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kash786

kash786

kash786

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After a bit of advise please from the all knowing GD :)

I've just been informed by colleague at work that he's earning about 2.5k per annum more than me, even though we both started at the same time and do the same job.

He thinks I should raise this with our Manager, should I? Would you? If so, how would you approach the situation?

Ta.
 
Now why would he want you to raise it with your manager?

If you're going to do, you need to make sure you have a case built as to why you are worth more money to the company.
 
Why is it your business what he earns? Lots of people earn different amounts depending on what they've done before, what was needed to get them to take the job, etc etc.

Salary is a personal thing, it's a free market.

If you feel you are worth more thats a different matter which you should raise, but it's not really anything to do with your colleagues status.
 
Wizzfizz said:
It's none of your business how much he earns.
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Well, true, but now that he does know, he may feel that he's being taken for a ride.
He could approach his boss and say he feels "undervalued" and see if they'll offer him more.
This happened to me a year ago at my review where i declared i felt frustrated that with all the responsibility i have that i felt undervalued. My next review is at 1pm today and to be fair to my boss, since the last review, i'm now on a salary that i'm happy with (and well before i expectde it too).

It can happen.
 
I've found something out very similar today.

The reason? They were recruited externally, I was internal recruitment.

****ing sucks balls, but unfortunately that's the way it is. :(
 
i think it pretty much happens everywhere, thats life.
pretty much everywhere i have worked discussing wages is normally looked badly on. maybe your boss felt your collegue had more to offer than you, maybe he felt he does more work than you, it really doesnt matter. unless in your contract it states your wages will match everyone else in the company the only 2 options are put up with it or leave.
 
kash786 said:
After a bit of advise please from the all knowing GD :)

I've just been informed by colleague at work that he's earning about 2.5k per annum more than me, even though we both started at the same time and do the same job.

He thinks I should raise this with our Manager, should I? Would you? If so, how would you approach the situation?

Ta.
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NO

what you do is say that you believe you are worth more than your current remuneration and state why. What you don't do is say Billy gets paid more than me and I want the same.

Moreover I am sure discussion of wages at work is frowned upon anyway, so using it as leverage for a pay rise will make you look like an ass hat
 
This why many companies make it a disciplinary offence to discuss your salary! Companies always want to pay as little as they can get away with, and only very large companies tend to have open pay structures where most people have a real idea of what others might be paid. This means things like newcomers earning more than experienced staff, even when the experienced ones are training those newcomers. Welcome to Capitalism.


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I appreciate everyones feedback and more importantly, different view points.

For those who are asking, I work in bespoke Application Support, where exposure is needed to SQL, which I did have prior to starting job but strangely, the chap I work with (who's on more £), didn't, although we both have been on a SQL course since we started the job.

We both started on the same day, same job role, so I've always assumed we were on the same salary. Strictly speaking, going by both of our previous work experiences, we're quite evenly matched, If anything, the only extra 'qualification' I have, is a Degree (where I got my exposure to SQL).

My collegue was under the same impression as me, I've queried this with my Manager, due a meeting on Monday.
 
Had a similar issue at my workplace which has come to my notice. I do twice the work of everybody in the office and it's common knowledge that I know more than the other colleague, boss seemed happy enough to raise my wages when I discussed it with him sensibly with the evidence I put together.

It did help the fact that he told me a couple of weeks ago to leave the phone to ring for a while instead of picking it up straight away as I was doing more work than every one else :D
 
kash786 said:
I appreciate everyones feedback and more importantly, different view points.

For those who are asking, I work in bespoke Application Support, where exposure is needed to SQL, which I did have prior to starting job but strangely, the chap I work with (who's on more £), didn't, although we both have been on a SQL course since we started the job.

We both started on the same day, same job role, so I've always assumed we were on the same salary. Strictly speaking, going by both of our previous work experiences, we're quite evenly matched, If anything, the only extra 'qualification' I have, is a Degree (where I got my exposure to SQL).

My collegue was under the same impression as me, I've queried this with my Manager, due a meeting on Monday.
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Maybe he, you know, asked for a raise at some point and got one? :)
 
Everytime I've moved jobs to a new company I have negotiated the best salary possible and not accepted their first offer. If you both joined externally at the same time (?) then maybe ne negotiated a better deal.

As mentioned it's a free market and his salary has very little bearing on anyone elses salary. If you feel you are worth more money then ask for a payrise and justify why. If they don't agree then look for a better paid job elsewhere. But only if you're prepared to follow it through.
 
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