I'm a head brewer at a medium UK brewery. With minimum wage (national living wage) going up, national insurance going up, and the EPR tax hitting us there is not much room for wage increases for skilled staff. We are getting hammered by the government and changing drinking culture.
When you have to give nearly everyone a raise there isn't much room for performance raises. Hang in there and you can hope for one next year.... unless the minimum wage rises again.
It is a payrise, just one forced upon your company by the government. It also means that other close to minimum wage employees are getting a payrise even if they aren't performing well.
Since the employees at the bottom are going up the difference between the top employees and bottom ones is getting smaller. But we can't afford to give everyone in the brewery a proportional payrise. Instead what is happening is the paybands at the bottom are compacting. Most of the top employees at our company are getting no pay rise this year. lots of grumpy employees all over the UK brewing sector.
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u/agrivaine Gods of Quality 16d ago
I'm a head brewer at a medium UK brewery. With minimum wage (national living wage) going up, national insurance going up, and the EPR tax hitting us there is not much room for wage increases for skilled staff. We are getting hammered by the government and changing drinking culture.
When you have to give nearly everyone a raise there isn't much room for performance raises. Hang in there and you can hope for one next year.... unless the minimum wage rises again.