I am currently working for a company.It was my first job after I finished my masters degree, in a new city. They were able to get me for a rate which I now consider to low based on cost of living, and knowledge of similar jobs at other organizations. Can i ask human Resources to provide me with the pay bands for my grade? shouldn't this be available?
2007-04-19 10:06:03 · 4 answers · asked by OJ J 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment
Sad to say, not all companies have a defined salary structure. Some companies do and some companies don't give out that information even if they do or do not. More likely then not but you can ask if you are in the mid range or lower range of the pay band if they dont want to give you specifics. Dont take this as a bad show of faith if they dont tell you. There is a lot that goes into the placement of a person in a particular band and where they are in the band. Qualification, supply in market, skills and experience, number of person in band, whether jobs are narrow or wide e.g if its easy to be promoted to position in the next band or is it one where most jobs are in the really wide band e.g from Customer service to Sr Service Manager in the same band and the band could be from $1000 to $6000 per month...THEN WHAT?
More enlighten HR would try to educate you and try to help you understand where and why you are where you are but nothing tells you more then testing the market and getting a similar job at a higher offer.
2007-04-19 10:16:18 · answer #1 · answered by workingrunt 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that information should be available but how long have you worked there? You can ask but they might not want to tell you thinking that you going to hit your boss up for a raise and opinion on that will very from company to company. You can always look for another job in your field that you know will pay you what your worth!Good Luck.
2007-04-19 17:14:44 · answer #2 · answered by ANGELA R 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not unless you are up for one of those jobs. It is considered unprofessional to let employees know what others are making, and it is against most companies policies to have employees discuss this amongst themselves because it just causes problems.
2007-04-19 17:12:11 · answer #3 · answered by Ryan's mom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
your best bet would be to casually talk to headhunters and ask what the competition is paying their employees.
2007-04-19 17:34:37 · answer #4 · answered by peter p 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋