Exaggerating my basic salary. Tips

SandC

Unless the question is asked on the reference sent to your last employer I doubt it would come up. That is unless anyone who interviewed does the payroll as well.

I would have thought that you handing your P45 in it would just get passed straight on to payroll with barely a glance from anyone else.

I think that's the scenario you should be hoping for.

Pete111

You do not have to hand in your p45 but I recommend you do - it makes life easier tax wise .

I am a little under the weather today and misread in your post that you needed to supply evidence of earnings at another interview. Reading your initial post again however, I see now this is not the case and that you are simply handing this over to be used for payroll.

As such, I strongly believe the chances of anyone taking the time to go over your earnings after you join using this doc are very slim indeed. You should stop worrying and concentrate on being so damned good at your new job you quickly become worth the 'extra' 3.4k!!

GemBlueTopaz1984

Hi OP,

I agree just say you have misplaced your P45, and fill in a P46. I have done this a couple of times, though not for the reason you have. The way I figure it, the company are willing to offer you a salary they feel you are worth to hire you. What does it matter what you were on before. Congratulations on the new job.

Gem

liney

Next Monday is the 4th of April. Hand in a P46 and claim you haven't had the P45 yet - within a couple of days it will be from the 'old' tax year and of no use to anyone anyway.

bluenoseam

Congrats on the new job, but c'mon guys, i know everyone's trying to get a better salary, but embelishing the truth isn't right on any circumstance - just fess up when asked, state your true wage and if they still think you're worth more you'll get it.

GothicStirling

bluenoseam wrote: »

Congrats on the new job, but c'mon guys, i know everyone's trying to get a better salary, but embelishing the truth isn't right on any circumstance - just fess up when asked, state your true wage and if they still think you're worth more you'll get it.

Agree.

I've always been modest when stating my salary in case the truth puts them off hiring me.

Every time the employer has offered me higher than the real figure.

Sambucus_Nigra

It's the year end anyway - complete a p46 and be done with it....

AshRosetti

DizzleUK wrote: »

This is one of those "hope for the best, expect the worst" scenarios.

You lied, and if your employer feels that part or all of the job offer was made on the basis of this false information they could withdraw their offer.

You have 2 choices:

1. Keep quiet and hope they don't figure it out.

2. Tell them you have made a boo boo and quoted the wrong salary figure at your interview (mentioning some guff about interview pressures etc) and see what they say (eg a revised salary offer based on the correct info).

The choice you make is between you and your conscience.

Was going to say the same thing.

Chartered_Eng

sixstate wrote: »

In my defence, I don't feel the wage I earned last year was truely reflective of what I've earned in the past.

Last year our department broke even so I did not receive a bonus, which is fair enough. However, the previous year I was given a £4000 bonus reflective on a percentage of the amount of profit we earnt.

In 2010, I also completed a further qualification to reach Chartered status, and was promised financial reward for this as well as a pay rise and a share of the 18% profit our department made.

The figure I mentioned at interview was the minimum I would have accepted if offered the job. I was just very fortunate that my new employees felt the need to offer me a further £3000 in order to have me on board.

The answer is in your post, if queried (which I doubt) then say your salary quote included an expected bonus but a drop in business resulted in no bonus. Apart from the ethics of the lie, embellishing salary levels is not uncommon.

Wellery82

Whatever the situation you have done well getting that payrise right now.

Personally i think it is just clever gamesmanship on your side, employers are just as economical with the truth when trying to prevent pay rises, hiding what other members of the team make or distorting overall company profits etc

Good luck in the new role