Hey guys! A couple weeks ago I posted about a situation at work where I was promoted to an admin and clinical position, and found out that I was being paid at least a dollar less than entry level employees. I was making $14/hr while others were making anywhere between $14.50 - $15/hr. I asked for advice, and the post BLEW up, to the point where I had to delete do to me being careless with personal info. I received a lot of advice to search for another job, negotiate higher than I was asking, and some PM's asking for my name and location and position in the company, which led to me deleting the post.
Anyway, I met with the woman in charge of wages for my company, and the talk was very friendly and transparent. She said the person hiring people before me was ignoring protocol and absolutely should not have hired people at that rate. She said our range was significantly lower for hiring and that was a mistake on the previous person's end, since she showed me proof of emails that went on between everyone.
I listened and acknowledged, and said "I understand, but where does that leave me?". Originally they offered me a .25 cent raise which would bring me to $14.25, which I quickly countered and explained, calmly, why that wasnt a fair compensation. "I feel with my qualifications and my value of being the only fully certified employee at my location, I think a .25 cent raise would not be very fair to reflect my role." This led to her asking countless people about this, and it sparked a separate issue where this was happening COMPANY WIDE.
After 20 minutes, she realized I had never received my mandatory 90 day evaluation for a wage increase, never received raises for certain goals met, and other factors. I received a $1.50 raise to $15.50/hr, and I will be up for review again in April when my annual review comes up, where she said "with everything you have done, the minimum you will see your wage go up is another $1.50. I would expect to be up to at least $18/hr when your eval is due, most likely more." I requested that in writing so I'd have it and she happily obliged!
TL:DR - Was being paid less than entry level employees, negotiated professionally thanks to advice from the sub, received a raise with another one coming in two months.
Submitted February 17, 2017 at 03:16PM by Rickayy_OG http://ift.tt/2l2OlC8
