How would you react to this (salary-related)

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I was just wondering people's opinions on this, and whether or not it has happened to anyone else (and what they did about it).

(C < B < A)

I've worked in my current position on salary C for 6 months. In my offer letter it states that I go up to salary B after 6 months. I've just hit that time period, requested it, and got it. We've also just had a new person start with roughly 6 months experience doing the same job at another company. I found out yesterday that he started on salary A (he had a question about his payslip and freely told me). Now, i'm quite offended by this, especially considering the hard time I had actually getting my contracted payrise.

Is this a case of suck it up and ignore it, or get in the GM's office and demand the same? It's a fairly junior position that we both have, he's also made it clear that he never asked/argued for salary A, they just gave it to him as the standard starting salary. It is rubbing me the wrong way as i'm actually the one training him up.. :( If we were very experienced and he's just managed to persuade them to give him salary A i wouldnt feel so bad, but neither of us have much experience yet so that's simply not the case!

We've actually been quite open about it and he assumed I was on salary A as well!

Any advice would be great...
 
This is exactly why you should never tell your colleagues your salary, he was an idiot really.

I doubt there is much you can do apart from threaten to leave and if they think you are worth it they may match it.
 
Happened to me at a place years ago, some months after I started they took on new people with less experience and gave them £3k a year more.

I left.
 
Happens all the time. Depends on the job market when you were both hired, he might have other talents he sold in his application the company want to exploit, company may have been desperate for someone.

Don't think you can do much, what happens if you demand more money and they say no, what do youdo then? They just gave youa pay rise. Maybe wait a few months before raising the issue.
 
mattyj1085 said:
Is the a big difference between salary A and salary B?
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Salary B is halfway between A and C, if that makes sense. They're all fairly low but that only makes the difference much larger..
Jokester said:
Is he employed by the same company as you?
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Yep, he's doing exactly the same job as me. Department of three. Myself, him, and our HOD.
gumbald said:
If you're training him, I'd want the same. Boss easily approachable?
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Not really! I work in a fairly relaxed (read: not very professional) industry where things arent really done by the book. To my advantage that means it's not as such a big deal to go and ask for a payrise. I've already spoke to my HOD briefly, and said i would probably be taking it up with the GM (as it's her call for anything like this). He pretty much said it's the norm that people coming into companies with experience can ask for more and it happens all the time. If i want a rise, i can leave and go elsewhere. Or threaten to. lol. We dont really get on ;)
 
Well he came to the company with experience, you didn't as far as I can gather from these posts. Perhaps that's the explanation?
 
tbh it really depends on the job, if you can walk out and find the same job again tomorrow no probs then ask for the same as you have nothing to lose (also if you live at home and therefore dont rent ect) if however with the current climate you dont know if another job will come around be very very careful and prob keep your trap shut, work hard, kick the other guys ass and get a pay rise that way.
 
be very careful with your next move. I would suck it up, start looking to move comapnies for more money.

Finding a new job is very diffcult atm, don't make the GM put your top of the list for "cut backs".

:)
 
Steve2000 said:
Well he came to the company with experience, you didn't as far as I can gather from these posts. Perhaps that's the explanation?
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I think that's there explanation. But that's saying that someone with 6 months experience at a different company is worth more than someone who's worked for 6 months at this company? Dont forget, my 6-month payrise to less than what he's started on. :confused:
 
I'd not demand the payrise

I'd try and bargin with them to see if they will review your wage in another 6 months and at least match his (with anypayrise that he receives at his 6 month point) say you are feeling undermind and under valued because of this.

your HOD was quite right People with experiance are worth more

if they refuse then you can think about walking
 
Might depend on where he came from - they might have had to pay more to get him.

Perhaps his 6 months experience is more valuable than your 6 months experience?
 
Oxy said:
be very careful with your next move. I would suck it up, start looking to move comapnies for more money.

Finding a new job is very diffcult atm, don't make the GM put your top of the list for "cut backs".

:)
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Agreed, but at the same time I also feel that because of the guys outside experience he could have bargained a higher wage.
 
Do you have a pay review? if so that is the time to bring it up. But rather than saying he's getting X more than me. explain what you have done for the company and why you should get x more.
 
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