@reddit

I received around 20% due to a promotion

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all-aboard-conductor@reddit

Should be 3.8%, in line with Network rail and seems all train companies will follow suit

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Wonderful-Wave-4746@reddit

I received a 25% raise!! But I also took on more responsibilities…. Guess they could’ve just framed it as a promotion

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Agile_Resist1196@reddit

Zero, probably paid less overall than the vast majority of users in this sub too which is terrifying.

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crazygrog89@reddit

0

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Charming-Objective14@reddit

0% just like the last 6 years.

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MentalPlectrum@reddit

I wonder how fairly employers are increasing wages.

They're not.

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MentalPlectrum@reddit

In case you're thinking that the continuous wage growth was just a blip, it's been very consistent since about 1955.

These graphs should radicalise you.

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doopitydur@reddit

HA

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Ok_Distance_4892@reddit

a decrease

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SurpriseOk1143@reddit

5%. I should really start job hopping. 🤣

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l0stlabyrinth@reddit

0.97%

In real world terms, absolute fuck all.

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ArcadianVisage@reddit

I had an 18% increase in Jan, and have been promised a further increase to take me up to a total of 31%…

I was fed up of being drastically underpaid, so I set out to get over certified and just did as much training as I possibly could. Did a bunch of certifications, checked salaries of similar roles and put a business case together.

And yet, I’ll still not be close to the similar salaries once I’ve had the second phase of the increase in October.

I’m going to look for a new job once that increase hits.

You really have to fight for your worth, otherwise they will simply take advantage of you.

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TRFKTA@reddit

2.5% unless the union pull their finger out.

Hooray real terms pay cut.

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Badlydrawnfox08@reddit

Something like 2-4% depending on how union negotiations go

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Still-Bill2827@reddit

Don't know yet. Unions keep rejecting the offer and I'll continue to reject it as long as they keep offering to give people under £14 an hour a higher raise than those over it which they also did last year. Why the hell did I become a manager and take on so much responsibility just to eventually be paid the same as the people I manage?

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AnonymousTimewaster@reddit

0% and likely none next April either. My company have just announced redundancies instead.

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CutJolly4259@reddit

Snap! Although they’ve bizarrely promised us our bonuses though?

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DanielReddit26@reddit

They not doing both? Raises here, redundancies there?

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llksg@reddit

Yes our business has done this

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DanielReddit26@reddit

I imagine most do!

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OutrageousRhubarb853@reddit

Depends how high up you are

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AnonymousTimewaster@reddit

Well redundancies are an absolute last resort. Finances are pretty dire.

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StaticChocolate@reddit

Same here, I’m grateful to have my job, but I’m really noticing inflation eating my purchasing power after 18+ months.

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H0lychit@reddit

Not known yet but I'd be shocked if I get anything more than 3%

Just happy I have a stable job.

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DecisionJust9787@reddit

8.7%

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Sold-as-part-of@reddit

Just started a new job and taken a 25% increase after 2 years with nothing

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SamT98@reddit

I was given a poor annual review because my manager was told to by higher ups. Even though my manager is very happy with my performance. What’s the fucking point in having an annual review if it’s not performance based but more political to keep wages as low as possible. I walked out of the review meeting and currently having a ding dong with HR at the moment. Thinking of going off with stress/mental health. I get 6 months up to full pay with my current employer. Have that you c@@ts lol.

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Sifan2@reddit

Redundancy - minus

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Aggravating-Ant-6767@reddit

3.6%. I work for an industry with RMT as the negotiating union, so we always get something fair each year.

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zombie_osama@reddit

I've hit the top of my pay band at work and they refuse to promote me, so no pay rises are possible other than the general 2-3% rise in line with inflation.

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2696deir@reddit

3.75%

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calve1234@reddit

15%

But I am a contract temp employee so. Went from 20 to 23 on IR35.

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Jumpy_Ad_4460@reddit

0% maybe less. Public sector.

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Yorkiesnotmyrealname@reddit

Would it be prudent to also include how much the company you are working for, has made in profits in the last 5 years?

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lesloid@reddit

We just about broke even last financial year. Our front line workers are getting 6.7% increase (real living wage) and everyone else is getting 5%

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itchybeats@reddit

Big fat nothing..

Pretty much going to be caught up to by the minimum wage soon.

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Majestic_Bluejay1801@reddit

none because i moved teams, and none last year either for the same team move, was swindled.

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harryhardy432@reddit

I'm moving from my Costa job, where I earn around £1500-£1600 a year pre tax, to my full time career where I earn 31k per year pre tax. So like a 33% increase?

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TaylorSwifted@reddit

About 5%. Feeling very fortunate.

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lankyman-2000@reddit

Wait you guys are getting pay rises

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yearsofpractice@reddit

Everyone at and above “meets expectations” at my corporate job got the same - 1.5%

As you can probably imagine, there are a lot of high-performing people struggling to find the motivation to go “above and beyond” at the moment.

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Calm-Supermarket9121@reddit

We are giving between 2-6% depending on performance

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No_Surround8330@reddit

3.4% Getting dangerously close to 40% tax now

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Bacon4Lyf@reddit

5%, same as every single year.

you lot all have shit jobs

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DuddPineapple@reddit

3.2%

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Beginning-Branch-392@reddit

My company paid 1.5% in September and 3.5% in January. Our FY is Sept - Aug so a total of 5%.

Some people got more for various reasons.

Personally I got about 12%, but, had no pay rise year 24-25

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Agitated_Custard_225@reddit

I was 'promoted' last year, but it was unbudgeted. So They gave me a carrot of a potential year end performance bonus of 12.5%, should I hit my appraisal KPIs. Thankfully I did, got the bonus, plus I negotiated a 20% increase for car allowance, 10% performance bonus and the company is giving a company wide annual pay increase of 4%. I spent a year feeling undervalued and overworked and now not so much!

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Kippersc@reddit

Heh 40% via a job change. Gave notice on 23rd December, not counting down the days or anything...

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TheInitialGod@reddit

Haven't been told yet, but I'm expecting it'll be around 3.7%

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Key-Discipline3977@reddit

Public sector - Local Authority - 5.45% (if same as last year)

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BratTatt@reddit

None, just like last year. Been in my role 10 years and minimum wage has really crept up to my salary. I’m on £28,500 in a specialist role.

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Hail_4ArmedEmperor@reddit

Inline with inflation. Purely because of our union.

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Suspicious_Weird_373@reddit

4% and 6% bonus. First payrise under 20% in 4 years, so not the end of the world.

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skinnydippingspud@reddit

I haven’t had a pay rise in 4 years.

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Philster07@reddit

Well my manager says i'm doing great... and I may get a pay award.... not holding my breath though

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OKdenRuck@reddit

3% Total joke

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x_o_x_1@reddit

y'all have jobs?

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Dunny2k@reddit

1k a year payrise in March and then whatever the government decides for the September review as I’m in the public sector

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djfanklespondemic@reddit

44% - but that's because I'm switching companies 🥳

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Other_Exercise@reddit

0% this year, I suspect. Maybe a bit more next year when colleagues are made redundant due to AI.

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Remarkable_Bid_8650@reddit

Pay rise?!

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Bksudbjdua@reddit

6%

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Economy-Role-8410@reddit

33%

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planet_pulse@reddit

Last year was September CPI+2% so hoping for same method. Have been told it will be above inflation. Find out tomorrow!

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courage_the_dog@reddit

4%, scottish civil service. Due another 3% or do next year and a step up the band. Started at around 57k last year at 60 now, in a couple of years it will be 75-80k and I'll aim for switching to a 4day work week.

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ExileNorth@reddit

3% and we're going on strike over it.

Not public sector

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hrsup@reddit

2-3% probably.. basically nothing

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Kewoowaa@reddit

Nothing; staying employed at this point is the aim of the game!

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MagicalTrianglez@reddit

Ain’t that the truth.

2026: where the best case scenario is just to slow the decline

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95jo@reddit

3% pay rise, 5% bonus (high street bank).

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Lexiiiis@reddit

2% most likely. Shite.

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whiskeyandcactus@reddit

I’m getting a pay raise to just about 25p over new minimum as that’s what i’m currently on but they’re taking away our paid breaks as a counter to that. I live in london too so this is absolutely brutal. Currently career switching!!

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kaanbha@reddit

We're asking for 7%, but will probably get around 5%.

We're unionised.

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ConsciouslyIncomplet@reddit

Probably around 4% - but waiting for confirmation.

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Vast-Struggle7891@reddit

No payrise at all

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Kiathebadman@reddit

3.8% this year and got a pay increase of 30%

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heyho2023@reddit

I’m actually looking at a pay cut. I’m a freelancer and the industry I work in are largely cutting the rates they pay freelancers to save money. It’s tough — you can hold your guns on your rate, but more and more companies are just saying “this is the fee, take it or leave it” so it’s either less money or no money.

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JBobSpig@reddit

2 minimum 5 maximum, won't know until closer to the time.

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BlueOvalRacer@reddit

I got 2.5% last year, so I’m expecting an equally shit pay rise again this year.

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Adventurous-Leak@reddit

4.2% and 5% bonus. Not too shabby.

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marcodmello@reddit

8%

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Thomas5020@reddit

Zero.

If my employer even survives this year I'll be surprised.

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heyitsed2@reddit

Same. Agreed to take a wee pay cut last year to try and stave off the company going under. This year will be 0% raise or inline with inflation if I'm lucky

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ChocoMcChunky@reddit

Would have been 3% but I switched just before Xmas for a 20% raise

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Natural_Sector891@reddit

1.6%😩

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Significant_Return_2@reddit

Nothing that I know of. My employer stopped giving out annual pay rises 3 years ago.

My salary had increased, as I’ve had 2 promotions in the last 2 years. I can’t help thinking that i could earn more elsewhere. I don’t want to rock the boat though…

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dopeyroo@reddit

laughs in NHS

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RevFernie@reddit

Exactly the same as my tax increase.

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DredUnicorn@reddit

28% although that does come due to a promotion, otherwise it would be 5%

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kitty4196@reddit

Probably about 1% lol

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Redrocket1701@reddit

We got 2%. Reading this thread I feel kinda lucky with that.

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Skyremmer102@reddit

Nothing finalised but 3.8% is often cited.

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mother1of1malinois@reddit

4% roughly but I’m self employed so it really comes down to what the client will pay. 🤷‍♀️

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MD564@reddit

Well we are planning strikes ....so ...maybe 2%?

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madzakka@reddit

A few months ago I had a 35% pay rise. Hadn't moved jobs just a promotion within the same company

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Dazza477@reddit

I got 3%, so not the greatest.

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ScopeyMcBangBang@reddit

Despite being in the top three or four performers in the company last year, I only got 0.5%, and we got no bonuses.

This year, they're being a bit vague. Whilst the bonus pot is looking more than decent, I don't think we'll get more than 2-3% as a pay rise, which in this market, given how much the cost of living is going up, is pretty devastating. We've never seen the cost of things go up in my lifetime more than they have in the last two to three years.

Every year I don't get a pay rise, I'm even further behind. Ultimately, this is why people leave jobs and seek promotions elsewhere.

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Browntown-magician@reddit

Not sure on the percentage cause I’m shit with numbers.

But I’m going from NMW to £60k after tax. Can’t wait cause this is gonna be life changing for me and my little girl.

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National_Gazelle_652@reddit

Yous are getting pay rises?

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CeresToTycho@reddit

I'm expecting about 1-2%. I don't get any say in it, but I worked damned hard last year.

I'm at a Big Tech company.

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PrestigiousGuess458@reddit

10% (this was before pay review - negotiated a move to a different pay band). For the actual end of year pay review, 0.

Happy with the 10% from the band change, but would've been nice to have a cherry on top.

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Amazing-Jury-6886@reddit

Big fat ZERO

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Milky_Finger@reddit

My company has a standard 3%. But because it's standard, there is zero incentive to go above and beyond because it will always be 3%.

Apparently the company has a bonus scheme but removed it the year before I joined, due to financial issues. But since I joined, financial issues have stopped and yet the bonus isn't back.

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KarmaIssues@reddit

Company wanted to give me 3%. Found a new job to get 8% but I am still looking.

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SJG_13@reddit

11% raise plus 66% increase in profit share scheme entitlement

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fantasticvinyl@reddit

I’ve just seen that Morrisons are balleting a zero percent wage rise… evil fuckers!

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beetrootfarmer@reddit

They are not. I've never had a pay rise for just the sake of inflation. It's only ever happened because I've been promoted and that pay rise comes with new stress or responsibility.

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Mother_of_llamas@reddit

I had a 20% pay increase, they took on a new hire who I suspect was going to be paid more than me. My company are usually stingey

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fjallpen@reddit

3%

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Bulky-Lychee7221@reddit

3.2% which I initially complained about but after reading these comments I should be grateful 😌

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klawUK@reddit

No news yet. Had no rise for three years on the basis of ‘difficult times’ last year seemed ok though so hoping for something, but waiting for this years excuse..

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InterestingKale3483@reddit

Usually 4%, private sector US company. Absolute dog shit, but better than nothing.

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NotTreeFiddy@reddit

Just had my review in January. 4.5%.

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wolvesleaf29@reddit

Iv started my job in March last year and receiving a 17% one in April , I asked for one and got one, also had a healthy bonus this month, can’t really complain for 10 months , but I just keep an eye out for my job in other departments of the company and just mention it if it goose up , if you can justify it ask!

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anonpetal@reddit

3.4% this year and 3% minimum next year

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Critical_Vehicle_72@reddit

The union is still negotiating (raise applies from April) but opening offer was 5%. Last year was 3%, negotiated up from 2% so I’m happier this year!

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JamesWatford97@reddit

22.22%

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dataisok@reddit

3% for me

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gerty88@reddit

Got 6%

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Puzzleheaded_Bet_618@reddit (OP)

Like for like 😎

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Cabbagecatss@reddit

6% gang

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Substantial_Pilot699@reddit

0.5% probably. Same as last year.

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Good-Afternoon5181@reddit

I got a pay deduction :D

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revolut1onname@reddit

Moved jobs last year for an 11.5% payrise, though if I'd moved a month earlier it would been a 15% payrise instead. Would be nice to see my work reflected but we'll just have to see.

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Grotzilla1@reddit

2.5% back paid from last October. 2.5% in May and another 2.5% next October

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Gazcobain@reddit

We got 4% from August 2025, going up to 4.25% from April 2026, and then a further 3.25% from April 2026 until April 2027.

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Electronic-Writer108@reddit

That’s excellent negotiating!

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Gazcobain@reddit

EIS. I'm a teacher in Scotland.

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No-Programmer-3833@reddit

Self employed. Put my rates up 7.7% end of Jan.

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Active-Class1176@reddit

2%

But this is after job hopping for a better wage and for the last 2 years previous Id had 1.5% and zero so definite improvement.

Also job hopping, for me, was a big step up in terms of wage so I’m just quietly side eyeing all my colleagues who are moaning about it.

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Recent-Cardiologist6@reddit

0%. Like the last 6 years.

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Ok-Comfortable-3174@reddit

1.6% twice a year. Give or take. Ive gone the last 10 years with Sweet FA so im happy lol

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Electronic-Writer108@reddit

3.8% as my union negotiated a 3% raise or inflation lead uplift. It’s a 15% 3 year deal so it’s pretty good

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missblondemeow@reddit

5K increase on salary this year, but hadn't increased for a couple years. Now just above median salary for the UK, but being in London means it never feels enough.

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A_Kayters@reddit

My team were all given 3.1% base increases. Just enough to offset the higher priced health insurance (kind of) since they took away the plan I had my family on for 10 years and forced everyone into a higher deductible that costs more.

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Tyrannosaurus-Twat@reddit

3.75% paramedic in Scotland band 6. Not bad but with the Scottish tax brackets I either increase pension (already 9.8%) or do no overtime

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FaithWandering@reddit

I don't know actually. I need to ask about that soon.

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NoCollar6310@reddit

3.6

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TemperMe@reddit

It’s 2-3% every year

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Subaruchick99@reddit

3.2%

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stumperr@reddit

5% happy enough with it.

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FatalGamer1@reddit

I’m on a high salary and I’ve hit the end of my grade, so every year the only increase I get is cost of living plus 4% bonus as a one off payment from my yearly performance review.

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jamieperkins9999@reddit

4%, really not happy about, my company is small but their growth/profits have exploded recently, and we get inflation

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borzdeep@reddit

22%, because I left my job and went to a new company. It’s the only way now to get any decent comp increase. I could have got promoted 3 times and wouldn’t have hit the new number.

Loyalty isn’t massively rewarded, my advice to most is you keep eyes peeled for new opportunities, build your network and don’t be afraid to make the jump.

Companies won’t hesitate to make cuts, regardless of how “amazing” you may be.

I can’t wait for the market to hopefully flip back to being candidate driven. But I’m probably being optimistic about that happening again.

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thefogdog@reddit

Hasn't been announced yet, but I'd expect somewhere around inflation (probably under). But better than nothing for sure.

Between 2-4% is my guess.

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TalosAnthena@reddit

We will probably get a pay rise the same % of what minimum wage goes up by. But nothing has been announced yet. But we don’t normally get told until March

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cheesewindow@reddit

0% same as last year. I do get a bonus but that was 40% of what I got last year lol. Not good

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steveakacrush@reddit

Where I work some people haven't had a pay rise for up to 4 years. Those who have are only getting one due to promotion.

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tyger2020@reddit

Probably 3%

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andy0506@reddit

We dont find out yet but last year it was 7%. I can't see it going above that this year.

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Dreams-and-Turtles@reddit

Lol... Pay rise.

You're funny.

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Sad-Action-8869@reddit

0% last year for white collar staff, blue collar staff got a payrise just above minimum wage increase, this year they have been given one a few % below it. No word as yet on white collar staff this year. There's a lot of management in my place thinking of going back to the shop floor as operatives as the extra payments for their length of service, skills and attendance would put them on a higher wage. There's already a case of one manager being paid less than the senior operative that works for him due to the op being paid a shift premium.and the manager not.

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mumwifealcoholic@reddit

3.5%

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daveg71@reddit

We have a salary pot of 3%. That does not mean you will get 3%. It is based on performance and where you are relative to bench mark. If you have had a crap year you might get 0, but if you have had a good year and are a good whack away from benchmark you might get 8-9%.

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DeaconBlueDignity@reddit

I’ve had about 7.5% each year since I started my job 3 years ago, will hopefully get the same again if I work hard between now and the summer

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Capable_Tip7815@reddit

Hopefully 6% but it could be 4.75%.

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leapyeardi@reddit

I'll find out in the summer but I'm not expecting more than 1.5%.

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WhyToHide@reddit

0%. Second year in a row.

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DoJ-Mole@reddit

NHS so probably around 2.5%, likely won’t know till summer

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CobblestoneCurfews@reddit

About 5%, but that was after no increases for the proceeding 2 years.

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_DMcD@reddit

4.1% in March

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tfn105@reddit

3%. No fundamental role change. A bit below the median market rate currently, but I work in a small company and the money isn’t there to go too crazy. I get some compensation in other ways too (eg. RSUs)

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Choice-Primary-4407@reddit

Honestly, I haven't got a clue, I'm a support worker on £13 an hour and I can't see them raising it tbh, I hope we do but I have my doubts

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LongjumpingPlate6980@reddit

3%this year. To be fair it was higher in previous years (5% last year and 7% the year before). I was hoping to be around 5% but not surprised it came out lower.

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You_moron04@reddit

Lmao. My pay rise is whatever the gov rises minimum wage too.

Working a 9-5 in the public sector by the way. Can only laugh

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beatricelaus@reddit

5% if that, I’m on NMW rn

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Clingy00@reddit

-5% ☹️

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ashyjay@reddit

Minimum 2.5% thanks to the union.

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Minimum_Possibility6@reddit

0 they deferred it to next FY, so we had a 6 month period (as they usually do raised in sept) and the. They will then back date it and those at the tax thresholds are going to get fucked.

Also job market is area and job dependant. I've put the feelers out last few weeks and I have had 6 screening calls 2 stage one interviews (with both working on dates for stage 2) one stage 2 interview and waiting a decision

And a swath of recruiters. There absolute are jobs out there but you have to look

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GraceMisconduct@reddit

I work for a charity, so...0. That'll teach me to dedicate myself to a cause!

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Teawillfixit@reddit

1.4 in theory but that 1.4% rise has been delayed for the past 3 years so I'm not getting my hopes up..... Not thta it'd exactly make much difference.

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TheTreeDweller@reddit

10% and on track for another 10% end of calendar year

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throwaway768977@reddit

I got up in my band every year which increases my salary by about 3% plus we get an inflationary increase annually of about 3/4% on top of that. However last year our role got regraded at a higher band so I got a 18% increase which was great. Basically everyone I work with is part of a union, which helps.

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TrippnThroughTime@reddit

6.5% I got in January. Didn’t think it was much until I read comments here. Sorry for any folk in bad positions x

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jrbp@reddit

10% from Jan

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Pumpkin-Salty@reddit

12%

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evb666@reddit

Public sector, company wide 3%

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luckynumbertwotwo@reddit

I got 4.5% and was fuming. I was even advised to dispute it from my manager

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elobooster89@reddit

14% went from electrician to approved electrician, this hit at the same time as a 5% increase

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cade360@reddit

My job gave me a 4% increase so I now have a new job, starting next month, with a 45% increase :)

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Stinkinhippy@reddit

Whatever the increase in minimum wage is.. so not much I suppose.

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Puzzled-Barnacle-200@reddit

4.1% is not bad

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Stinkinhippy@reddit

I guess. Probably work out to much less of an actual rise monetarily than most though.

I’m just happy it isn’t staying the same. Lol

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StGuthlac2025@reddit

3.9% a lot higher than my 2.75%

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smackdealer1@reddit

When talking percentages base salary is the most important factor.

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StGuthlac2025@reddit

We all have costs and inflation hits us all.

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smackdealer1@reddit

Sure but still people focus too much on the percentage rather than how that interacts with their base salary.

And it's fucking stupid.

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I_want_roti@reddit

Percentages are relative. It's like saying "oh Tesco made £x profit" when that's approx 2% of revenue so isn't as insane as you'd expect

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SeaSaltSprayer@reddit

It's actually probably a higher % than most people will be getting tbh

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ImTalkingGibberish@reddit

1% which means I’m poorer next year

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Aggravating_Pizza592@reddit

Last few years i got a bit lucky with around 10%. I think 5% this year which is still great mind

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PityPartySommelier@reddit

I will probably be stepping down and taking a real terms pay cut, but it'll just mean I'll stay about the same.

The company are bringing in some big changes that'll increase expectations for my current level but pretty much removes the possibility of advancement.

Basically expecting supervisors to do managers tasks for supervisor pay and halving the management structure.

In the same breath they're expecting base staff to take on the current supervisor roles but will be bumping their pay level up a tiny bit more to make it seem like its worthwhile.

If the maths work out, I'll drop a level

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SurveyorMorpurgo@reddit

I don't find out until May

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bomdango@reddit

17% with the same employer, not a promotion either.

As always the real payrises come from:
- Getting another offer and taking it
- Leveraging the realistic prospect of you getting another offer and leaving with your current employer

If your relying on the generosity or goodwill of a company you will, in 90% of cases, be shafted.

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DrThots@reddit

About 12%

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armegatron99@reddit

My previous employer was capped at 2% per employee. Mangers had discretion if they wanted to give more but it meant some poor sap would get less.

Me and my team kept the business afloat and subsidized all others with the revenue we brought in. When the going was good I once got almost 12% in 2022, and average raise was 6% over 14 years.

With the 2% cap last year and my clarity that the business was being ran very badly all of a sudden (and had no signs of improvement) I bailed out and got a job with a 53% uplift from my previous salary. With that in mind I'm more than happy if I don't get a pay rise for the next decade, I'm doing far better than I could have in my previous employer.

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Ok-Volume-3112@reddit

8%

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Ghostraider@reddit

Organisation wide increase of 5.7% plus 1.7% in my role this doesn't include non-consolidated one off payments to correct that we have been underpaid last few years.

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AutomaticInitiative@reddit

I won't know until June and it'll probably be bang on inflation like it has the last three years. Unfortunately, everything else seems to have risen beyond inflation, including my rent.

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buginarugsnug@reddit

We got a company wide 4.1% in January in line with the min. wage percentage increase.

This is the first time since I've worked there that they've increased salaries in line with a min wage percentage rise and the first time that the rise has been the same company wide. Our previous boss would give rises between 0.5% and 25% depending on how much he liked the department (I only know this info as I work in payroll)- new boss is much fairer.

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Yeorge@reddit

CPI was 3.4% this last 12 months, enjoy your 0.6% pay rise

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QAnonomnomnom@reddit

I can only dream

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shevbo@reddit

25% is madness!

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buginarugsnug@reddit

That was his own payrise of course.

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ethanxp2@reddit

Dreamy you mean, can I have some 😂

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Bertish1080@reddit

We don’t start negotiations til around April/May time, then it’s back n forth with offers until the end of the year.

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ATOJAR@reddit

We got 3.2% last year, at the end of the year I got another 2.5%. Speculation is that this year we will get offered around 2.5 - 3.0%. I say offered because we will probably reject it and fight for more.

Last year the initial offer was 2 5%, it got rejected until we settled for the above 3.2%.

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Efficient_Tear8142@reddit

After a few years of 0% we got a 4% payrise

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TomatoAlarming245@reddit

Last year I got a 5% payrise and now my boss has agreed to do a yearly review, so I’ll get one in a couple of months.

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Puzzled-Barnacle-200@reddit

Won't know for a few months. Our annual review is late March/Early April. I'm hoping for at least 7%, more like 10% if I get the promotion I spike to my manager about last week.

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Flashy-Raspberry-131@reddit

Not technically a pay rise but I've just started a new job and I'm earning £12,500/year more.

If you consider that as a pay rise then about 28%.

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F1fansince93@reddit

I got 5% this year!

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New-Restaurant2573@reddit

I've just approved a 15% and 17.5% for my direct reports. Will find mine in a month. But hopping 12-15%

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Houseofsun5@reddit

Probably the usual 3-4 % , I did get a £500 pat on the head for being good last week and an extra 2 days paid holiday going forward per year for length of service.

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Intelligent_Put_3520@reddit

8.5

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UniquePotato@reddit

Our yearly pay reviews have been extended to 18monthly

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ReflexArch@reddit

I'm told it will be 3% in April but nothing in writing yet.

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SnooCauliflowers6739@reddit

4.3%

2.9% progression increment + 1.4% sector uplift for inflation.

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itfiend@reddit

0 for the second year in a row. But my industry is struggling and and being employed is better than not being.

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SunSimilar9988@reddit

Negative. More hours, more work, same pay --> negative raise

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Popular_Tangerine_63@reddit

3% standard across the board

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Dr-boombatz@reddit

0%, unless I leave.

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Disastrous_Style_477@reddit

Usually get below inflation but there's been multiple redundancies over the past 12 months so not even sure if we'll get one this year

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mosleyowl@reddit

Current form is budgeted 3% in April but I’m moving next week for a 33% raise

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witty_charade@reddit

3%

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RoutineCloud5993@reddit

I got 2.5 but then have ended up in redundancy consultations anyway

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Abbiem8@reddit

4% in April

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Leking9@reddit

Not really expecting anything but hoping to move companies at some point, fingers crossed

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Automatic-Expert-231@reddit

Most people will count themselves lucky if they get equal to inflation

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Alert_Tone2049@reddit

I will be getting a CPI + 0.5% payrise in April as a result of our company's trade union agreement. Join a union!

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Otherwise_Koala4289@reddit

Still currently being negotiated, but I reckon it'll land around 4.1% or 4.2%.

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Puzzleheaded_Bet_618@reddit (OP)

Depending on which inflation measure, it’s either slightly above or on par with inflation. So definitely a win

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sc00022@reddit

Pretty solidly above. Inflation is at 3.4% right now and expected to drop further in April.

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Otherwise_Koala4289@reddit

Yeah it's decent. Tbh I always treat just keeping up with inflation as a win, as below inflation pay rises are common.

Though I will say my personal inflation rate is probably above the overall average. TfL fares are going up 5.8% for example.

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quicksilverjack@reddit

3.5% in March as per the two year settlement deal the unions made last year.

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sc00022@reddit

Mad that people don’t get pay rises in line with inflation. Every company I’ve worked for does that as a bare minimum plus many do a bonus on top. If they didn’t do at least the inflation pay rise everyone would likely leave. Don’t know why people here put up with that. Don’t stay loyal to a company that is willing to shaft their employees like that

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ThrowRAkitty13@reddit

You guys are getting pay rises?

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vicbor65@reddit

Talking about 4 % rise. Binman, London.

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jaanku@reddit

0%. Same as last year

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Paradiddles123@reddit

1% is usually pretty standard fonts. We get a profit share bonus every year but if only amount to an extra few hundred when you factor in tax. Better than nothing but it feels like nothing. Especially given what the directors are taking home.

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Brawlyspade@reddit

Management are getting 3% again. Staff got 7% last year and 12% this year thanks to a competitor with higher wages opening in the summer. I have a lot more responsibility, stress and expectation to work overtime despite getting no overtime pay and we now have drivers that earn more than I do.

What's the point anymore

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sugarsnapsea@reddit

Got 1.4% last year, not expecting better this year either.

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TheRebelPercy@reddit

Probably between 3-4%.

I work in a unionised industry and get a pay rise every year.

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Few-Watercress-3390@reddit

12% although not without a bit of back and forth

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Downtown_Tale_2018@reddit

The pay deal on the table is 0% and one off £1000 payment. Inflation at 3.5% so yet another year falling behind and getting closer to minimum wage.

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WrongExplanation1065@reddit

0% company wide pay freeze

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ragnarokcock@reddit

im getting 10% its new company and its doing well.

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ignorantoldlady@reddit

Zero, I get paid way above the average for my job, but they did give me an extra days holiday, so now get 31 days a year woooo

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Klutzy-Kick-4393@reddit

1% whoop whoop

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Alasdair91@reddit

3% I hope. Still below inflation…

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TheJolliGreenGiant@reddit

2% to reach the top of my salary band, and then a further increase (likely 2-3%) which is still being negotiated with the union.

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DancingSpacePenguin@reddit

Probably minus numbers.

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Farscape_rocked@reddit

NHS Agenda for Change payscale is predicted to be a 3% rise for 2026/27

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elleelleelle-@reddit

god knows. in order to keep up with the minimum wage bump it should be a 4.09% rise to £13.11; in reality I expect it'll be about £12.80, so a 1.59% bump, or in real terms, a pay cut.

but omg look at our record profits <3

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slartybartfast6@reddit

You're getting a payrise?

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Lion3466@reddit

Pay rise this month is around 4.47% competency based. In April I should get around another 4%, maybe more hopefully.

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-HTID-@reddit

Zero

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xxshadowflare@reddit

0, without going into, "no money for pay rises" while new owner, former ceo, now gets paid a wage for owning the company, and for being the ceo.

Oh, and we need to make sure there's enough money to pay her husband to work here now as well.

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Colonel_Burton@reddit

We are facing redundancies. Was going to change jobs anyway so hanging in to see what they offer. Be surprised if it's much better than statutory which is laughable.

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OddAttempt4393@reddit

As minimum wage has increased over the years, jobs seemed to have tactically alluded to ‘pay rises’ so that now the amount of jobs just paying minimum wage these days is ridiculous.

I feel like back in early to mid 2000s, minimum wage would be for jobs like cleaners, restaurant workers etc. Anything that required any kind of skill would have been more.

Every job I’ve looked at recently seems to be asking for multiple years experience in a certain position, certain qualifications, a long list of complex responsibilities and STILL the pay will be minimum wage.

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OutrageousRhubarb853@reddit

We find out soon.

This has got me thinking about pay scales versus pay rises. When I started I was on 90% of the grade band. I got two pay rises that were in line with the company wide one. But, I have never moved along that pay scale. My last place managed to have me at 90% of that grade until I left (10 years experience). Only then did they hint at increasing it, but by then it was too late.

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Suspicious_Pin_8197@reddit

Probably the usual 3%. I think I could get a lot more if I suggested I might leave - as I have 20 years experience here and in a senior position... but I'd be too afraid in case they called my bluff 😂

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IrishLady92@reddit

2.1% and to be honest I was happy with it until I faced some unexpected speech from a leader in my department basically claiming I should be worshipping them for such a raise.

I hadn't complained or anything and had been very grateful to my manager when he told me about it.

Now I'm annoyed because this person has tainted it with their over the top speech. The original topic of the call wasn't even anything to do with salary, they just started out of nowhere 😭

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Hinderking@reddit

Unsure, but the company gave us a 5% increase last year. Which was quite generous I suppose. Maybe they’ll increase said generosity again.

As I’ve heard they are cutting down on manpower and having more advanced machinery come out which I’ll be in charge of

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tcpukl@reddit

Not sure yet, but looking forward to the bonus and my shares.

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Sparkles165@reddit

I’m a self employed cleaner, I’m increasing my rates from £16.50 an hour to £17.50. I’m not sure on the percentage but I don’t think it’s too bad. I can set it myself, I’m not beholden to a small employer or a big corporation that would squeeze every penny.

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keelekingfisher@reddit

-100%, because they've got me doing 2 people's jobs and my choices now are leave or end up at the centre of a very unflattering news story

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tommygunner91@reddit

Moved from Bus Driver to lorry driver and got a 68% pay increase and a 100% stress decrease. Life is good!

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SinsOfTheAether@reddit

We lose 25% of our staff next month because our department didn't meet projections. Of course it's us who suffer, not the people who made the incorrect projections...

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CurvePuzzleheaded361@reddit

3ish % so ultimately a pay cut lol

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bennybobberz@reddit

3% which I as thoroughly disappointed with as the company spent the entire christmas period gloating about how well financially the business was doing. Employees got a 50 gift card for Christmas and then most got the 3% with a few exceptions getting decent amounts.

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CommonSpecialist4269@reddit

8%

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B_BB@reddit

3%

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Choice-Kitchen8354@reddit

I'll find out in July maybe

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toady89@reddit

Ours are in autumn, mine was 4% last year and 2 the year before.

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RandomHigh@reddit

1%

I work as a caretaker at a school.

The teachers all get a 5% rise.

Support staff get 1%.

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Kingkrogan007@reddit

Got a 3% raise

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Aggressive_Value4437@reddit

Usually 5%, but salaries are getting rebanded so probably about 9.5% this year

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Icy-Astronomer-8202@reddit

Hahaha none

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alphahydra@reddit

4.25% for 2025/26 and 3% (or three point something) has been agreed for both 26/27 and 27/28.

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kwack250@reddit

3% which isn’t great but lots of people worse off and thankfully I’m not really into this job for the salary.

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Sir_Yazoo@reddit

I got 27% last year but I think it'll be more like 4 or 5% this year

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_helloalien@reddit

Mines is still under negotiation as work is being stingy and the union is fighting it (hoping they win)

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WarAdventurous5277@reddit

None. I work for a charity. Got “promoted” last year but they explained they can’t give me a salary boost until the market rate for the position has come in line.

Which is BS because a charity competitor of ours was advertising for this role at a rate above my pay just after I was “promoted”…

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ScumBucket33@reddit

3.8 % which I thought was decent enough as I believe inflation was 3.5 % so it’s probably my first above inflation payrise since, emm, maybe ever?

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Zealousideal-Habit82@reddit

4% for four weeks then I'm being made redundant come May.

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VibraniumSpork@reddit

4% at large UK Insurer

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HWBC@reddit

Been at my current job 2 years next month, never once heard even a mention of a potential pay rise 🙃 (salaried, senior-level permanent employee at an international company)

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Raghav_Kaushik@reddit

3%

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Window-Inevitable@reddit

I'm hoping 13%. Fingers crossed. 🤞🏾

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Mattehbby@reddit

I’m an electrician, a “skilled worker” and I make just above minimum wage, probably a couple years off it catching up to my wages and I am seriously starting to think what was the point of doing an apprenticeship for 4 years and going home feeling physically exhausted when I could just go to tesco and stack shelves 2 minutes from my house for almost the same pay.

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Ok-Steak-8028@reddit

8%

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cccccjdvidn@reddit

Contractual increase of £3,250 + inflation.

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TheSinsaMode@reddit

0

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dallasp2468@reddit

0 to 4% most likely 0% as have had a few 0% when times are tough.

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Weepinbellend01@reddit

28% cause I switched jobs.

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graythegeek@reddit

Higher education, probably between 1-2.5% at the most

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cloudylemo@reddit

Got inflation in January.

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IntelligentEgg3006@reddit

University sector - fuck all except job freezes and redundancies coming up in the spring / summer.

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BarryIslandIdiot@reddit

About 25%. I am having to switch jobs to do it though.

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mattress_117@reddit

What difference does it make? You get a pay rise or the minimum wage goes up, how do you think employers are going to afford these increases? They put prices up, which then swallow any increase anyone gets.

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BananaHomunculus@reddit

My pays going down

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Material-Fondant3262@reddit

minimum wage to minimum wage, and the managers are only 10p above minimum wage. the christmas bonus was cancelled two weeks before christmas

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Leviad0n@reddit

Wtf is a payrise?

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DH8389@reddit

3% minimum

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Xaerob@reddit

Employers tax has gone up considerably. I'm self employed so just paying more to the government to employ myself. I'd be surprised if people are getting more than 3% as that's a significant cost to businesses now. Hence the redundancies incoming too.

We have the highest corporation taxes to employ people in the world and the highest business energy costs. So it's pretty hard to get going and take employees on.

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geeksandlies@reddit

We have the highest corporation taxes to employ people in the world

No, we don't

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Elvis_Precisely@reddit

3.3% but with an air of redundancy hanging over the business.

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Atrocity_Gemini@reddit

Square root of fuck all most likely

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jmabbz@reddit

5% from a low base.

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Deirdrecoble@reddit

Most companies are giving modest increases this year often around 3–5%, though some in high-demand roles or industries are seeing 6–10%. Inflation and job market tightness are pushing more employers to at least match the cost-of-living, but wide gaps remain depending on sector and company.

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And_Justice@reddit

Started a new job which was just over 10% more than my last. I'm told I'll probably have a rise at 6 months also

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shartingmaster@reddit

6.1% so I probably shouldn’t complain

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Successful_Buy3825@reddit

Got told in November no pay rises this year. Boss got made redundant, colleague left and they're not replacing him.

I'm applying for basically everything that comes up on the job sites because this place is a sinking ship.

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mbridge2610@reddit

2%

Is it great? No. Is it something? Yes.

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Leading_Nature_6222@reddit

how exactly are we meant to know before the fact?

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Pepsi_E@reddit

Haven't had one for 2 years so I don't see why this year would be any different. I did ask about one in December and they are "currently reviewing it" so I'll take that as a no.

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et-in-arcadia-@reddit

-100% on this occasion, unfortunately

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Puzzleheaded_Bet_618@reddit (OP)

I’m sorry 😭 the job market is lethal right now

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et-in-arcadia-@reddit

Thank you. It was too stressful tbh, this is probably a blessing in disguise!

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ilikecocktails@reddit

15%

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unusually_named@reddit

Haven't had pay rise since 2024. Find out if i get made redundant on Monday. Only similar roles I can find are 5 days in office which I'd do, IF I wasn't already paying the same to commute 3 days as I did in 2019 to do 5 days. All similar pay as well, so will be worse off than I am now.

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BentoboxHumperdinck@reddit

I got a new job this year with a 13.8% raise (and 9% higher employer's pension contribution) after being made redundant last year.

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blackberry_sorbet@reddit

0%. In my organisation, you're supposed to move up one scale every year within your grade and get a payrise. However it's been cancelled for the forseeable future because the org is drowning in debt.

Just one of the many reasons I'm looking to leave!

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tredders90@reddit

Probably nothing, but I rode the wave of overdue pay increases for public sector so it's gone up like 10k in 3 years anyway.

Not that that's been felt with inflation and increased graduate tax.

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TheLittleSquire@reddit

5%

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oklistening01@reddit

I hear alot of people bitching! But when people go on strike to get better a pay deal they bitch about them aswell!

Get unionised, get a pay rise. simple

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NobleRotter@reddit

Self employed now, but I'm mid fifties and never had an automatic/annual pay rise in my life

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Left-Yak-1090@reddit

Won't find out till August/September

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MrMinstrelLover@reddit

Probably 0, but I'll be asking for 25% as I'm underpaid. Let's see how well that goes down lol. Company has done slightly worse than last year in terms of financial profit.

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Tomarook@reddit

I changed jobs from £28500 a year to £44000 at the end of last year. I think we're due to get a 3.5% wage rise, but honestly I'm more than happy with my current situation.

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chasimm3@reddit

5% yearly. Tis company policy to ensure they keep staff instead of losing them.

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willp2003@reddit

NHS so looking like 2.5%

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OptionalQuality789@reddit

The job market is in chaos? Is it? Or do people just love to say this?

My bonus got a 118% multiplier this year. Still waiting on salary but assuming it’ll be 5%.

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OkValuable1761@reddit

0

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MelodicPreparation93@reddit

I got a 3% pay rise this year, bit lower than expected but my bonus allocation has been increased so pretty happy overall

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Frustib@reddit

2%

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thethirdbar@reddit

Not sure. Pay reviews are from April, and they're performance based, not inflation. I'll budget 6% across the board which allows for some outliers in either direction. Personally I think I have performed well this year, lots of stepping into additional responsibility so maybe I'll wind up an outlier if I can argue my case. But if not, likely to be around 4%.

It will feel like more though because this year I've been repaying £2k child benefit charge from the year before last, so when that stops in April I will suddenly have an extra £200 pm vs now. That will be nice.

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BeneficialVariety171@reddit

We are getting 4%

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AxisOfAverage@reddit

I'm public sector. Am at the top of my salary band so there's nothing there, it's just waiting on hearing what the government offer and union accept. Won't be anywhere near what the union lobbied for, that's for certain!

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hardingman@reddit

We got a company wide 3.1% this year

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Thundahead@reddit

10% bonus 2% rise which I'm not really happy with, wanted 3% but some got 0% so not complaining too much

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Puzzleheaded_Bet_618@reddit (OP)

I guess the bonus is a saving grace and probably their excuse to not increase the base pay

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Complex_Box_7254@reddit

4%. Which is an insult when I hit 180% of my target. Got the same as people who didn't even hit theirs. I am lucky because I do get a pay rise every year but it's usually based on favouritism / nepotism and not to the people who work the hardest.

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Tighrr@reddit

I won’t find out until March sometime and then it will be applied to Aprils pay.

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Contr_L@reddit

37% after an industry/country benchmarking process

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Potential-Train-2951@reddit

We get a cost if living increase, not sure where they get the numbers but it's usually around 3 - 4%

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Wooden_Chain_1086@reddit

Will probably find out in November

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TimeToAscend99@reddit

My employer raised the wage by 1.94%, which sounded great! Then the government announced the new minimum wage baseline - of which this wage now JUST met the threshold. So it was raised by the lowest amount to meet legal requirements. Wonderful! - and definitely not done intentionally to sound like a positive for employees, but in fact was just them doing the least.

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zinbwoy@reddit

4%

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rennarda@reddit

Insufficient.

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Illustrious_Pen_6304@reddit

0 as I haven't had one since January 2022. constantly working more hours after work and on weekends to probably end up on the same amount of money as I was earning years back. gotta love the rat race and working in a dying industry.

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cooksterson@reddit

1.5% of a shit wage, so real time deduction.

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TooRedditFamous@reddit

Got promoted this month, 47% increase from slightly underpaid old role > market rate for new role. Expecting 3-4% for annual pay rise in November

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CanWeNapPlease@reddit

0% because it took me 2.5 years to convince my employer to give me a £4k pay rise. Only reason they finally did it was because someone quit and wasn't going to be replaced, so they used that money to spread small pay rises across the teams for those that had gone years without one like me.

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Conspiruhcy@reddit

15% of the promotion I’m on track for goes through

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Plus_Pangolin_8924@reddit

I got 1.2% last year and they blamed it on the NI increase… I wonder what bull excuse they will pull this year!

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UniversityLong948@reddit

3.5%

The cost of living (CPI) of 2025 is 3.4 so comes in “above inflation”

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majaohalo@reddit

lol same here

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Negative_Tower9309@reddit

Unlikely to find out til summer, and its unlikely to be satisfactory.

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NGBoy1990@reddit

3.5% is what was budgeted but actual rise still TBC

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ThePinkBaron365@reddit

My grading was Outstanding so puts me in the bracket of 3-5%

😆

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Bean7894@reddit

Hard work is only rewarded with more work

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Round_Guard2847@reddit

Same as last year & the year before. 0.0%

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tea2please@reddit

3%. Just confirmed by our union. We were in negotiation since November, we were recommended to accept this offer.

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renla9@reddit

I got 3% in October

We're all getting laid off due to company buyout this year

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jurwell@reddit

I’m on a management tier which means I don’t get a “framework” increase based on my skills development, but several members of my team all gained increases ranging from £500pa (for someone right at the top of the development ladder with no headroom who we felt it was unfair to give nothing to), to around 12% for one of the less senior members who had a The yearly pay review in April will likely by somewhere around 2-2.5%. That’ll be universal for all workers at my site.

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Time-Mode-9@reddit

Idk. I have been there for 10 months, and none has discussed pay rises.

If I don't get offered one by the time I've been there a year I will ask for one.

Not sure how much I'll ask for yet, will be looking at industry rates for someone of my experience.

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Effect_Commercial@reddit

0 most likely.

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CruxMajoris@reddit

I’ve had a pay rise of local living wage + years of service, but that’s because it’s mandatory.

Guys in the office complaining that they haven’t had similar increases but they’re already earning more so it’s not mandatory that their wages go up.

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bigyeller@reddit

4.1%. As part of a 3 year deal the union negotiated we’d get RPI for this year.

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Common-Celery5197@reddit

5.7 - a bit higher than the average at my company for doing a good job this year apparently

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JoesRealAccount@reddit

I would love 10% but realistically if I got even 5% I'd be a bit surprised. I've been told we're likely to get SOMETHING, so i'll just have to wait and see... We're a small company that was almost profitable for the first time last year (after 15 years) so perhaps they'll surprise us.

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JustGhostin@reddit

Pays doubled in the last 12 months. Kpi’s are also pretty rewarding at the moment so I can’t complain

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Talking_Gibberish@reddit

Same as last year, the year before that and the year before that. 0.

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rjcanty@reddit

4.6%

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Prof_Hentai@reddit

I got a 10% pay rise and would expect something similar this year, if all goes well. My company is brilliant, honestly. I’m very fortunate.

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raquille-@reddit

I’m freelance so I guess it all depends if I want to increase my daily rate. It’s already quite high so I’m not sure if I can get away with it.

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Lumpy-Sir-9457@reddit

1.96%

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polkadotska@reddit

3% - which is below inflation, but in the grand scheme of things I'm not complaining.

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Burnt_piggy@reddit

Just got a 20% payrise by moving, albeit that’s without factoring in travel costs to London.

Company never gave me more than 3% since starting, posted my job for the salary I moved for. Doesn’t pay to stay as I’d of likely got the typical 3%

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DeepHorizon35@reddit

4% in April

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Odd-Law-8723@reddit

It's a grim reality when even a 0% raise feels like a best-case scenario for so many people right now.

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Diligent_Craft_1165@reddit

5% plus bonus is done on profit so should in theory be inflation tracking

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CountryBulky7105@reddit

5% in tech

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im_just_a_bear@reddit

0, I just started a new job a week after finishing at my old firm, so 99% chance I won’t be eligible for annual pay review.

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Lidls-Finest@reddit

3.5

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Say10sadvocate@reddit

Probably 0, I asked in the summer, but I need to chase it up, however winter on the quarry is difficult, it's hard to do a good job and not piss off the boss in this weather 😔

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Otherwise-Tie-9055@reddit

3.9% these comments have made me appreciate my union

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Wipedout89@reddit

An inflation beaten 2%

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Vivid_Friend6388@reddit

I get an extra £2500 a year for the next 5 years

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Tuniar@reddit

1% as a reward for picking up the work of my colleagues who were made redundant.

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carboncopy404@reddit

Due to my company not making quite as many millions as last year, 0%.

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I_am_legend-ary@reddit

3-5% minimum

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Nomis1982@reddit

Hoping for about 5 or 6%.

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clu1973@reddit

Pay rise of 0%, same as every year. Last one for me was 0.5% back in 2016.

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Waste-Box7978@reddit

I imagine 3%

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Rico1983@reddit

Civil Service, so whatever it will be will be below inflation.

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Vetni@reddit

I'll be asking for 50% in September.

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StrikingChallenge389@reddit

\~6.6% not great, not terrible

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Past-Fig-6046@reddit

The company I work for is doing very well, each of the last few years has been better than the last... But they still don't want to give us a half decent raise. I have no doubt the senior director's bonus will be tied to how low he can keep wages. Which REALLY pisses me off!

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Affectionate-Day8307@reddit

I'm fortunate my employer gives all employees a minimum of a pay rise to match inflation each year. And every year so far working hard has resulted in an above inflation pay rise.

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thelaughingman_1991@reddit

I'd imagine 0%, but I did only join my company in September, with the end of my probationary period next month. There are whispers of a Christmas bonus (which I wasn't eligible for previously) and pay increases can be discussed in annual appraisal meetings.

I am however, potentially condensing my work hours/days into 4 days as of the spring when my design lead/line manager is back from maternity leave. I'm fully remote as it is, and hoping this 5th day will allow me to upskill and/or freelance to bring more money in, in the meantime.

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mustijr@reddit

0

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glasgowgeg@reddit

No idea yet, appraisal season isn't until around April, and we typically find out in June and it's backdated to April.

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peterbparker86@reddit

I work for the NHS so probably 2%

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BigBeanMarketing@reddit

Ours is calculated end of Feb but it's usually between 4-5%.

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Individual-Diver-660@reddit

What's a pay rise? Lol

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iPerilous@reddit

I got 9% from January.

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CouldBeNapping@reddit

Got 14% this year, doesn't land until April though

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howdoyouhavetime@reddit

I'll be lucky if I don't get laid off - just survived the first round.

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da316@reddit

I doubt they'll want to increase anyones wages when they have to pay higher minimum wage this year. not that I disagree with the minimum wage increase as its much needed, its just how these guys operate. they might throw 1% at some key staff to stop them complaining but wages haven't really changed in years.

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BungadinRidesAgain@reddit

Lol good one.

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Reasonable_Fix7661@reddit

I got it already. 2.5% or so. Not amazing, but also got a 7% bonus, so including that means ~~the tax man is laughing at me~~ my salary went up a good bit. I don't mind, as last year i had 6 months paid paternal leave when my child was born, and that time was worth the entire world to me.

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hockeynut15@reddit

4.2% for the last two years (without having to ask in fairness) - so slightly above inflation I guess? Can’t fault it.

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Taylorig@reddit

Just got 5% just like the last few years. Used to get 4k roughly every March/April. Not sure on the difference as I haven't done the maths.

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lorena_f@reddit

Like 3% from april

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SaltedYodaJerky@reddit

21% but only because I'm moving jobs after the current company laid off 10% of their UK workforce. Feels like a good time to abandon ship

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Ecstatic_Effective42@reddit

Just chatting to my boss on the phone and he drops that he's doing the pay rises as we talk. I wasn't sure if I needed to start being nice to him...

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New-Raise7589@reddit

I’ll get whatever the (very good) unions negotiate for the hourly paid employees as my salary. Minimum wage is increasing to almost what I’m on now and that’s apparently a 4.1% increase so i would hope the unions can negotiate a 4% increase

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Metalsteve1989@reddit

No idea, pay review doesnt start until April which will probably get ignored by the government.

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BowiesFixedPupil@reddit

I've had it confirmed it'll be above inflation, expecting around 4%.

Not getting a payrise to match inflation is equivalent of taking a pay cut.

Last year my job offered me 0%, which is why I'm now in a different job.

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LandryLaux@reddit

Usually like 3-4% per year but got a bit extra last year coz of the added increase in recommended living wage

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Rich6-0-6@reddit

What % what sorry?

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SuspiciousElevator5@reddit

Base was up 16.7% this year and bonus up 17.8% so together about 17% up all-in.

Finance is a slightly odd construct though where not moving can still have changes like that!

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griffaliff@reddit

~10% which is baked into my contract for the first five years until it tops out around 37k pa. We might be going up a grade as well as other departments around us have which would mean quite a significant bump but that's not guaranteed, gotta get unions involved first.

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romeo__golf@reddit

February feels early to be asking this when the tax year ends in April. Last year I got 3.4%, the year before 5.6%. I'm hoping for somewhere between those.

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Gadgetxx@reddit

10% which I’m 50/50 about

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Puzzleheaded_Bet_618@reddit (OP)

Judging from what I’m reading from everyone else (redundancies or 0%), it’s pretty good so far

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Gadgetxx@reddit

Yeah, it is alright but I was holding out for a bigger one

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QuantumMechanic23@reddit

3.75% incoming in April. I'll also hopefully stop being a trainee at my work and secure a full time position meaning I go up a pay band also...

Either that or ill be unemployed by the end of the month - we'll see.

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John_Thundergun_@reddit

I got 4.2% in September last year. After tax and other deductions I come out with an extra £90 a month. Not much but I can't complain, it's better than nothing!

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geenexotics@reddit

I’ve had 1 pay rise since I been at my job and that was in 2023

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Justboy__@reddit

Just worked it out and I got a 5.8% pay rise in January, although I do get slightly underpaid for my role so I think that’s likely why.

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Ok-Tangerine-6705@reddit

Probably shy of 3%.. but there have been some changes at work and some cuts last year, hoping we’re past it now..

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Dismal_Ruin_2550@reddit

Likely 2%. Woop!

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_Passing_Through__@reddit

0

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Drug_Taker917@reddit

I got 5% from 1st of Jan, but they pushed back bonus reviews to April. So we will see what that ends up being

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littlehamster_@reddit

Company being sold so we're all just waiting to see if we have a job at all in a few months.

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Chamomile2123@reddit

0

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highrouleur@reddit

Pay rise due in April. Will probably start discussing it around the end of May, then eventually reach an agreement around December. That's the normal scenario

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westy1980@reddit

Haha, just announced redundancies last week

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No_Technology3293@reddit

Will likely get one, what it is I’ve no clue, they set a company wide one and then your performance score(which is generally entirely made up depending on how many excellent and poor they’ve handed out already) either adds or removes a % or two

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Poo_Poo_La_Foo@reddit

I got 5% which is pretty standard at my company.

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lardarz@reddit

There isn't one as standard. Some people get one if they have demonstrated value. But there is a bonus likely.

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AndyD89@reddit

3% if I remember correctly.

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I_am_Reddit_Tom@reddit

A nice round number. Zero.

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CJX24_@reddit

5% confirmed last week

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Embarrassed-Move2497@reddit

Self employed, contract negotiated up 25%

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ResolveEmergency863@reddit

I work in local government, it hasn't been announced yet but it'll go through negotiations and we'll get it in October or something. The last few years its been about 2.5/3%

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mohawkal@reddit

2% cost of living increase if I'm lucky.

But to be fair, I've only been there 11 years. /S

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Puzzleheaded_Bet_618@reddit (OP)

They should label it below cost of living increase if it’s 2% 🥲

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Nimble_Natu177@reddit

If you work in the public sector, spin a wheel and if you don't get it, just strike.

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nfurnoh@reddit

Don’t know yet. Independent pay review board still chewing that and our bonuses over. Hoping for full 10% bonus and at least 2% rise.

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citrusman7@reddit

less than what ever inflation will be ofc

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Rythorian@reddit

Considering our pay increase has been delayed by 5 months and was pitiful last year I'm guessing a net pay cut is in store, yaaaaay at least I love my job though /s

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BeersAndGym@reddit

lol. What’s a pay rise?

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edfosho1@reddit

3.5%

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claretkoe@reddit

We had 10% over 2 years. 6.5% last year, 3.5% this year.

Reduced down to 7% if you under performed

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PepsiMaxSumo@reddit

Current estimates are above inflation. 3.5-4% on average across the country. Businesses as a whole are doing very well at the moment, though there are some not faring as well

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_Rvvers@reddit

The most wishy-washy comment I’ve read all week.

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Dependent_Durian4788@reddit

Whatever inflation is + what I tell them I want

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Lunies@reddit

5%

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LevelFish7771@reddit

A redundancy announcement.

Far cry from 3 years ago

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Work for a charity

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