SkyBlueFlux
Well-Known Member
I'm going to take advantage of the relative anonymity of asking questions on here and once again dip into Bluemoon's collective farcical wisdom.
I finished university and I started working for a company pretty much straight away about 5 months ago.
Been really happy there up to now, not had a single issue and I can see it being a place I spend a long time working for. I put in about an hour or two a day more than I'm contracted to do (already 42.5 hours). I do work at weekends sometimes too, in the hope of standing out a bit. So far it's gone really well and now I'm answering directly into the CEO, which is a lot of pressure but I relish it.
When I first started I agreed to take a lower salary than I would have wanted to, just get my foot in the door. Both sides understood that and they got no complaints from me. In about Nov I was told I'd earned a rise based on what I'd already done that will take effect in Jan. Then just this week I went to talk to my old line manager who put the forms in for the rise a while back, and I've been told that the CEO who promised me the rise in the first place is refusing to sign it off this month because the company as a whole (we're talking multi-£m with over 1,000 employees) isn't doing as well as expected. I work with financials and I can tell you it's in huge growth.
Now it's a bit shit because, like I say, I like working there. This is my first proper full-time job and I have little other experience. I don't want to kick up a fuss and rock the boat, I'm just happy to be in a good job. I just see it as pretty bad form that they've asked me to take up this position of greater responsibility under the proviso I would get a bit more money. They've happily handed over the extra work, but I'm still on the same salary.
Do I have a leg to stand on if I go in and complain? Or should I just take the hit? I'm worried about setting a precedent of being a bit of a pushover.
I finished university and I started working for a company pretty much straight away about 5 months ago.
Been really happy there up to now, not had a single issue and I can see it being a place I spend a long time working for. I put in about an hour or two a day more than I'm contracted to do (already 42.5 hours). I do work at weekends sometimes too, in the hope of standing out a bit. So far it's gone really well and now I'm answering directly into the CEO, which is a lot of pressure but I relish it.
When I first started I agreed to take a lower salary than I would have wanted to, just get my foot in the door. Both sides understood that and they got no complaints from me. In about Nov I was told I'd earned a rise based on what I'd already done that will take effect in Jan. Then just this week I went to talk to my old line manager who put the forms in for the rise a while back, and I've been told that the CEO who promised me the rise in the first place is refusing to sign it off this month because the company as a whole (we're talking multi-£m with over 1,000 employees) isn't doing as well as expected. I work with financials and I can tell you it's in huge growth.
Now it's a bit shit because, like I say, I like working there. This is my first proper full-time job and I have little other experience. I don't want to kick up a fuss and rock the boat, I'm just happy to be in a good job. I just see it as pretty bad form that they've asked me to take up this position of greater responsibility under the proviso I would get a bit more money. They've happily handed over the extra work, but I'm still on the same salary.
Do I have a leg to stand on if I go in and complain? Or should I just take the hit? I'm worried about setting a precedent of being a bit of a pushover.