Channel 4 is looking for people who feel they are due a pay rise but don't know how to ask for one

[Bathfix Bob]

Sole trader but if I had staff I'd pay them what they're worth.

 

[Remedy Productions]

Not enough folk out there like you. Best of luck with it!

 

[Dumbo]

Glad to hear you've come a long way since 1995! Are you a sole-trader or do you have staff?

I don't think any body is going to admit having staff to you if all of a sudden you're going to turn up and start negotiating wage rises

 

[Remedy Productions]

I get your point but there'd be no obligation on behalf of the employer to actually give a pay rise.

Our expert, Dan Hughes, is widely regarded as one of the leading business negotiators in the country and he's offering to share his expertise for free. An employee who has learned those kind of deal-breaking skills sounds like a real asset to any company.

Who knows how much money they could save a business in the long term? Potentially much more than the rise they asked for...

 

[Qwerty]

Hi @Remedy Productions please post a thread once, not multiple threads in different sections. Hope you get some replies.
For future reference it may be worth running any future threads past admin before posting.

 

[WetSaw]

Reminds me of negotiating my first proper wage when I was 17 in 1995, my boss said I'm putting you on £75.00 a week and I said wow thanks.

I should have pushed for £80.00

You were rich! I started on £19 a week in 1977.

TJ will be along to tell you he started on 3 groats and a loaf of bread in 1878..

 

[Time's Ran Out]

3 groats AND a loaf of bread.
That was on a good week of 8 days before the Julian calander was introduced by Ceasar.
I remember Hadrian coming over to our town and building a bloody wall across the country to keep out the heathens in the north - sounds familiar.
He kept the wages so low we had to join a theatre company that showed us how to ask for a pay rise. Unfortunately it all ended in tears and we all had to work on the ships. Fortunately Arthur and Maggie came along and closed all the industry and I took up tiling - never looked back - money falling out of every pouch, stotties on the table every night and friends all over Europe telling me not to use exclamation marks.

 

[Italy]

how to pay, they gave me kick your a.s, up to 23 years.

Then, I got married.
And still kicking in a.s