Same here. Jumped ship in late 2021 for a 50% pay increase. Haven't had a pay rise with new employer since. They have one more chance this annual review cycle o

Same here. Jumped ship in late 2021 for a 50% pay increase. Haven't had a pay rise with new employer since. They have one more chance this annual review cycle or I'm jumping again. My monthly mandatory expenses (excluding mortgage, since it's fixed for now) have crept up 15-20% this year. Just renewed my home insurance it's gone up 40% since Dec 22 In 4 years I'm expecting my mortgage payments (my biggest expense) to increase at least 30%. We're pretty comfortable, and think we stay off the hedonic treadmill as much as possible, but looking to start a family and I have a lot of financial anxiety despite a decent 6 figure salary in London Total (not marginal) tax burden on my salary is >40% and getting worse every year due to fiscal drag.