Salary re-negotiation, based on newly acquired data

BennyC said:
Congrats. Also this ^

Money is no reason to stay. You could be inclined to take a counter offer from your current employer as a bit of an insult, if they value you more highly than they are currently paying you...
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I know everyone thinks that employers should throw money at good people as a matter of course but in reality human nature means that if you can get away without doing something you generally will, so I wouldn't always hold it massively against an employer. See what they say when you discuss that you think you're undervalued and go from there. If they don't offer much just move on :).
 
alx said:
I know everyone thinks that employers should throw money at good people as a matter of course but in reality human nature means that if you can get away without doing something you generally will, so I wouldn't always hold it massively against an employer. See what they say when you discuss that you think you're undervalued and go from there. If they don't offer much just move on :).
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Of course, very valid points. But how easily they roll over (presuming its to stay in the same role etc) might help to determine how unsavoury they've been :)
 
BennyC said:
Of course, very valid points. But how easily they roll over (presuming its to stay in the same role etc) might help to determine how unsavoury they've been :)
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Yes completely agreed, it's how they respond that's key. If they start playing hardball when you've already got offers giving a 30%+ raise then it's definitely time to say goodbye.
 
Thought I'd re-visit this thread to update it with an outcome.

It took 5 months, a change in senior management teams, and a fair bit of ensuring I was available up in Scotland during the management transition but we got there in the end.

20% payrise and I'm now "Group IT Operations and Infrastructure Manager" (lengthy, I know). I also got given a "bonus" (relatively meaningless token gesture) in way of apologizing for the way the whole situation had been handled.

So, all's well that ends well I guess.
 
Thanks for the update (I hate threads like this with no outcome!).

Hopefully now with a proper job title and accumulating experience this will put you in a strong position for your next move, although obviously it depends on how you are finding the current role. It sounds like you are still potentially being underpaid (based on a subordinate in previous role earning 13% more than you, and you applying for jobs paying 34% more) but fairly commonplace for a lot of employers (I've been there!).
 
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