How do I answer salary question on job application and how do I work out pro rata?

purple.sarah

I'm applying online for a call centre customer relations executive job with a phone company. I have experience with this type of job. The form has a question about what salary I am looking for. I would be happy with £7 per hour but obviously don't want to limit it to that if they were planning to pay more! They are advertising the job as paying £15,500 per annum pro rata, if I got the job I would be working 25 hours a week. Do I just work out what I would be paid based on this and put that? And how do I work out what I would be paid based on the pro rata pay? Thanks in advance for your help :T

scheming_gypsy

easy way for pro-rata without any effort in your case would probably be...
12.5 + 12.5 + 12.5 = 37.5. So your 25 hours will be 2/3's of the salary.

ohreally

purple.sarah wrote: »

And how do I work out what I would be paid based on the pro rata pay?

Until you know the whole time equivalent hours, you can't.

hcb42

work it out on 40 hrs per week paid, this is probably the likely scenario, certainly likely to be worse case for these kind of roles.

t0rt0ise

Why not just put £15,500 pro rata or £16,000 pro rata if you want more. Let them work it out.

KiKi

£15,500 in hours:

15,500 divided by 52 (weeks), divided by 40 (hours) = £7.45 per hour.



£15,500 pro rata:

15,500 divided by 40 (hours) multiplied by 25 (hours) = £9687.50


On that basis I'd ask for £7.80 per hour. Push your luck.
KiKi

agrinnall

I agree with ohreally, ring the company up and ask them what the full time hours are. If it's only 35 hours a week then the hourly rate becomes £8.51, at the moment it's all guesswork.