Work budget

the wopster · 23 Dec 2014 at 19:14

Do any of you guys deal with a staff and resource budget in your jobs? I have my review next month and I feel I'm underpaid for the budget I manage and the job I do so am trying to get a pay rise.

I should have added my staff and resource budget is £100k going upto £125k in April, so not a lot in the grand scheme of things

alx · 23 Dec 2014 at 20:21

How many people is that budget for/do you manage? Helps to put it in perspective a bit more.

the wopster · 23 Dec 2014 at 21:10

6 staff members sorry

Pestilence · 23 Dec 2014 at 21:43

Whew... not particularly good wages for those 6, then!

Mynight · 23 Dec 2014 at 21:44

Well how much you on?

MrMoonX · 23 Dec 2014 at 21:47

Wow with NICs and pension costs those employees are on peanuts, your budget is awful

MooMoo444 · 23 Dec 2014 at 22:09

Assuming you have to budget for non-staff things too, that's a horrible budget for 6 members :\

alx · 23 Dec 2014 at 22:44

EDIT: Delete, double post

alx · 23 Dec 2014 at 22:44

woppy101 said:
6 staff members sorry

Just to clarify, do the staff wages come out of that budget?

As others have said doesn't seem like very much if it does!

SpeedFreak · 23 Dec 2014 at 22:45

The budget you manage will have little bearing on how much you get paid.

the wopster · 24 Dec 2014 at 07:50

alx said:
Just to clarify, do the staff wages come out of that budget?

As others have said doesn't seem like very much if it does!

Sorry yes the staff wages do come out of the budget and they are low paid(but there is nothing I can do about that, my wages also come out of that so you can see how well I am paid lol)ATM I have 3 staff and am taking on 3 p/t after Xmas( why I said I had 6 staff) I'm only on one little corner of the site, the whole site has about 50-60 staff but I'm not sure on the budget for the whole site.

Luke_Bowman · 24 Dec 2014 at 07:57

125k for 7 peoples wages?!

Depending on what you do that's abysmal

rossk26 · 24 Dec 2014 at 07:59

Is the £25k increase to allow for those p/t staff?

If not, then there's your pay rise for yourself and your team

the wopster · 24 Dec 2014 at 08:01

rossk26 said:
Is the £25k increase to allow for those p/t staff?

If not, then there's your pay rise for yourself and your team

Yes that's to allow for the new staff members

Luke_Bowman · 24 Dec 2014 at 08:03

For arguments sake lets divide it to 25k for you and 16.6k for each other 6 staff.

Your staff are either underpaid or the difference between the normal staff and you is far too narrow.

However, since the budget has just been increased by 25K and this includes you; I don't think you'll have much luck asking for a raise

the wopster · 24 Dec 2014 at 08:04

Luke_Bowman said:
125k for 7 peoples wages?!

Depending on what you do that's abysmal

I thought as much, hence the reason I was thinking of leaving and utilising my PCV/HGV licences ( it wouldn't be much of a pay cut)

The perks of the job used to be quite good, 7 weeks holiday a year, 8am-3pm working hours but they are starting to mess with that

Luke_Bowman · 24 Dec 2014 at 08:12

woppy101 said:
The perks of the job used to be quite good, 7 weeks holiday a year, 8am-3pm working hours but they are starting to mess with that

If money isn't a massive issue that sounds very nice.

If you're young I'd be chasing the money and asking for a payrise whilst exploring other options

the wopster · 24 Dec 2014 at 08:12

Luke_Bowman said:
For arguments sake lets divide it to 25k for you and 16.6k for each other 6 staff.

I wish try 21k

Luke_Bowman · 24 Dec 2014 at 08:13

125 - 21 = 104

104/6 = 17.3.

If you manage 125K and 6 people you should be getting a bigger difference than 4k IMO

the wopster · 24 Dec 2014 at 08:14

Luke_Bowman said:
If money isn't a massive issue that sounds very nice.

If you're young I'd be chasing the money and asking for a payrise whilst exploring other options

It's a good job it isn't a massive issue lol