Hi all, Sorry this is so long!!!!
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