How can I evaluvate Office equipment / Computer technicians for a pay raise?

Question

We are having several employees having different qualifications, skill levels and experience ( 2 years to 15 Years)in electronics / computers. What is the fair Guide lines.

Answer 1

Be aware that you are not comparing like with like - you can only compare within a given job role. If everyone is doing a different job then it isn't possible to compare employees to each other.

People with more experience and qualifications should obviously be earning more than whose with less. Raises should be tied to performance, and should be discussed in an appraisal - listen to the employee and hear them tell you why they should get a good raise, make sure that you ask them why they should be getting more money - very few people are truly humble in this respect (however, be careful not to overlook a person who really is humble). If employees feel that they have involvement in the process they will be more accepting of it.

You will need to do research in your industry to find out the wage range for the relevant positions. If an employee can get better pay elsewhere, then they are more likely to jump ship.

A pay rise is going to fall somewhere between the rate of inflation (3-4%) and say 10-12%. Giving someone more than that either means that you have been underpaying them or that they are a miracle worker and deserve it (or both).

The above assumes that the workers are on a base wage and have no incentives or other performance related renumeration.

If you give a good worker a bad raise, you might as well be giving them taxi fare to your competitors offices. If you give a bad worker a good raise, you might as well be flushing the money down the toilet. You should already know who is doing a good job and who isn't - if you don't, then you need to find out before you do anything else.

Answer 2

Time on job or education isn't the best indicator for you.

What you need is to identify the real performers versus the BS artists.

Set them up individually on different occasions with problems that can be resolved and where it is impossible for them to get help from a co-worker, the internet, or anywhere else.

Make sure the problem is one that anyone in their job would be expected to perform yet complex enough to weed out the lucky guess.

I guarantee this will give you the answer you are looking for.

The reality is some people are very good actors and have their role down so well that you miss the parts where they rely on others to do the hard stuff.

Do your thing with the made up problems and weed out those who fail the test.

Answer 3

Do you really pay your office equipment? My desk and chair work for free.