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Shall i ask for a raise?

Just been told im at risk of being made redundant so i will be applying a lot more now anyway. Strangely i had just received an 3% payrise a couple of weeks ago and now I receive this news which is a bit odd. But I can't say i am entirely surprised as there has been an eery atmoshphere even though i'm fuly wfh ( lack of comms from manager, not much work to do ect)

Thank god i took out ASU insurance to cover redundancy.
This is probably the kick i needed to get applying.

There is an opening for a senior analyst role that it seems like we are being put forward for (letter not 100% clear), requirements are as follows

  • experience working with datawarehouses - well i know how to extract data from them
  • ability to build and maintain a data pipeline - i don't think i have done this ? Does getting sql from a warehouse count?
  • Automation of reporting with SQL and Python - Yep, automated one of our main reports last year using SQL and manager knows about it. Have used Python to automate a report as well but i'm not sure my manager knows about it as she was on maternity
The other two at risk of redundancy aren't as technically skilled as me and i'm intermediate in sql and python + i have a degree in Computing which stands me in good stead but i'm not putting all my eggs in that basket. Will carry on applying externally.
 
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I was reading your earlier comments about skill set and value. You only really know your value by what you get offered in interviews. When your employed you live in a bubble. You need to go to the job market to see the reality of jobs and salaries.
 
*Thread revival*

Well i've finally set out what i wanted to this year which was to finder a higher paying job. Received a call about an hour ago offering me a BI Analyst job with a company that provides betting companies with data.
45k with a 5% bonus happy days.

I got made redundant in May and i've had 3 kidney stone operations over the summer so its been a bit of a crappy time if i'm honest. I had redundancy insurace though thankfully and that and JSA have kept me afloat financially.
Only slight downside is that I have to go in 4 days a week but my last job was fully remote which i find quite isolating at times. I've been at home 99% of the time since May, so will be nice to get a change of scenery.

I think this was my 5th interview, just got to keep plugging away I guess. Happy days!
 
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To add to this since August our team reports into someone else on the board and they want things done yesterday and trys to micromanage us at times which isn't pleasent and i'm not really willing to work under this style of management for just over 36k.

My manager is back from maternity Monday week and I assume i will have a 1-2-1 with her soon after(not had one since she went on leave in March). I really want to ask for a raise and given that I am using these extra skills that i was hired for I think i have a good chance so just wanted to see what you guys think.
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Just get another job IMO.

Edit: I see it’s an update to a previous thread. Doh!
 
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We lost about half of our team recently after the company said "no pay rises". I bet they regret that
 
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