Confused by new salary

crispy_chris

Hi there,

I have a query in regards to a job that I have recently started. A few months back I was sent an internal email asking me whether I would be interested in applying for an internal vacancy that was about to be advertised.

As I had previously indicated that I would be interested in moving to this area of the business I replied that I would like further info. Included in the email I received was a copy of the internal vacancy request, that managers are supposed to send to HR in order to get a job put up on our internal vacancy board. It is not really meant for actual employees to see.

Now the role was advertised with a "salary range" of £20,000-£23,000. The reason I have dropped the speech marks around salary range is that in my company that has a different meaning than the other phrase used regularly by the company: "salary guide". As if a jobs salary guide is £20,000 and you have just been promoted into it you will initially earn 85% of this (which imo is an extremely deceptive way of handling your salary) with increments each year depending on performance.

I got the job (hurray), however since starting it I have now been told that the £20,000 originally quoted on the app form and verbally by my manager during the interview...is in fact a salary guide and due to being newly promoted to the role I am in fact earning 85% of the figure, £17,000 total.

I feel like I've been conned. When you take into account the much inflated travelling costs that this new job brings I am either breaking even with my previous job, or possibly making a loss.

Do I have any sort reason to complain or is this something I should really have clarified before making the change (in fact I know its something I should have clarified, but I trusted the document I had been sent and my manager - and the company itself is a national one with thousands of employees so I didn't really expect it).

If theres nothing really I can do, I guess I'll just have to lump it

maninthestreet

Unless you've actually taken a cut in salary compared to you old position, there may be little you can do.

crispy_chris

Technically not as my salary as increased fractionally, however this is offset by the £90 a month I now spend on traveling.

Sounds like I'll just have to lump it. Least the job is better I guess

getmore4less

I think you made a mistake with asuming,

Since you knew about the 85% policy on promotions you should have clarified before accepting the position, having it made clear in the offer letter what the new salary was going to be.

Did you try to negotiate the upper level at the time?

Can you get your old job back, that might be a way to negotiate now, say you asumed it was £20k and now you find yourself out of pocket you need to reconsider.

crispy_chris

getmore4less wrote: »

I think you made a mistake with asuming,

Since you knew about the 85% policy on promotions you should have clarified before accepting the position, having it made clear in the offer letter what the new salary was going to be.

Did you try to negotiate the upper level at the time?

Can you get your old job back, that might be a way to negotiate now, say you asumed it was £20k and now you find yourself out of pocket you need to reconsider.

yeah I know I made a mistake assuming, but when the document states that the salary range is £20-23,000 I assumed that it was correct. Especially when backed up by the manager later on.

not going to take the old job back, either way a promotion is a promotion and on-call payments (not part of the stated salary) that we get should make it so that I'm earning more than I was. Plus the work is a lot better, I really enjoy the job, I'm just a little miffed that it isn't paying what I thought it would as the basic salary.

Any

You mention travelling.... Is the job further away or is this to meet clients?

Just that if is it travel on business you should be able to claim the expense back...

crispy_chris

Any wrote: »

You mention travelling.... Is the job further away or is this to meet clients?

Just that if is it travel on business you should be able to claim the expense back...

Nope, unfortunately its traveling to the office. I've moved from one head office very close to where I live, to one which is about 90 mins away by train.