Jobs advertising "pro rata " salaries

koexelek

How stupid and annoying is this ?
Just say what the actual salary is.:mad:

e.g. pro rate salary £52416 ( assuming working 365 days a year 24 hours a day), but it is actually £6 per hour for 16 hours per week, so true salary £4992:o

Dunroamin

koexelek wrote: »

How stupid and annoying is this ?
Just say what the actual salary is.:mad:

e.g. pro rate salary £52416 ( assuming working 365 days a year 24 hours a day), but it is actually £6 per hour for 16 hours per week, so true salary £4992:o

Pro rata rates are normally based on the usual full time hours. Have you really seen a job advertised on the basis you mention above?

somethingcorporate

The pro-rata salary refers to the full time equivalent, not assuming you work every hour in a year.

I'd be surprised if you have seen that specific advert - completely bizarre and misleading if you have!

Evilm

Based on the idea that the 'usual' expected working week is 40hrs that is a salary of £20800 approx for 16hrs a week.

Its not done on 24/7 as the others have said.

Savvy_Sue

We usually give both the f/t rate and the pro rata rate. It should not be based on a 24 hour day!

anotherginger

I'm not sure if the original post is a joke or not.

AP007

Eg like others here have said

£25k for a 5 day a week job would be for 3 days paid as this
25,000/5X3 = £15000 for the 3 days a week but could be just advertised as £25k pro rata

agrinnall

While the OP uses a ridiculous example it is very annoying when it's impossible to work out what pro-rata really means from the information given - if employers are advertising a part time position they should be clear about both the full time salary and hours for the job and the same for part time.

getmore4less

agrinnall wrote: »

While the OP uses a ridiculous example it is very annoying when it's impossible to work out what pro-rata really means from the information given - if employers are advertising a part time position they should be clear about both the full time salary and hours for the job and the same for part time.

Probably gives out mortgage advise on similar basis.

SueC_2

When discussing a full-time role with an agency recently I was told that "the salary is £x per annum pro-rata".

When I asked pro-rata of what and to what I got into an utterly bizarre conversation where the woman clearly had absolutely no idea what pro-rata meant but systematically used it whenever quoting any salary rate.

Like I needed any further reason to despair of the recruitment industry....

cr1mson

£6 is below minimum wage anyhow.