Salary Cuts, but also hiring

scottgroovez

Because of the impact of covid, my company is trying to cut salaries by 10% across the board. However, they are hiring an additional person to do the same role to mine on a different area of the product. I’ve just seen the job advert and the upper end of the salary range is more than I’ll be on after the cut. I also have more responsibility as I took on product management responsibility earlier this year. I was expecting to negotiate a rise because of this, but have now been hit with a paycut. Putting the emotions to one side for a moment, is it legal to cut salaries whilst also hiring people in the same vein?

oh_really

Legal, yes.

Apply for one of the new vacancies.

KatrinaWaves

Upper end of the salary range probably means they’re not going to be offered that as they walk in the door, so unlikely to be on more than you currently. 

KiKi

Perfectly legal.  They can need more people, whilst still not having enough money to pay everyone's salaries.

Marcon

A salary range is just that: a range. Applicants always think they'll get the top end right away, employers almost invariably think otherwise. What your employer is doing is perfectly legal and may be necessary for the business's survival - perhaps focus on that, at least for now?