Use levels.fyi for general salaries, align Head of Development with the salary level you want to negotiate for, and use it as evidence for that rate.
Want £100k? Find the appropriate level on the site that has that rate and make an argument that head of development is that level. You can make this argument for basically any level, with that title, so this alone might work.
Probably argue that now you have line manager responsibilities alongside development requirements you feel the salary bump doesn’t adequately reflect the much greater workload, especially without additional equity.
Most contracts say you can’t do work on the side in the UK without permission so I wouldn’t highlight this, just because it probably won’t impact negotiations (there’s better things to say) and at worst could cause issues where they ask you to stop. Unlikely, but in general don’t mention this stuff.
I’m shocked people used the card - most companies affected were big, surely they’d put this through legal first to check it doesn’t impact abilities to join a lawsuit later on etc…
Yeah it’s sad. Some companies are better than others, and it’s personally my favorite part of software engineering, but a lot of large companies cut it at the first opportunity.
You can skip paperwork but what if the patient is allergic to a medicine and you need to check medical records? Or you need to call for a surgeon but VoIP is down? Etc…
If CrowdStrike can cause this with a faulty update (allegedly), what do you think could happen to Western infrastructure from a full blown cyberwar? It's a valid risk.
> Society was able to move to mass WFH on a global scale in a single month during Covid
I don't know how much WFH saved lives, seeing as ordered isolation and social distancing was a thing during the Spanish Flu too (you just take the economic hit). But yes it allowed companies to keep maintaining profits. Those that couldn't WFH got paid in most countries anyway (furlough in England, etc).