Salary band changes
Discussion
Hello all, first time posting in this subforum and I just wanted some advice.
Background: I'm a mechanical design engineer in the south east, I have been with my employer for 6 years including a 4 year apprenticeship & they have funded a degree I studied part time.
HR at this business makes questionably ethical decisions regarding remuneration- salary bands are not published & are tightly guarded, my colleagues assisting in recruiting new engineers have actually had to fight just to get eyes-on the pay bandings.
Since finishing my apprenticeship & becoming an engineer proper I have always been paid a wage below the salary band for my role- I had accepted this as I was still completing my degree. The plan with my immediate managers has been to push for a pay review once I have graduated, which is in a months' time.
Through the grapevine I recently found out that the salary bands will change in the next few weeks, under the new bands my current salary will be 20 odd % or £8200 below the minimum for my role.
Would it be sensible for me to ask for the full 20% uplift or am I better off trying to find another role matching the new salary band?
Background: I'm a mechanical design engineer in the south east, I have been with my employer for 6 years including a 4 year apprenticeship & they have funded a degree I studied part time.
HR at this business makes questionably ethical decisions regarding remuneration- salary bands are not published & are tightly guarded, my colleagues assisting in recruiting new engineers have actually had to fight just to get eyes-on the pay bandings.
Since finishing my apprenticeship & becoming an engineer proper I have always been paid a wage below the salary band for my role- I had accepted this as I was still completing my degree. The plan with my immediate managers has been to push for a pay review once I have graduated, which is in a months' time.
Through the grapevine I recently found out that the salary bands will change in the next few weeks, under the new bands my current salary will be 20 odd % or £8200 below the minimum for my role.
Would it be sensible for me to ask for the full 20% uplift or am I better off trying to find another role matching the new salary band?
Mortarboard said:
Short answer- if you were "underpaid" while studying, I would expect to be paid when qualified. You don't graduate for another month yet.
However, you're going from "unqualified" to "inexperienced unqualified"
Expect to be at the bottom of the band. The very bottom.
M.
Being fair, I was qualified under the job description my org has for my role to begin with as they happily take on engineers with HNCs & relevant experience- plus it's a pretty niche industry with a bit of a leaning curve for engineers coming from most other sectors.However, you're going from "unqualified" to "inexperienced unqualified"
Expect to be at the bottom of the band. The very bottom.
M.
I'd be happy to accept the very bottom of the new band anyway as it's already a significant increase over my current salary of £37.5k; I was mainly looking for insights/advice on negotiation as I'm not even in the current salary band so it would be two jumps as it were.
Edited by Gastons_Revenge on Monday 24th June 14:34
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