Have been with company for 10 months at one pay and is 1/4 less than new employees!
reviewed but received no raise! Company is national and has many (100's) of retail stores.
2007-04-13 15:43:46 · 9 answers · asked by Rick K59 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment
Unless the company has made public their pay scale for each position, and they are not a government agency, they are absolutely entitled to pay anyone any wage they want! It's legal and ethical. You are technically not supposed to know what any other employee makes, so you cannot use that as a case that you should be paid more. If you did not receive a raise, the company must not consider your service to the company as valuable as the newer employees. If this is not what you perceive to be the case, then start looking for a new job.
2007-04-13 15:49:48 · answer #1 · answered by Mama Gretch 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is fairly common to hire new workers at a higher rate than existing employees. Not smart, since many workers compare pay rates - but common.
The problem is that the external labor market moves faster than the internal one. Once you are an employee, you get your standard 3 - 5% per year increase and that's it. Someone who changes jobs, on the other hand, might get 10% or more to move to a new company or location.
Smart companies ensure that their current employees are being paid at an equitable level for the work they perform. Companies that don't do that....well, they are encouraging their employees to look for that raise by going somewhere else.
2007-04-13 16:36:51 · answer #2 · answered by Mel 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Unless you are in a union it is legal to pay others a different wage than you are paid. It happens a lot because to attract new employees a company needs to offer a competitive salary and of course that goes up over time. If you are a valued employee, getting good reviews, etc. try talking to your boss and explain that you feel your salary should be adjusted upwards because you are a fully-trained and loyal employee. If your performance is sub-par then try to improve your performance so that you can negotiate an increase in the future.
It is legal and marginally ethical - but not quite fair to longer term employees.
2007-04-13 15:52:09 · answer #3 · answered by Santal 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i do no longer see why it does no longer be criminal, yet this sort of company could choose the staff to sign a receipt for the money each and every time, else it may be difficult to teach that they've been actually paid if there became right into a dispute. It additionally sounds like paying in funds, once you are going to withhold taxes and each little thing, could be plenty extra artwork, in this age the place a working laptop or computing gadget can calculate each and every thing and print out the examine, or extra suitable yet, direct deposit. i'm attempting to think of preserving a economic enterprise's properly worth of money available, so as that on payday, i ought to count extensive form out $1257.33 to guy or woman A, $388.seventy 9 to guy or woman B, and so on.
2016-12-16 05:20:27 · answer #4 · answered by keetan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe they have more experience. Also if you got no raise you are not doing a great job. Also companies sometimes nationally bring people on all at the same pay rate
2007-04-13 16:20:32 · answer #5 · answered by Big Daddy R 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
please take a minute-hour to understand in the US companies are not socialistic entities.
you went to them to SELL your mind body spirit (no souls) for the highest price you could get at the time. They in turn wanted to buy your mind spirit and body for the lowest price they could.
you and they agreed on a price.
you are not branded or contractually obligated to stay at the price you got .
you were looking for a job when you found this one , so?
yes it is legal and ethical to have different pay levels.
a raise is ONLY applicable If you can show how you increased the company's profit in some way.
2007-04-13 15:58:48 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
it is probably legal. a lot of employers hand out different pay depending upon prior experience, job tasks you will be doing, etc. if you think it's unfair, and you are truly as qualified as the new person and doing exactly the same work, then you def need to have a talk with your supervisor and find out why the difference in pay.
2007-04-13 15:52:42 · answer #7 · answered by KJC 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Heavens to murgatroid - exit stage left
2007-04-13 15:52:32 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
It's perfectly legal. It's up to you to demand equity.
2007-04-13 15:51:17 · answer #9 · answered by Kacky 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋