Had a job offer with salary lower than advertised

ilovecows

Had a job offer with salary lower than advertised?

Basically it was advertised at 22k per year... The manager has offered me the role for 6 months temp on £8.50 per hour where my activities will be monitored and then could lead to permananent position within the company. (I dont have the revelant industry experience) even though it it a sales/customer service job, it could take me a while to learn the engineering products.


I have replied back to the manager asking if the salary will be increased to 22k as advertised, after the 6 months period.

He responded he would look at the numbers and get back to me on monday.

Whta does this mean? and what should i do! i would love the 22k a year the most ive earned is £19k

paulwf

ilovecows wrote: »

I have replied back to the manager asking if the salary will be increased to 22k as advertised, after the 6 months period.

He responded he would look at the numbers and get back to me on monday.

Whta does this mean? and what should i do!

I really don't want to sound flippant but I can't see any other way of putting this...

It means he will look at the figures and get back to you on Monday. What should you do? Wait until Monday.

Weirdlittleman

It means the manager isn't convinced you are the right candidate but you did enough to get an opportunity to impress.

If I was you I would jump at it and look to use the 6 months to make the job your own.

bristol_pilot

£8.50 per hour is roughly the same as £22k (depends on how many hours in a year, whether holidays are paid etc.) so I'm not convinced that the salary is lower than advertised. Perhaps that's what the manager meant by looking through the numbers. It seems that they want to put you on some kind of trial period initially for 6 months. If I were in your position, I would be minded to accept the offer if you are currently unemployed or in a very low-paying job. If, however, you are currently employed on a permanent contract....I would not give that up for a 6 month trial.

Weirdlittleman

bristol_pilot wrote: »

£8.50 per hour is roughly the same as £22k (depends on how many hours in a year, whether holidays are paid etc.) so I'm not convinced that the salary is lower than advertised. Perhaps that's what the manager meant by looking through the numbers. It seems that they want to put you on some kind of trial period initially for 6 months. If I were in your position, I would be minded to accept the offer if you are currently unemployed or in a very low-paying job. If, however, you are currently employed on a permanent contract....I would not give that up for a 6 month trial.

£8.50 is nowhere near 22k. Its no more than 18k based on a 40 hour working week and given the working week could be 35 or 37.5 hours its more likely to be 16kish.

getmore4less

Easy to remember

£10ph = £20kpy for 38.5hr week £10*52*38.5= £20020.

dave4545454

have you still got the advert? you need to report the company, it's false advertising and totally illegal

getmore4less

They have been offered a different trainee job, not the one advertised.

It could be they got no applicant capable of doing the advertised job so decided to go with a trainee position.

zarazara

£8.50 x 40 =£340 a week
£340 x 52=£17,680

for 50 hours it will be £22,100
Is it a 50 hour week?

dobbie82

If you havent got the experience, I would accept the job, in order to get the experience so that if you dont get a pay rise, the next job you get you can command the full wage as you have the skills and experience.


I see lots of jobs advertised as

Salary £20k*

*After 12 months service hmm even tinier than that

or after initial training period etc which can mean anything.

Many of my friends have been tricked into accepting a lower paid job like that. one advertised 18k, but £6 an hour for the 12 week probation period, funnily enough after 12 weeks it was impossible to get a straight answer out of anyone in HR, after 6 months they were told sorry they can't afford any pay rises. . .

crackerberry

If you're already in a job I'd tell him to stick his offer up his....

If you're unemployed take it! It may lead to more but in the meantime it's giving you a wage and adding to your experience and you needn't stop looking for a permanent position. It's easier to find a new job when you're already got one and, because its a temporary contract you have a perfect reason as to why you're looking elsewhere too.

If they're claiming that it takes six months in the job to get the relevant experience to merit a £22k package then you could try to have it written in to the contract that upon a successful six months period your salary will increase to that amount however, times are hard and employers more ruthless, and faced at the end of six months with a contractual obligation to increase your pay they may find deliberate fault where there is none to find.

If you're jobless take it but keep looking about. If things work out where you are and you like it then an offer of a permanent role from another employer could encourage your current employer to make you permanent there in due course. If they're paying someone on a temp contract less to do a £22k job the risk is that, unless they have to, they'll be happy to let that situation run indefinitely or as easily terminate a temp contract on a whim too. Best to keep your options open and use this opportunity to your advantage whilst still trying to secure a permanent position there or elsewhere.