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Asking for a pay rise
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Hiya guys,
Nit of a rant really but I need some advice as to whether I'm completely out of line lol.
I started working at an accountants in September as a trainee (currently working towards intermediate AAT) and I'm having my first appraisal on Wednesday.
I've already sat my A-Level in Accounting but intermediate is the highest you can start at AAT, so this year is pretty much like resitting my A-Level.
Anyways, I started on £7000 a year and I'm thinking of asking for a payrise. (Nothing extreme just going to ask for an extra £1000) The girl at work who's working for her technician level is on £8,500 and not to be bitchy but, I've been there 5 months and I'm doing stuff even she can't do.
I've been looking around at other jobs at the same level as mine and they're all offering £9000-£10000 and they're similar size firms.
Am I totally out of line? Or should I say I'm looking for other places if I get turned down because I think £3.98 an hour for 37 and a half hours a week is a bit crap really.
Nit of a rant really but I need some advice as to whether I'm completely out of line lol.
I started working at an accountants in September as a trainee (currently working towards intermediate AAT) and I'm having my first appraisal on Wednesday.
I've already sat my A-Level in Accounting but intermediate is the highest you can start at AAT, so this year is pretty much like resitting my A-Level.
Anyways, I started on £7000 a year and I'm thinking of asking for a payrise. (Nothing extreme just going to ask for an extra £1000) The girl at work who's working for her technician level is on £8,500 and not to be bitchy but, I've been there 5 months and I'm doing stuff even she can't do.
I've been looking around at other jobs at the same level as mine and they're all offering £9000-£10000 and they're similar size firms.
Am I totally out of line? Or should I say I'm looking for other places if I get turned down because I think £3.98 an hour for 37 and a half hours a week is a bit crap really.
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Ring the student line for the AAT (0845 863 0801 )and ask for advise. Because you are illegally getting under paid, and deserve to be treated better by your employers. If they dont shift on your pay, get a new job and then report them.
The least I can be paid is £87.01 a week which is only £4500 a year, so really I'm being "reasonably" paid
Go ahead and ask, worst they can say is no.
Damn, I forgot you got paid so badly if your an apprentice (which is still a shit wage across the board imo)
Just ask them, worse they can do is say no. Maybe ask for a six month review and do it there.
If you 18-25 and registed on the appentice scheme then companies can pay you bugger all (becasue they are paying for your training) and your a bit screwed because some comapnies can and will take advantage. Trainee job tend to have your training included for the job and you get paid a decent salary.
On the other hand, that's the contract you signed up for. If you were happy with it 5 months ago, why aren't you happy with it now? I'm always heavily sceptical of a job applicant who has been with his previous employer for less than a year - two years for comfort
But when I started and realised I'm doing more work than other people it annoyed me a bit.
Anyway I went for my appraisal and my boss said no to a pay rise. So i argued my point and showed him the table I'd found of what trainee accountants should be on and.........he didn't even know that I was sitting the intermediate paper, he thought I'd started with no experience OR qualifications....when both me AND the training 2000 person made him completely aware of this.
So at the end of the day, I got an extra £1000 and a promise of another review in 6 months time when I've got my exam results :thumb:
Well done. Your bosses not knowing what your qualifications/experience are is shocking but I've had it happen more then once to me.