To ask if this is how maternity roles are usually advertised?

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The role was advertised as 46 something k pro rata.
I checked and it's actually 38k ish for full-time, because it's a maternity cover they say well you'd get 46k if you worked the full year.

Does this sound right?

Are they advertising it it as a contract for the limited time at a fixed rate, rather than an annual salary?

A lot of roles are advertised like that to draw you in, once you read on, you realise its not the actual salary.

I'm not sure why you'd expect a full year's salary to not work a full year, that's literally what pro rata suggests, fewer days. What am I missing?

It just said 46k pro rata but then I see further down it says that...I don't think that's fair tbh, so i or whoever would be doing the exact same work as somebody on a permanent contract but for lower take home pay?

Is it advertised as £46k FTE? (Full Time Equivalent)

It’s quite common in school-based jobs where you don’t work in the school holidays but your salary is paid equally over 12 months.

No it just says pro rata, it's an office role but not in a school, I guess I'd just never seen this before

I guess you'll get a different job then.

I've actually heard of quite a few people on mat covers being paid higher than the person they're covering for, I'm not saying that's right either

Ok?

Some people are very arsey on here if you even dare to ask a question 😂

YABU.

They are telling you the salary- which covers a year's work.
That's what a salary is.

But obviously you wouldn't get that much if you're only hired for a few months.

Ok, I'll not ask anymore, don't worry.

Is it full time hours for the organisation?

And a year round business?

If the contract is about 10 months long and the pay received in that 10 months is £38k, while the annual salary is £46k, then that's fair. They'll get the same amount of money each month as someone on £46k pa but obviously they'll stop being paid when the contract ends

However this isn't really the correct use of pro rata, which is usually when the person works less than full time hours each week.

How many months is it for? You'd get the same monthly pay as the permanent person but just not for 12 months of a year hence the difference between the 2 figures. One figure is a full year. The other figure is the length of the contract presumably 9 or 10 months.

That possibly caused the confusion, it's the same full-time hours as far as I'm aware

Thanks

I assume 9 or 10 months, will need to check

it's full time hours, but not for a whole year? so maybe 9 months looking at it.

So your monthly salary will be the same, but you won't get 46k because you onl work 3/4 of the year.

It makes sense now, thanks

Actually OP i get what you are saying I think.

If it says £46k per year, and then gives the pro rata rate of £38k, then I'd expect that to mean that the role is less than full time hours. If its full time hours and theyre still proposing to pay you £38k per year then that suggests you'd be getting less than the role you're covering.

Its still going to be paid monthly or whatever so the question is would you be getting paid 9 months pay at the 46k per year rate? It sounds like they're proposing to pay 9 months pay at the 38k rate instead. Which is crap, especially given its a short term contract, which as you say tend to be paid better because of the temporary nature of the role.

Or are they saying that 46k/12 months is the same as 38k/9 months or whatever the contract length is?

I think at the very least more clarity needed on their proposed pay.

Yes that’s normal for contacts lasting less than a year. And whenever it says pro rata that’s the full time/annual pay.

46k is the full year’s salary. Pro rata it down to 9/10 months - gives you a salary of 38k for that duration.

I currently work in a temp 6 month contract and we're paid hourly, but paid the same rate as permanent staff just hourly.

Yes, the annual salary is £46 thousand but you will only get paid for the months you work. Which presumably depends on how long the mother takes off.

The monthly salary is £3833.33. Just confirm that to ensure they are going to pay you correctly.

If I could take home about 2.5k a month that would be brilliant. To save a decent amount for once

Maybe they haven't explained it very well but as long as you'd be getting 46000/12 per month it doesn't matter how they describe it