Being paid less than my team member who reports to me
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Anonymous
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I have just been promoted into a new role at my company and was told what my new comp (base plus a guaranteed bonus) would be.
I was recently sent the 2016 comp sheet for the people who are now going to report to me and saw that the 2017 bonus target and total comp for the person reporting to me is less than what i am getting. Obviously i am outraged. I am writing a nice email to my boss pointing this out and asking that this be resolved. But keen to know what i can do if they dont pay me what i am due. If it matters and i think does, I am a woman and not white and the person reporting to me is a white male. Thought DCUM? |
Anonymous
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I think it depends on the positions. There are some professions where bosses are paid less than staff- sports is one example, media another.
But if it's typical in your industry than yes, I would be upset and ask for clarity. |
Anonymous
| Before you send that email you might want to see if he has more education or experience than you. Just because he reports to you doesn't mean that you are more qualified - could be that he turned down the Lead position that you accepted |
Anonymous
| Is it possible that this person has more experience than you, was offered your promotion first, but turned it down? |
Anonymous
| This happens a lot, OP. My DH has 4 direct reports and they all earn more than he does. They're valuable SMEs, and he doesn't mind. They're good professionals who make his life easy. |
Anonymous
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Go ahead and send the email, sweetie.
Good luck mending that fence afterwards. |
Anonymous
This is going to be a very hard job for you. |
Anonymous
| Not that unusual, I work for a large company and this happens, it is part of overall compensation design. |
Anonymous
Agree. There is nothing to be resolved, and you aren't "due" anything. |
Anonymous
No and I am more experienced than he is. |
Anonymous
| Happens in the government a lot since the grades overlap in pay quite a bit. |
Anonymous
Where was his previous experience and what was his background? Is he in a highly technical role? |
Anonymous
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His role and mine are both technical. He covers one aspect of the area that i have overall responsibility for. I am very proficient in the area he covers and am more qualified (both on paper and in real life) and am a high performer in this company.
I am also pretty sure that my predecessor was not paid less than he was but i dont know that comp but i do know his. |
Anonymous
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Employers can pay people whatever the heck they want to. Sometimes they pay someone more because they have more experience and or degrees or because they needed to lure them away from another employer. Sometimes they pay other employees less because they are new in the position or are younger or because their spouse makes plenty of money or the person is considered easily replaced. If you have limited information on compensation in your group and are a poor negotiator - you're screwed.
The goal for an employer is to keep all of this secret and to pound down individuals compensation as much as possible. (Even better is to eliminate positions entirely) Bosses paid less than underlings? So what. Employers don't have to follow any "rules" so long as they don't get caught punishing certain classes of employees (gender, parents, orientation, race, etc) |
Anonymous
| Are you a woman OP? If so this is very typical. |