I also agree with "if it is not on paper, it does not count!". My first job they verbally agreed to a pay rise at the end of the first 6 months. It was a lot

I also agree with "if it is not on paper, it does not count!". My first job they verbally agreed to a pay rise at the end of the first 6 months. It was a lot of hard work getting them to actually act upon this. This was a very very tight company and was hard work even getting the basic tools needed to do my job.