Being paid less than a co-worker

Reue

ScorpiondeRooftrouser wrote: »

An awful lot of companies do. Not all, of course, but it isn't at all unlikely.

Of course the companys say that, it's entirely for their benefit...

Marcon

What to do? See if you can negotiate a pay rise and if you can't, and you are really miffed, look for another job. Unless there is some form of unlawful discrimination, an employer is free to pay whatever they want to pay. For reasons you don't know, she may be more valuable for some reason - or, of course, she could be inflating her earnings to wind you up or big herself up. How do you know what she's earning?

tikki999

I've been there. Just a few months ago. Basically, I took what company said on offering me the job at face value: 'we are taking a chance on you as you don't have as much experience. so you will learn from your more experienced colleagues' Not only did I have more experience than half of my colleagues, but nobody had ANY experience of the exact context we were working in. I should have negotiated. I know that now. Lesson learned. I no longer work for them.

System

Two ways of going about. Complain that you want their salary lowered (this happened to my partner over holidays - the office found out she had more and instead of negotiating a better position, they canvassed to have her's reduced)....OR....go in and renegotiate with HR that you want the same. Many people in business specifically, negotiate their terms, especially if the business are headhunting. It's not unusual to ask for more holiday or an extra couple of grand or a company car and if they really want you, they'll do it. It's about being savvy and invaluable to the company.

In my partner's old job, seemingly everytime she wanted to quit, they put her wages up to keep her. Everytime they wanted her to do something, wages went up.

In my role (education), everybody is on the same scale and it's impossible to negotiate a better deal - there's no money swilling around to do that. In business, it's very common.