“Feel empowered for your next conversation, go armed with stats”

“Feel empowered for your next conversation, go armed with stats”

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Creative Career Conundrums is a weekly advice column from If You Could Jobs. Each week their selected panel of professionals from the creative industry answers your burning career questions to help you navigate the creative journey.

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I’m a senior designer at an independent studio in London and I started the role just off the back of Covid. It’s been an ongoing conversation with the founder about a pay review or pay raise; the first time we had a chat about it was when I had just passed my probation and one year review. Their response was, “we’re a new studio and we need to prioritise studio hiring and culture building”. They would even sometimes say they’re not even paying themselves as founders – which is obviously not true.

How should I approach this conversation moving forward? With the current state of the industry and economic landscape, it feels like the studio has the upper-hand of the ‘pay’ situation. I find it quite hard to navigate, and I’ve even considering quitting, but I also worry that it’s not the best time to do so. I’ve ended up feeling undervalued and powerless.

Why is it so difficult to ask for a pay raise or pay review, and should I leave?

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