Pay rises

F37A

Hi 

Head of dept hires his mates into senior jobs ie cronyism. He hands them big pay packets. 

Line manager gets me to line manage a member of staff but pay me as an analyst. Of course the other managers who are mates of the head of dept get much bigger pay than me when effectively I would be doing same work.

What would you do in this situation. This frustrates me as I am deliberately not paid fairly. 

Can move jobs, grievance etc. I can't move jobs is my situation. 

General_Grant

F37A said:

Hi 

Head of dept hires his mates into senior jobs ie cronyism. He hands them big pay packets. 

Line manager gets me to line manage a member of staff but pay me as an analyst. Of course the other managers who are mates of the head of dept get much bigger pay than me when effectively I would be doing same work.

What would you do in this situation. This frustrates me as I am deliberately not paid fairly. 

Can move jobs, grievance etc. I can't move jobs is my situation. 

What do you mean?  Can or can't?

TELLIT01

If you are unable to find another job and leave you really have no choice but to suck it up.

Grumpy_chap

Why can't you move jobs?

Dakta

What would I do? Build the experience at their expense with a view to benefiting personally from it elsewhere at a future date. Make sure it's logged on my record/in job title (this can be done for free to doesn't always meet resistance)

Not all rewards are monetary, and some rewards are work.

yksi

Life is unfair and you're looking at this the wrong way. Ignore what the bosses mates get. Everyone knows this happens, whether it's someone's mate or the bosses' husband on the books as an advisor when he never even enters the building. Their pay is actually none of your business and you are not entitled to be paid based on what others in the company do, you're only entitled to the amount that was agreed with you when you started the job.

Are you paid the amount you agreed to? And are you paid a fair wage for what you actually do? If you're underpaid, look for another job. If you're paid correctly, suck it up and learn to ignore the management's stupid wasting of cash.

F37A

General_Grant said:

F37A said:

Hi 

Head of dept hires his mates into senior jobs ie cronyism. He hands them big pay packets. 

Line manager gets me to line manage a member of staff but pay me as an analyst. Of course the other managers who are mates of the head of dept get much bigger pay than me when effectively I would be doing same work.

What would you do in this situation. This frustrates me as I am deliberately not paid fairly. 

Can move jobs, grievance etc. I can't move jobs is my situation. 

What do you mean?  Can or can't?

Sorry meant to say I can't move jobs for another 12-15 months. 

F37A

Grumpy_chap said:

Why can't you move jobs?

Taking out mortgage and also covid situation want that to settle

F37A

Dakta said:

What would I do? Build the experience at their expense with a view to benefiting personally from it elsewhere at a future date. Make sure it's logged on my record/in job title (this can be done for free to doesn't always meet resistance)

Not all rewards are monetary, and some rewards are work.

Only thing is once I've handed over expertise to the new guy, the company don't need me and I won't be able to get a pay rise in the firm as someone else can do what I can do

F37A

yksi said:

Life is unfair and you're looking at this the wrong way. Ignore what the bosses mates get. Everyone knows this happens, whether it's someone's mate or the bosses' husband on the books as an advisor when he never even enters the building. Their pay is actually none of your business and you are not entitled to be paid based on what others in the company do, you're only entitled to the amount that was agreed with you when you started the job.

Are you paid the amount you agreed to? And are you paid a fair wage for what you actually do? If you're underpaid, look for another job. If you're paid correctly, suck it up and learn to ignore the management's stupid wasting of cash.

It's tough as I deserve a pay rise. Can't move as taking out mortgage and want job stability. 
I've been doing manager type work for a while. It's all corrupt. Qualifications - an objective way to compare candidates is out the window in this environment. It makes me think there no point of going uni or getting qualifications if people hire mates.

F37A

TELLIT01 said:

If you are unable to find another job and leave you really have no choice but to suck it up.

Resentment is building up inside me. Working hard counts for nothing in this world.