Four Key Steps You Should Be Taking If a Pay Increase Isn’t an Option

Implement them now to advance your career in tough times

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Covid 19 brought huge changes to organisations and their employees. We are still trying to work out the financial implications of the pandemic. It seems certain that not every company will be in a position to grant pay increases the way they did in the past.

Even if your company has introduced a pay freeze or worse, a pay cut, there are still ways to improve your financial prospects. The four steps below can advance your career while you wait for the company to return to a more stable position.

I have used them myself and seen others successfully negotiate them with their manager and they can help ensure you are first in line when salary increases restart.

Ideally you should try to implement all four steps and the roadmap in the takeaway covers how to do this.

1 Convince your company to pay for training

If the company is not in a position to give you a salary increase they may be able to support you through paying for a specific career development programme, or at least making a contribution to your future education plans. Never discount this option. Look at it as no salary…