Am I right for wanting a raise, or should I accept what i have.
I work for a startup division within a large construction company group. We're a team of 3 (+ our boss, but he doesn't help much since he's also in charge of another company in the group). We used to be a team of 4, but one person got fired a few months back. His workload was divided between the three of us, and there's no replacement planned.
Our contracts will be shifted from one company to another within the group, because it makes more sense in terms of location and management. I'd like to take advantage of the fact that I have to sign a new contract to ask for a raise. I feel like, for the amount of responsibility I have, I deserve more than a starter's salary. I'm also a bit older than the average "schoolverlater" (recent graduate), and therefore feel more mature.
I already carry a lot of responsibility and put in quite a few extra (uncompensated) hours. It might also be worth mentioning that, outside of our team, the work mentality is very old-fashioned and not very pleasant.
Am I right to want more for what I do, or should I just accept what I have and be content?
1. PERSONALIA
- Age: 26
- Education: Bachelor toegepaste informatica
- Work experience : 1
- Civil status: Unmarried
- Dependent people/children: 0
2. EMPLOYER PROFILE
- Sector/Industry: Construction
- Amount of employees: +2000
- Multinational? YES
3. CONTRACT & CONDITIONS
- Current job title: Junior Projectleider
- Job description: In charge of production, purchasing production materials/resources, after-sales service, and general "brandjes blussen"
- Seniority: 1
- Official hours/week : 40
- Average real hours/week incl. overtime: 45-50
- Shiftwork or 9 to 5 (flexible?): 8:00-17:30 (not really flexible)
- On-call duty: NO
- Vacation days/year: 32
4. SALARY
- Gross salary/month: 2660 EURO
- Net salary/month: 2091 EURO
- Netto compensation: 0
- Car/bike/... or mobility budget: Company car + tankkaart
- 13th month (full? partial?): Not sure?
- Meal vouchers: 6/DAY
- Ecocheques: 250**/YEAR**
- Group insurance: /
- Other insurances: Hospitalisatie verzekering
- Other benefits (bonuses, stocks options, ... ): /
5. MOBILITY
- City/region of work: West-Vlaanderen
- Distance home-work: 25 min drive
- How do you commute? Company car
- How is the travel home-work compensated: /
- Telework days/week: 0
6. OTHER
- How easily can you plan a day off: relativaly easy, but most days are fixed bouwverlof
- Is your job stressful? moderately stressfull
- Responsible for personnel (reports): 2-4 depending on production volume