Job re advertised at a higher pay

MissBetty2019

Hi, I have just given notice for my current job (last day tomorrow) and they have re advertised my job at £2 more per hour than what I am on. Exact same hours, exact same role just higher pay!
Should I bring this up at my exit interview? I just feel a bit disappointed that they never told me or offered it to me at that rate once I told them I was leaving (I’m on quite a low pay so that is one of the reasons I was leaving) 

Penguin_

Did they advertise is after you handed your notice in? 

MissBetty2019

Yes. A few days after. 

Penguin_

So they may not have had any applicants, or suitable ones, so they are re-advertising with a better pay rate. Of course you're welcome to say what you like at your exit interview but would the £2 per hour more have kept you there if you were offered it?

DullGreyGuy

MissBetty2019 said:

Hi, I have just given notice for my current job (last day tomorrow) and they have re advertised my job at £2 more per hour than what I am on. Exact same hours, exact same role just higher pay!
Should I bring this up at my exit interview? I just feel a bit disappointed that they never told me or offered it to me at that rate once I told them I was leaving (I’m on quite a low pay so that is one of the reasons I was leaving) 

As long as the difference in salary isnt due to race, sex, sexual orientation or other protected characteristics then they are free to pay different people totally different rates as long as its above national minimum wage. 

There are two guys in our team who both have the same job title, do the same hours and in principle is the same role but one is paid well over double what the other is.... one its their first job, the others done it for 20 years. In practice they are expected to operate at different levels despite the identical JD.

What was your reason for leaving? Was it just the pay? If it was did you bring up pay before resigning?

You can bring it up but its a bit pointless

Marcon

MissBetty2019 said:

Hi, I have just given notice for my current job (last day tomorrow) and they have re advertised my job at £2 more per hour than what I am on. Exact same hours, exact same role just higher pay!
Should I bring this up at my exit interview? I just feel a bit disappointed that they never told me or offered it to me at that rate once I told them I was leaving (I’m on quite a low pay so that is one of the reasons I was leaving) 

You can bring up anything you like at your exit interview, and by all means mention this if it makes you feel better doing so - but don't expect any answers. An employer is free to offer any rate they like provided it meets any legal requirements such as minimum wage/isn't related to unlawful discrimination, and from what you've said, there is no breach of any legal constraint.

The unhappy reality is that if they'd wanted to keep you, they would probably have offered you the higher rate in an attempt to make you stay. The alternative is that they are an employer who takes the view that once someone has decided to go, for whatever reason, their mindset has changed and trying to persuade them to stay is unlikely to be truly successful.

SensibleSarah

Almost everywhere I've ever worked has advertised my job after me leaving at a higher salary than I was on. It's mainly to get applicants in - they feel that a higher advertised salary will attract better candiates. Then they always offered less than advertised when offering the role to someone. Some took it, some didn't. Quite common in some industries. 

Dakta

Agree with the above BUT I understand the hurt.

One way to look at this, is that is what the company is advertising it's not necessarily what they intend on paying. Where I work almost nobody is on the advertised rate (something I only recently found out) and some have decades of experience.

Market forces and market rates have something to do with this as well because if you don't offer high enough you won't get any applicants even if you do intend to knock them down once they're invested in the process.

Yep corporate life is crap 

Penguin_

I forgot to add this in my post earlier but Dakta's post made me remember.

I went for a job once which had a starting salary of £32,000. I was successful but due to not having quite enough experience they offered me £30,000 which I declined based on the fact I was already earning £29,000 & it would cost me more in fuel that the £1,000 difference. 

They came back to me 4 weeks later offering me £32,000 but I politely declined.

Dakta

Your post reminds me actually, I was once a contractor for a very short stint on nearly 400 a day then they got rid of them all. Manager offered a perm position doing same thing for 27k and you can calculate my answer. At the same time I saw an external and for it saying 40-50k and the person who ultimately got it was on mid thirties in the end iirc.

Don't pay too much attention to advertised rates...

theoretica

Some companies sadly do that - don't give market rate pay rises to staff they have, then when recruiting need to offer market rate.  But they save on pay increases until the employee finally gets fed up and leaves.  They will know exactly what they are doing, and think the savings in wages is worth it overall.