Am I being naive? My pay vs advertised pay.

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I was looking at my employers website and they have a post advertised for a new post at the same level as me.

Now, I understand that companies need to attract people and included in that is salary expectations, however, the bottom number of the range is more than 20% above my salary (I work p/t and if I calculate the equivalent f/t salary it is over 20% below).

I feel a bit miffed about this as I've been loyal and hardworking through the pay freeze, the job cuts; and I've been there for 10yrs (not in the same post).

I think I cover most of the attributes/qualities/skills they need but as I've not had an appraisal for about 4 years (incl 9 mth mat leave) that might be difficult to justify.

Do I go to HR with my concerns or not?

Has anyone else had this issue? If so, what did you do?

Apply?

Are you meant to have a regular appraisal. If so, raise the issue with HR. And as SB said, apply for the job.

Meant to say the post is in the office I work in. So I don't think applying is going to help really.

Why not?

Its the same job I'm doing now? Am I being stupid?

Its irrelevant now as the application date was last month.

It might look like the same job but it's very different pay.It's obviously too late now but I would ask for a meeting with HR.

It didn't even enter my mind to apply before and I now feel annoyed about that.

I will arrange to talk to HR on Monday.

Thanks!

Good luck!

Speak to hr

If it's exactly the same job, then it's an issue of inequality!

I'd also say that you need to be looking out for a new job - it sounds like wages in your industry for your post have been going up steadily, and your job hasn't reflected that. I'd start actively looking and preparing to transfer.

Some firms do this deliberately and wait for an employee to threaten to leave before raising their pay. If they want them to leave they just say no.

They also keep employees in the dark about their pay to keep costs down but pay higher for new employees to get the to leave where they are currently employed then slowly steal the money back over several years.

TBH its how many firms subtley discriminate against women. Agreeing to much more readily to requests for pay rises from men but not rainig womens pay and then turning down womens requests. Women who have children are especially vulnerable to this and explains in my view why so much part time pay is lower paid per hour than equivalent full time jobs. Women who need flexible hours are often in a very weak bargaining position which means threatening to leave.