Salary Review after 6 months- realistic figure to ask for

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Hi guys,

What would be the average % increase applicable for a pay rise after a 6 month period people would generally ask for?

Company I work for does a salary review at this point when you commence working with them.

Obviously it is dependent on performance, I would be a strong performer, just looking a ballpark figure increase in terms of % that people generally get granted.

Thanks a mill

Doff

Entirely depends on the company, scope of work and many other factors. There is no blanket % increase for every company. You could look to see what the average salary is for your position/scope of work in other companies and use that as a benchmark, but your questions is too vague to give a solid answer.

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Doff wrote: »

Entirely depends on the company, scope of work and many other factors. There is no blanket % increase for every company. You could look to see what the average salary is for your position/scope of work in other companies and use that as a benchmark, but your questions is too vague to give a solid answer.

Thanks for your response, i've never been in a company that offers a payrise so soon, so wasn't sure what to look at- but I understand where you're coming from.

wirelessdude01

I've never heard of a company doing this previously. Maybe the current market situation demands this in your industry as people are hard to hire at a certain level. Maybe play it dumb and let them offer and move onwards from there.

Tar.Aldarion

When this was me they were going to just up it 4% but I asked for more and they gave me 10K. So just see what the company can do for you, all you can do is ask and put forward a case.

OMM 0000

Ring a number of recruiters, tell them your experience and that you are looking for a new job, and ask them what sort of salary you should expect.

Use that figure as a guide.

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OMM 0000 wrote: »

Ring a number of recruiters, tell them your experience and that you are looking for a new job, and ask them what sort of salary you should expect.

Use that figure as a guide.

They're go to response would be "well go get the offer."

6 months is a short time but if this is something they're offering you to make a case on then that's all you can do. Go in there with confidence without making any grand statements. I'd say you probably know what's a reasonable request.

shane b

Really hard to guess. I'm in the probation period as well but with my company you only get an annual review. This year they gave 1.25 % which hasn't gone down too well.