Same job - different pay.

Kit1

Hi

Just after some advice. My OH works for a company that has offices in 3 different parts of the country London, Midlands and Yorkshire. Not including London everyone who does the same job gets paid the same, as it should be.

A few months ago they went through a re-structure and his job was split into two parts and the same was also done in the other areas. He has covered both Midlands and Yorkshire on his own since the changes took place as they haven't found anyone suitable to do the Yorkshire part of the job (he hasn't had a problem with this as the work needs doing) so far so good until yesterday he found out that they are offering over £4000 more in Yorkshire for the job he does now. Would you just suck it up and say nothing or would you want to know why? The jobs are the same nothing different is being asked of the new person.

Comms69

Kit1 wrote: »

Hi

Just after some advice. My OH works for a company that has offices in 3 different parts of the country London, Midlands and Yorkshire. Not including London everyone who does the same job gets paid the same, as it should be. - not according to the law. It's perfectly legal to have different rates of pay

A few months ago they went through a re-structure and his job was split into two parts and the same was also done in the other areas. He has covered both Midlands and Yorkshire on his own since the changes took place as they haven't found anyone suitable to do the Yorkshire part of the job (he hasn't had a problem with this as the work needs doing) so far so good until yesterday he found out that they are offering over £4000 more in Yorkshire for the job he does now. - that seems reasonable, there's clearly a shortage of available staff. Would you just suck it up and say nothing or would you want to know why? - well why is obvious, to attract a person to the role. I would certainly mention it, but there's no entitlement to be paid the higher wage The jobs are the same nothing different is being asked of the new person.

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Davy_Jones_II

The obvious thing to do would be to see if they can take the Yorkshire job.

sammyjammy

Clearly things have moved on and in the job market this is the going rate they need to pay to get a suitably qualified person.

theoretica

Davy_Jones_II wrote: »

The obvious thing to do would be to see if they can take the Yorkshire job.

Exactly - if he wants that job then apply for it.

singhini

Kit1 wrote: »

Hi

Just after some advice. My OH works for a company that has offices in 3 different parts of the country London, Midlands and Yorkshire. Not including London everyone who does the same job gets paid the same, as it should be.

A few months ago they went through a re-structure and his job was split into two parts and the same was also done in the other areas. He has covered both Midlands and Yorkshire on his own since the changes took place as they haven't found anyone suitable to do the Yorkshire part of the job (he hasn't had a problem with this as the work needs doing) so far so good until yesterday he found out that they are offering over £4000 more in Yorkshire for the job he does now. Would you just suck it up and say nothing or would you want to know why? The jobs are the same nothing different is being asked of the new person.

Be careful OP. Offering £4,000 more is not the same as actually paying someone £4,000 more (I worked at a company who advertised jobs with "upto £40,000 basic" in their job adverts but no one actually ever got a £40k salary. The company would ask to see 3 consecutive wage slips from your current employer and based on what you were earning would just offer you a bit more if you were lucky. Most people were earning between £30k to £33k).

Comms69

singhini wrote: »

Be careful OP. Offering £4,000 more is not the same as actually paying someone £4,000 more (I worked at a company who advertised jobs with "upto £40,000 basic" in their job adverts but no one actually ever got a £40k salary. The company would ask to see 3 consecutive wage slips from your current employer and based on what you were earning would just offer you a bit more if you were lucky. Most people were earning between £30k to £33k).

That's down to individual negotiation and the market.

singhini

Comms69 wrote: »

That's down to individual negotiation and the market.

Spot on (I totally agree). The title of the thread "same job - different pay" would not raise a concern to me personally as there are anumber of factors as to why that might be the case.:beer:

peachyprice

Kit1 wrote: »

Hi

Not including London everyone who does the same job gets paid the same, as it should be.

No, it really shouldn't.

Kit1

Thank you for all your replies.

comeandgo

We have 20 people all doing exactly the same job but non of us are on the same wages, experience and decent negotiating and hitting targets all add up to the differences.