{"id":36449,"date":"2017-12-07T11:17:22","date_gmt":"2017-12-07T11:17:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/seven-telling-signs-you-re-underpaid\/"},"modified":"2017-12-07T11:17:15","modified_gmt":"2017-12-07T11:17:15","slug":"seven-telling-signs-you-re-underpaid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/seven-telling-signs-you-re-underpaid\/","title":{"rendered":"Seven telling signs you\u2019re underpaid"},"content":{"rendered":"

{{You never get a raise}}<\/p>\n

Working etiquette says that a staff deserves to be given a pay raise at least, every other year in appreciation of their input and service over the months. Sadly, a lot of companies do not do this for their staff, but hold on to this benefit. It\u2019s a very glaring sign of underpayment.<\/p>\n

{{Increased workload without corresponding raise}}<\/p>\n

When you get far more than you used to do added to your list of duties as a company staff without a corresponding increment in pay, it\u2019s a very glaring sign you\u2019re being underpaid. It\u2019s of course either the company is short on cash or they\u2019re just taking advantage of you.<\/p>\n

{{Your friends in the same line of work enjoy increments, you don\u2019t}}<\/p>\n

When you have a chat with your friends in other firms, you discover, sadly, that although you are in the same line of work and possibly with the same educational qualifications & years of experience; they earn far better than you do from your basic salary\u2014a clear indication that you\u2019re being underpaid and apparently being taken advantage of by your boss.<\/p>\n

{{Your services are in great demand, but nothing to show for it}} <\/p>\n

You notice your boss asking for your help at every little instance, yet, he never adds even a dime to your pay to show appreciation for your services. Instead, all you get is \u2018thank you\u2019, and perhaps some accolades. I think that\u2019s not enough.<\/p>\n

{{Your boss\/company makes a lot of money, but staff still suffer}}<\/p>\n

Although it is a more arduous task of determining the generated revenue\/income of a private firm compared to a public one, subsequent office discussions and random sightings of the company\u2019s account records and budget should give you a pretty good idea. One condition for giving salary raises is a substantial growth in the company\u2019s revenue. If you\u2019re not getting any, something isn\u2019t right.<\/p>\n

{{Promotion without a raise}}<\/p>\n

It\u2019s improper for one to be elevated from one position to another without a corresponding increase in their pay. If you\u2019ve been uplifted from a previous position to a much higher one, and your pay doesn\u2019t change, you should probably consider your options.<\/p>\n

{{You never get any leave allowances}}<\/p>\n

This is another sign of underpayment. According to work etiquette, a staff is entitled to an annual leave, and some pay to go along with it. If you\u2019ve been working for an organization, and you\u2019ve never gotten one, you may be getting underpaid.<\/p>\n

Finally, I\u2019ll add that sometimes companies don\u2019t add money to staff salaries because they don\u2019t have enough in their revenue or something has gone wrong with their finances. Other times, it\u2019s just plain wickedness on their part. Either ways, if you have a gut feeling deep inside you are not getting as much as you deserve from your company, you may not be doing any wrong to follow your instincts.<\/p>\n

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{{Source: elcrema.com}}<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Underpayment is simply receiving less than you give or are worth despite your services to a company. It is real, and there are a lot of people in this position today who don\u2019t know it. So we\u2019ll take a look at some of the signs of underpayment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-36449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36449"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36449\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36449"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=36449"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=36449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}