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This does not apply to me.

Salary experiences vary among employees, but for me, the process was straightforward.

Salary negotiations are always possible, and raises are tied to specific goals that must be met within a certain timeframe. A recently introduced process, the “Goldrunde,” involves the founders, circle leads, skill leads, HR, and finance teams discussing salary adjustments.

In my case, I didn’t go through a Goldrunde. I started with an annual gross salary of 45k €. The founder responsible for creative salaries at the time increased it to 52k € after a brief negotiation, and another six months later, it was raised to 58k €. Beyond my daily tasks, I was given the responsibility of building a production team, which justified the salary increase.

Throughout my 2.5 years at the agency, I was never paid late once.

Requests for salary increases are generally not well received, which can be discouraging.

Habe in 4 Jahren 5 mal eine Gehaltserhöhung bekommen. Und 4 mal davon kam die GF auf mich zu. Das kenne ich so nicht.

Mein Gehalt war für die Stelle völlig in Ordnung. Viele andere mussten sich hingegen oft für ihr Gehalt rechtfertigen ("eigentlich bist du ja viel zu teuer für uns"). Bei Gehaltsverhandlungen ist es oft emotional geworden und einige Kolleg*innen haben zum Zeitpunkt meines Austritts schon sehr lange auf ihre versprochene Erhöhung gewartet.

Salaries are based on performance and responsibility. If you negotiate well at the beginning, you start with a good basis. But from there it will be difficult to get a higher salary for your performance.