Is it too early to ask for a raise when renegotiating contract, after 7 months?

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manpreet Tuteehub forum best answer Best Answer 2 years ago

 


I work as a programmer in a small company in Germany and I was hired for my (totally junior) position of Android developer after taking a master degree in computer science.

I had never worked before, so I can consider myself a junior. I was hired for 7 months with 1 month probatory period. After the probatory period the employment could be terminated with 1 month notice period.

After 7 months I am a bit surprised because they offered me the same contract but for 1 year. No probatory period of course, no salary raise and the contract can still be terminated by both parts with 1 month notice.

I still have to give an answer and/or ask questions/clarifications, so I am still in time to renegotiate everything. Would it be ok to negotiate for the salary now or is it better to wait for my 1 year “anniversary”? Also, would it be ok to ask for an undeterminated time contract?

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manpreet 2 years ago


I think everything that DarkCygnus said is valid, most importantly the part that the company is probably not able or willing to offer permanent positions right now.

I want to add some additional input though from my experience that is specific to Germany.

It is highly uncommon in Germany in the software-development sector to have non-permanent contracts. All the jobs I ever took or applied to here were permanent positions. That is already something that strikes me as intriguing about your situation.

You have a master degree and at least a bit of work experience at this point. They want to offer you a new contract so this is definitely the time to renegotiate salary in my humble opinion. It is very common for new developers in the companies I have been at to receive their first raise after 3-6 months when the probation period is over and this first raise normally was around 5-10%.

So, to answer your question: Yes, you very well can ask for a salary renegotiation. From personal experience I would also recommend you to keep your eyes out for other job opportunities that can offer you permanent contracts - very often companies are eagerly looking for young developers coming from university to fill their ranks and can offer quite competitive salaries.


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