Anyone work in a factory with graded pay? how does it work?

Question

Anyone in a factory with operators and team leaders etc that uses more than one grade of pay for each position? if so, how is it set out and does it work well?

Answer 1

Your previous answer is spot on, but may I add re-inforcement ?

When I took a holiday job in student days, it was at a wharehouse that made up deliveries from stock to go out to a big string of "Mace" village shops.

I started of at week one on the bottom rung of the pay ladder. Fair enough. By week two, the pay went up, as I started selecting & packing the crates, Week three saw a further increase, as I "graduated" to going out on the trucks, delivering stuff. Week four, they upped it again to supervise stock control. Week five was a case of moving up into the offices, another pay hike. My final sixth week, I was offered a full time job at about ten times what I started with.

OK, It may sound like I I am blowing a trumpet, but it points out to me that there needs to be a pay structure depending on ability, competence, skills, etc.

In other words, how valuable are you to the company.

Bob

Answer 2

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Answer 3

i used to work at a factory that had graded pay, it was from a C to G, all jobs were graded by the difficulty and heavy manuel work, the job I did needed 2 people to run the machine I was on an E grade and my partner was D because I was responsible for the machine, it is a good system no one complained about the grades they were on, they were fair.

Answer 4

I work for a Charity that uses an adaptation of the system, but used to be a manager in a factory with a grade pay system. In general it works very well and saves a lot of arguments like "my job is harder than his, i should get more!".  The advantage for you is that you can see an immediate salary progression route from the start. Within your first couple of weeks you will know which duties are likely to fall into your potential capability range and what the wages would be. It does lead to a more settled work force and i am sure you can easily appreciate that - for instance, in an ungraded work place you might work hard all day humping 25kg sacks onto lorries and know that the old guy wandering around at a snails pace pushing a broom is getting the same money as you - you then resent him for getting the same as you for such a cushy number and resent the employer for making you work so hard for the same money.

Answer 5

I work for Boots in Nottingham and we have a graded system in the Production area,basically Everyone who does menial braindead jobs,and temps are on up to grade 3,then people who are slightly more involved and clued up are grade 4,they can run lines and use computers etc,grade 5 is a manufacturers grade,we do skilled jobs such as actually manufacturing the bulk for packing,shift managers and other management are on Hayes grading,whatever that is,but lower the number,less of the wonga,it rewards people for inputting i suppose,the more useful you make yourself,the better the reward,hope this helps in some way