Has Anyone Been Promoted this Year??

[A1Mikey]

Despite all the doom and gloom, the job losses and higher taxes, has anyone actually been promoted or been awarded a substantial payrise over the past 12 months -- or is it really as bad as the papers say?? Just interested?? Thanks

[craft1948]

I've not been promoted but I understand Gordon is giving me a £2.37 per week rise in April.....I may start job hunting....

[Captin Kirk]

I have just received a 20% pay rise when the standard rate was 1% although I have to say I deserve it as I am having to do more as our department has reduced by 50% due to redundancies.

[craft1948]

so you've been sailing along doing bugger all with 50% too many staff and now you're getting 'rewarded'...

[Captin Kirk]

not quite ... department has always been busy but some were more skilled at letting others carry them and good at disguising it than I have ever been. Now the wastes of space have left I have finally been recognised for the contribution I have been making all along thank you very much!

[craft1948]

good on you kirky..........gis a job :-)

[Captin Kirk]

I'd love to if I could crafty but I don't hold the reins of power. We could do with people who made a worthwhile contribution to make my life easier but I'd still want to keep the payrise!

[saxy_jag]

I had an incremental rise in April, and a union-negotiated rise in September. No promotion because we just don't have the vacancies that often - we all like working there too much. There have been secondments elsewhere in the service, though. Just that I wasn't interested in any of them.

[society]

Not promoted but just got an increase in my salary. That's a real good thing...
I've also got lots of vacation time which will be carried over to next year's.

[reality4hhh]

I don't think its as bad as the press makes out. In the last 12 months I have been promoted from Administrator to a resource consultant/ team lead and received a pay rise. I also have a chance in two months to move to overall resource and communications manager as my current boss retires. I think you will find bigger firms are using other ways of cutting down on staff, for instance the company I work for have changed retirement schemes so that people round 50 would benefit from taking early retirement and therefore keeping the core staff and having natural turnover of staff.