You may have seen the redundancy thread I posted a few months back.
As it turned out, someone on our team who's job was business critical resigned. I applied for his job, was interviewed and successfully got it. He was senior in terms of experience and I saw the job as a great opportunity to learn, hopefully develop my own skills and put me in good stead for a pay rise in the future.
I did not mention salary in the interview but did ask if my job description would change to what the persons was before. I was told it would not partly due to everyones changing when all redundancies had taken place. The job title that went out on the spec was the same as what it is now, just with different required skillset. (though saying that the actual title is different on the meeting invite)
A few people have said I was daft not to ask for a raise, despite the lack of experience. My thoughts were that once I had more experience I would be in a better position to ask as would be needed. I find what I am doing interesting and have been studying more out of work hours and also have the opportunity to go on training courses during work hours.
From a legal standpoint, if the job spec went out to all the business and I was interviewed and successfully got it, should I be on the same salary as my predecessor?
As it turned out, someone on our team who's job was business critical resigned. I applied for his job, was interviewed and successfully got it. He was senior in terms of experience and I saw the job as a great opportunity to learn, hopefully develop my own skills and put me in good stead for a pay rise in the future.
I did not mention salary in the interview but did ask if my job description would change to what the persons was before. I was told it would not partly due to everyones changing when all redundancies had taken place. The job title that went out on the spec was the same as what it is now, just with different required skillset. (though saying that the actual title is different on the meeting invite)
A few people have said I was daft not to ask for a raise, despite the lack of experience. My thoughts were that once I had more experience I would be in a better position to ask as would be needed. I find what I am doing interesting and have been studying more out of work hours and also have the opportunity to go on training courses during work hours.
From a legal standpoint, if the job spec went out to all the business and I was interviewed and successfully got it, should I be on the same salary as my predecessor?