Am I being cheeky???

[MrMayoNessie]

Ive also posted in Employment, lets see what you lot think, your more vocal!!

I've been to a couple of interviews (currently a SAHD) and one job came up with a company that I would really like to work for. It was advertised as a contact centre team leader for £8-£10.50 per hour part-time (15 hrs a week). It's closer to home than the other companies i've applied for, so I can get to work in 20 mins rather than an hour, and bonus available of up to 20% per year.

The assessment and interviews took a day and really made us all work for it!!! 4 team exercises, 3 assessment exercises and face to face interview!!!

I've today had a letter to tell me that they would like to offer me the role, I am very excited.

One thing that's bugging me is that I didn?t ask about the salary in the interview I already knew it was £8-10.50, They didn?t offer a question in the interview to discuss what I expected the salary to be either!

I've worked in Customer Service for nearly 20 years and for the last 8 years (prior to being a SAHD) as a team supervisor and manager.

The offer letter states £8 an hour, is this a first offer???, should I contact them and state my case that if the offer was £8-10.50 I would, with my experience expect £9-9.50 at least, (is this risky in the current climate)???.

I would like to add that in the offer letter my surname was spelt incorrectly and also my address, although clear in application form , it also referred to a handout to explain about my salary which was not included.

Should I have really have quizzed them as to the salary they were going to offer me at interview?? It seemed rude to me to ask?? Last time I got a new job (10 years ago) they just offered more than my current salary, it was easy, as a SAHD should I just be grateful, as I didn't ask should I just go with it!!

In my own mind I feel that the best course of action is to call them and enquire as to the missing handout about "my salary", ask them if £8 h/r is just for the training period, will it increase after training/probationary period and see what they say??

As I say, I am (kind of) happy to take this salary but we are in the process of buying our home for life and every penny counts, just to show you £8/hr =£450/mnth £9.50/hr=£535, I/we would so love the extra £85 just for being a cheeky fecker!! but don't want to be put down as a money grabber trouble maker (which I am not) by a new employer from the start!!!

Any Advice appreciated

MMN

I would bring it up sooner rather than later - someone is worth £10.50 an hour to them if that is the upper end, why should it not be you with all your experience?

I don't think there is any harm in querying it.
Ring the HR department and ask? You really should have brought it up in the interview, but it is done now.

Congrats anyway :)

I would negotiate. Phone them and say you would love to accept the job but given your experience you would expect to start at a higher rate. I've done this before (successfully) and so have many of my friends. It's not unheard of and you need to remember that employmeny is a two way thing. Also, they can only say no, they are unlikely to take back the offer because you think you are worth more.

I think calling and asking if the £8 is probationary and will it go up when it's over is a good way of asking. If they ask what you're expecting be honest and say because of my experience x amount. They did put up to £10.50 so can't see how ts cheeky to ask for up to that amount. You can o ly ask!

It is not cheeky to value yourself go for it and remember 'shy bairns get nowt'

Also, I meant to say that I never discussed it at interview as I thought it was better to wait until I actually had an offer. Didn't want to put them off!

YOU DON,T ASK,YOU DON,T GET,agree with beesimo.self belief an all that!!!

How would you feel if another team leader started at the same time and was getting paid more because they asked for it?! It happens all the time, like flyinstar says, if you dont ask you dont get!!

p.s. good luck!

Round these parts it's not done to ask about salary at interview. They've offered you the job, and now negotiation starts. Phone and ask for the leaflet and say you are expecting £whatever. They will either confirm it, or ask you accept £lower. They won't offer the job to the next candidate until you have refused terms. The ball is firmly in your court. Well done!