Got the job, low salary offered

paddyrg

Guest101 wrote: »

Yes because HR are just there to lowball offers...

I'm just speaking from how it looks from the viewpoint of an engineer

ohreally

Guest101 wrote: »

Yes because HR are just there to lowball offers...

I thought their function was to make tea/ coffee and take minutes at meetings.

Lorian

ohreally wrote: »

I thought their function was to make tea/ coffee and take minutes at meetings.

You've not met anyone from HR then....

xapprenticex

ohreally wrote: »

I thought their function was to make tea/ coffee and take minutes at meetings.

Depends on the sub-department they are in. Lowballing or tea making

apeshape

My god, as an I.T implementation consultant I'd give an arm and a leg for even 28k.

Gavin83

apeshape wrote: »

My god, as an I.T implementation consultant I'd give an arm and a leg for even 28k.

Think a lot depends on where you live. Around here even low level IT staff would be earning £28k.

apeshape

Gavin83 wrote: »

Think a lot depends on where you live. Around here even low level IT staff would be earning £28k.

I'm just outside the M25! Do you need any more I.T staff by any chance?!?!?

TELLIT01

apeshape wrote: »

My god, as an I.T implementation consultant I'd give an arm and a leg for even 28k.

I was earning a heck of a lot more than that when I left IT over 10 years ago.

dcouponzzzz

Thanks for all the posts guys! It seems the HR rep spoke to the recruiting manager and came back with the maximum offer he could make, and apparently their ceiling is a 15% increase. That'll put it at 29.5k, with an additional 4.2k (non-salary) for on-call every 3 weeks (+240 per week), and overtime when engaged on-call. They're also securing the funding at this stage for ITIL Expert and prince 2. This puts me well within the range I hoped for. Let's just hope the approval process goes smoothly!

When I'm fully qualified in 2 years I can expect to ask for ~45k. FYI I work in the North West. I'd expect this role to be 40k around London ways with transferrable skills, maybe 60+ with full experience.

To me this is a huge amount of money, but I'm surrounded by friends who took apprenticeships or specialised trade certs and are on 45-60k already at age 27... time to catch up!

paddyrg

dcouponzzzz wrote: »

I'm surrounded by friends who took apprenticeships or specialised trade certs and are on 45-60k already at age 27... time to catch up!

It's not a race. They may hit ceilings where your upside may be longer/greater. Junior doctors earn less than lab technicians, but have the opportunity to earn far more.

Sounds like a pretty satsfactory deal overall, and that's a win. Enjoy the job ;-)