Hello Everyone,
I come from one of the non-EU countries and work as a Senior Systems Engineer (IT) in one of the EU countries. Due to covid I had lost my job back in 2020 and struggled to find a job for 8 months as no organization was ready to sponsor me a visa. A year ago my current company had posted a job on Indeed stating the salary range would be €40-55k/annum which was confirmed by the HR as well. After I cleared the interview, the HR offered me €35k salary. I tried negotiating, also said this is not what it was mentioned by you or on the Indeed job portal but the HR said this is what we can offer you (their tone was like take it or leave it). The job market was on a turmoil and I needed a visa so I accepted it. Moreover, they did not sponsor me a visa but they gave me visa sponsorship letter which I'm thankful for and I paid for my visa.
I got a good manager and everyone in my team is supportive and fun to work with. I'm enjoying my work and there is no much work pressure. Also, I get some idle time too as compared to my old colleagues who are mostly on calls the whole day.
Now, I'll complete 1 year next week and will have my appraisal meeting soon, what I have heard is that the hike is around 5%. I'm worried/scared if I negotiate they are going to be upset and create a bad work environment for me. I have no choice of moving out until I get my permanent visa in 18 months. Should I talk about it or accept whatever hike they're going to give me??
Any suggestions??