Timeline for new candidates being offered much higher salaries for same job, what to do?
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| Mar 29, 2016 at 16:15 | comment | added | Bill Leeper | I do want to add that not keeping your staff at market rate is a really bad move. While there are many reasons for turnover, salary is one that is pretty easy to take care of if you are proactive as a manager/business owner. | |
| Mar 25, 2016 at 14:34 | comment | added | Dan | @gnasher729 I agree. At my last company I was in the same boat where entry grade employees were getting paid more than me (senior grade). I did ask about it to my boss and managed to get a pay increase however the gap between what entry and senior makes so it was one of many reasons for me to leave. So it never hurts to ask but don't expect much without changing jobs. | |
| Mar 24, 2016 at 19:19 | comment | added | user48276 | This is dead on... the OP has to ask for a raise for his/her own sanity. But it is important to note that realistically a sizable market raise will probably not happen as most managers hands are tied by HR policy and their department budget. Sadly, it's much easier to get a significant pay increase by job hopping then to stay in an organization. Still... once you discover you are under-paid it is impossible to "un-discover" that info. | |
| Mar 24, 2016 at 18:20 | comment | added | NotVonKaiser | I feel like the only constant in development is change anyway. A programmer ought to look to switching gigs every couple years just to make sure they aren't stagnating. One of the things I really like about MS, in fact (speaking as an outsider) is the way they may be large but are very compartmentalized so that a transfer inside the company is practically a new job. | |
| Mar 24, 2016 at 17:03 | comment | added | gnasher729 | It's very unfortunate really. If you are working at A and I am working at B, doing very similar jobs, our only chances for a decent raise could be swapping companies, so we get a decent salary, and the companies lose all the experience gathered in the job. | |
| Mar 24, 2016 at 16:57 | comment | added | Bill Leeper | I should add, I have never received nor known of anyone getting a 'market' increase. You should try, but your best recourse to get what you feel you are worth is going to be changing jobs. It is fairly common at least in the US for people to move around regularly | |
| Mar 24, 2016 at 16:55 | history | answered | Bill Leeper | CC BY-SA 3.0 |