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Original poster

To ask wwyd about this work situation?

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justexisting22 · 24/04/2022 21:25

I've been angry for a few days following a recent salary review at work and I can't stop thinking over it in my head. I really need advice on how to handle the situation as I feel like I've been really undervalued and I'm seriously wondering now whether or not I should look for a new position at a totally different company.

For some background, my "new" salary for this year was my base salary last year, however this was pro rata to £Xk a year, as I worked part time but then changed to full time when I started a new role. So I'm wondering if is that even correct? Should this not have increased when I went back full time?

I've been at this company for 6 years, have qualifications experience etc, yet I'm still only on the starting salary for my position. It just doesn't seem right to me and to be honest I've been so upset and angry about it

AIBU to think I should just look elsewhere?

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sst1234 · 24/04/2022 21:28

Need more information. Are you on performance related pay? What was said in your review about this me point you raised? How long have you been in this role? What is the market rate for this type of job?

Threetulips · 24/04/2022 21:29

I would look elsewhere and find a company that values your contribution.

normally increased are % based, have you looked at that?

Gizlotsmum · 24/04/2022 21:30

So are you getting paid the same for full time work as you were part time? Or has you ‘hourly’ rate stayed the same? Is the new job on the same level? Was it a company wide pay review? Can you build a case for why you should get more? ( compare with similar jobs elsewhere?)

Merryoldgoat · 24/04/2022 21:31

This doesn’t make sense. Is it something like:

fill time you were on £30k

dropped to part time and got paid £20k

full time again but still only paid £20k

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justexisting22 · 24/04/2022 21:32

@sst1234 I don't want to out myself by giving away too much info. Yes it is performance related but my reviews are always extremely positive as are my ratings. I honestly give everything to this role but the pay just doesn't match up whatsoever. Im not sure if it's a personal thing against me tbh, as other colleagues who do much less than me are on a few k more than me. I'm trying not ti think that but I'm finding it very difficult not to. My salary is below market rate for my job

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justexisting22 · 24/04/2022 21:32

Yes that’s right @Merryoldgoat

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custardbear · 24/04/2022 21:32

So you worked say 30 hours per week for day 50k, now you're doing 40 hours a week and still getting 50k?
How does that rate to the spine point you're on?
Do you auto increase spine points annually?
What's in your contracts?
Do others in the same time follow suit?
All sounds off to me! I wouldn't be happy and I'd be on the phone to HR

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justexisting22 · 24/04/2022 21:34

@custardbear I am thinking about going to HR as none of it makes sense to me and it doesn’t seem logical. I’m so angry over it

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Merryoldgoat · 24/04/2022 21:37

It sounds like a mistake unless you have been given a role with lower responsibilities.

my base salary is £xk for full time but I worked 29 hrs and now 25 hrs so went from 0.725 to 0.65 - if I went full time I’d get the full salary, not the prorated one.

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justexisting22 · 24/04/2022 21:38

@Merryoldgoat I have no idea what to do then next if that is the case. My responsibilities are probably more, definitely not less

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Cherms · 24/04/2022 21:39

It's not impossible it's an HR mistake. It's happened at my work before when someone moved roles and the new line manager didn't pick it up.

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justexisting22 · 24/04/2022 21:41

@Cherms To me it does seem like a mistake but I wasn’t sure if I was correct or not. If it is, does the company still owe me what I’ve been underpaid?

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Scarydinosaurs · 24/04/2022 21:51

You’ve increased your hours but your salary hasn’t increased? Wtf?

ChicCroissant · 24/04/2022 22:01

It depends on the full-time role that you've moved to, is that the full-time salary that was quoted for that role?

What happened at the salary review?

mcmooberry · 24/04/2022 22:03

It has got to be a mistake, surely??? Get on to HR tomorrow or email them tonight calmly pointing out their error. I presume you have only just gone back full time and haven't been paid yet?

onemorerose · 24/04/2022 22:06

I didn’t think your base salary was affected by whether you work full or part time?

Are you saying your new role is the same base salary as when you were working part time in your old role?

Wheelz46 · 24/04/2022 22:09

If you have increased your hours and the pay is the same as your shorter hours, there has definitely been a mistake in payroll.

I was underpaid after returning from maternity, it was corrected in my next wage and also paid what they owed me from the previous month.

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justexisting22 · 24/04/2022 22:10

I don't know what's happened tbh, but my last review was £x amount pro rata to £x amount due to part time. My new salary is less than a £100 more than last years amount before pro rata. doesn’t make sense

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Regularsizedrudy · 24/04/2022 22:11

So you are doing the same job but now full time, and your pay hasn’t increased from when you worked part time? I you sure they haven’t just quoted your old pro rata salary? It doesn’t make any sense.

Neverreturntoathread · 24/04/2022 22:13

Ask your boss / HR why your salary is what it is, when you’ve been there six years, are getting consistently good feedback, and others seem to be paid more for less work.

I’ve seen this happen in two types of situation:


  1. You’re in a ‘don’t ask don’t get’ culture company where the other employees have negotiated pay rises and you haven’t pushed for more, or

  2. The company actually wants you to leave.


I know one company whose business model is to hire 30% men and 70% women at the young junior level, they all work incredibly hard, but as they approach age 30ish most of the women drift away to family stuff / are paid off not to return after maternity leave. This works out brilliantly for that company, which needs lots of juniors and not many seniors. However, women there who don’t have kids sometimes find that (unless they are very good at bringing new clients in) pay kinda freezes in comparison to the male colleagues who keep shooting up in salary. One woman had been there twenty years and was on the same pay as people with only 5 years experience and that was the company’s way of trying to hint that she look elsewhere. They did it to men too but much more rarely.

NoSquirrels · 24/04/2022 22:14

How long have you been working extra hours for no extra pay?

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justexisting22 · 24/04/2022 22:19

I’ve raised my concerns with my manager but he has to speak to who is above him. I feel doubtful that anything will actually be done and I don’t think I’ll be offered an increase but I literally refuse to accept this, I feel like this is a kick in the teeth considering how loyal I’ve been

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justexisting22 · 24/04/2022 22:19

@NoSquirrels Over 12 months

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ChicCroissant · 24/04/2022 22:21

So your previous role - just rounding the figures for ease - the base pay was £10,000, you worked 50% so received £5,000, you then went full-time and your pay is now £10,100.

tootiredtoocare · 24/04/2022 22:22

You're coming out with the same pay for working full time that you were when you were part time? That's a salary decrease. You're earning less per hour full time than you were part time. Got to be an error. If it's not, get out, now.