So angry, Sat in tears, i'm getting really sick of being treated like sh*t for being a woman!

[Nip]

To give you some idea of my job, i get a low basic and 10% commission, and £100 extra for IT support.

So a few years ago i found that i was being paid nearly £2k less (a yr) than the men doing the same job in my office.

I fought and got it put up to the same as them (bearing in mind i have been here for 4 more years than the rest of them).

Then i had DS and changed my hours slightly, i reduced my working day by 30 mins! The accounts dept worked out my hourly rate and deducted the 30 mins etc - fair enough.

Then in July i get head hunted, £6k more than i'm on. I didnt want the job at the company (long story), yet used this to ask for more money. My company said they couldnt raise my basic, but offered 15% commission. - I was happy with this.

Then 3 weeks ago i found that a collegue of mine had their commission increased to 15% too, this annoyed me because i had to fight for it, but fair enough i understand that its only fair that we are on the same even though i'm in a higher position than he and have been here longer.

Now i just found out that not only did he get his commission increased to 15% he also got a £1500 increase on his basic!

I'm gutted.. fuming... in fact i just feel like an idiot for being here. I have fought every time for a wage increase and he just gets it handed to him. I make the company more money in sale, i've been here longer, i;m supposed to be the sales manager and yet i get paid less.

I know there is little i can do, but i just wanted to vent somewhere, otherwise i'm going to pick my keyboard up and throw it at him!!

I only found this info out, because my accounts dept left the wage information on her desk whilst i was working on her PC. So i cant even discuss this with anyone.

GGGRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

I'd be gutted, too. And I'd be looking for a new job. Why stay put when they clearly don't value you?

Slap them with an equal pay questionnaire - your local CAB should be able to help, and here is some useful info

I am furious for you. How dare they. No advice but not surprised you're fuming.

how disgraceful

get in touch with ACAS and The Equal Opportunities Commission

equal pay for an equal job

gutted for you as this is a disgusting way to treat a loyal employee

nip what a nightmare, sounds like a constant uphill struggle. Do consider putting in an equal pay questionnaire as Roskva suggests, that's a good link with lots of information, here's the EOC as well.

It may be that a more 'official' process might wake them up a bit.

send a letter in saying 'it has come to my attention' and including ' major concerns over gender equality' and asking for a 'resolution within 14 days or you will seek professional advice'

You could do a letter as Magrat says however that may mean there is a sticky issue about how it 'has come to your attention', don't know if you would be comfortable having to deal with that? Putting in a questionnaire forcing them to disclose the information avoids that, although you may not want to be that formal.

I would have thought it wouldn't matter how you saw the information, the fact is that you do know about this should be enough for you to complain.

I saw emails left on the screen of my line manager that were very, very slanderous towards me and I took it to management - after printing them out to prove what I had seen. I did get a bollocking for seeing the emails but security-wise, if the idiot hadn't left his computer on then I wouldn't have seen it. Not my problem!

I can't believe that in this day and age you have this type of sex discrimination. I would have gone mental if I were you. Good luck with whatever you decide to do.

Raise a formal grievance with your employers, citing sex discrimination (which will put the wind up them well and truly). It doesn't matter how you came by the information.

Employment tribunals are very hard on cases of sex discrimination (towards the employer).

I would also start looking for another job.

Well this morning i thought i'd calmed down, but walking into the office i realise i havent. I've just been writing a few notes down and i'm going to put it to my bosses in the New Year (i finish today so dont want to start anything when i'm not here to answer anything they reply with).

My bosses are also in another country so i have to make sure i put together a particularly good letter and will include all the information you have supplied me, thank you.

With regards to how i found this out, a few weeks ago me and the said guy were chatting and we discussed that we were both on 15% now, so i'm just going to say that he mentioned it then - we had both had a few, so i'm working on the theory that he may not be sure what he said!

Merry bloody christmas - hey!

Oh and with regards to looking for another job - i'll start doing this in the new year too, i'm sick of being trod all over!

Good on you, Nip. It's worth taking your time over the letter so it's not written in anger. Try not to let this ruin your Christmas, and good luck with the job hunting. Sending you a hug

Good luck Nip. I've had to raise issues with bosses in the past and even though i've hated doing it (cos i don't like to rock the boat), i felt better for not letting myself be walked over.