Want a pay rise? Prepare well before asking for that pay increment

Industrial Court Judge Nduma Nderi (centre) when he engaged in negotiations in his chambers with Knut, Kuppet and government officials over a pay dispute that prompted the strike teachers’ strike. [PHOTO: FIDELIS KABUNYI]

NAIROBI: Sharon Jambi has worked with a Nairobi-based company for nine years. But she is discontented with earning the same salary year in year out. She says new employees, some with no work experience and whom she had mentored in the job, are paid a similar starting salary as hers.

She is aggrieved that her efforts have not been appreciated. She believes she deserves better in terms of remunerations. “Recently, there was a change of management with some few employees, mostly high ranking, leaving the company. This was after the new management did away with some of the perks, save for yearly bonuses.