Cecilia Manduca, 25, who works for London firm GrantTree, recently decided to give herself a pay-rise, taking her salary from £30,000 to £37,000.
Cecilia Manduca, the GranTree employee.
But there’s a catch; colleagues can’t give themselves a pay raise without discussing it with their colleagues first, and it must reflect what they’d earn at a similar firm.
She told BBC 5 Live: “I felt a lot of doubts asking for that raise. It took a lot of talks with other people.
“When I spoke with my colleagues internally and asked for advice, the advice they gave me was that, yes, I did deserve it and I was worth it.
Cecilia made decided to give herself a pay rise after her responsibilities at the firm changed.
She said: “I was aware that my job had changed. I was aware I was going way beyond my targets”.
GrantTree’s 45 employees set their own salaries and can have them reviewed as often as they like… as long as colleagues agree.
