What if your company is not fair to you?

Question

My husband has been working for the same company for six years. He worked his way up from being a stocker to a manager- he knows everything to know about this company. The problem: In his last two promotions they did not increase his salary at all!!!! It was in name only, though he has been given more responsibilities and employees to deal with; his pay (over the last six years) has increased about 35% from six dollars!!!! ---Yesterday a person who transferred to his store from another district asked him to look at their check and give them their employee number- he did this and found out that person makes four dollars more than him and has only worked for the company for 2 years?!? We live in Texas can anyone tell me of a site I could go to or maybe a method to asking for increase in pay?

Answer 1

I just take a new contract. I am my own boss because I'm self employed.

Answer 2

they are obviously not giving him the respect he deserves and a promotion means more money so he needs to demand that and then explain everything and i'm pretty sure if they say no you can pull out some sort of herasment or racial charge on the company

Answer 3

Well the thing is when your husband started, the rate of pay was probably lower and his experience may be different than that guy.

Also the cost of living was less... These are things to take into consideration first.

Most companies frown on employees telling others how much they make. So I wouldn't say that but he could go to his boss and ask.

I am also in Texas and there is really no law on anything like that.

Answer 4

1.  Do not mention that he saw the other employee's pay, as this is generally against companies rules to discuss pay.

2.  Have him ask his manager/hr person to chat with him, and in that meeting have him explain that he has taken on two promotions with an increase in responsibility yet no increase in salary, and he is respectfully requesting that his pay be evaluated and adjusted based on his work.

3.  He needs to be prepared to tell them that he would be looking for another job that will accurately compensate him for his level of work if they aren't going to raise his pay.  If he has qualifications, he should be able to find other positions that can pay him, and it never hurts to put some resumes in at other companies to see if they would be interested in him...who knows, if he gets a really good offer, it might actually be time to switch companies, and his current company might actually counter offer to keep him.  Many companies don't do automatic raises because if you are content doing your job without any increase, they see no reason to pay you more.

Answer 5

I know all about that feeling...I happen to know what everybody makes and some make more than me just coz they are family even though I do twice as much as they do!

A good place to start would be salary.com...your husband can enter his job title and the site will not only give him all the different levels with his department, but also the different responsibilities for each level AND it will show him how much the going salary for your state is....and will let him know exactly which percentile he falls under. Once he's done this he can have a clearer picture of where he stands. The other thing that could bring about the disparity in pay would be his education...the site will tell him the minimum education requirement as well.

Once he's done that he can go down the list of responsibilities and the key here is to state how he's not only met his job requirements but have gone over and above his job description...throw in longevity as well. Based on how well he knows his boss, he should know what his boss highly values..ie being on time, loyalty... if there are somethings his boss has commended him about the better since he can use that as an argument that he not only adds value to the company but does more than carry his weight. He also needs to show what more he intends to do for the company and all that. Its all about some little "kiss ***" backed by hard perfomance facts.

Its always good to have options so he should probably put his resume out there in case asking for a raise backfires and he has to hand in his walking paper. If he does present a solid argument based by hard facts, he should probably get a raise. Other thing is whenever he gets a promotion he should ask before hand what is going to be in it for him. If its education thats holding him back, he can see if the co. offers tuition reimbursement and what time he'd owe the co. after completion....he can get his education and go to better pastures or get the raise he deserves.

Goodluck in getting that raise! We never know till we ask.

Answer 6

That is why most companies either make everyones salary public, or  discourage discussing it...

If it's public knowledge then everyone knows what everyone makes..

If it's hidden no one knows... the other guy had a better boss than your husband, or filled a job that the company was willing to pay more to fill...

Choices are.....check around to see what he could get from a competitor... or go talk to his boss about a raise.....

Answer 7

Either he should quit or bring the matter up directly to them.

Answer 8

my company is unfair to me all the time but unfortunately i work for an at will state and they can fire me anytime for any reason so i bite my tongue.

he simply needs to go in and give them reasons for a raise (experience, been there long term, management). DO NOT mention the other employee's salary, that info is supposed to be confidential, even if he was shown his check by that employee, your husband is not allowed to share his wage info.

Answer 9

I used to work for a company that did the same thing to me. I was managing people making more than me right off the street. I quit and went elsewhere and made more money at the new place. The best thing he can do is find another job and then go to his boss and tell him he either gets a raise or he is quitting. Sometimes all you can do is play hardball.

Answer 10

The best method is to point out what a valuable asset you have been to the company and then ask for a raise.

Answer 11

Get offers of higher pay from outside the company or the department before you ask for a raise. They will serve as strong justification for the request. If the company is sure that he is happy and content with his job and can't find anything better, it is not compelled to give him a raise.

Answer 12

Sounds like it's time to politely move on.

Answer 13

Quit your bellyaching!  You don't know what comprises this person's paycheck.  Perhaps this person doesn't pay as much in taxes, or has more deductions, or has cheaper medical coverage.  Many companies are laying off their employees so perhaps a promotion in name only is better than no job at all!

Answer 14

If your husband got more responsibilities and more employees to deal with without getting more pay, those were not "promotions."  There is a lot of information, online and in the libraries and stores, about how to ask for a raise, deal with difficult bosses, etc.  However, with your husband's apparent history of accepting more work without asking for more pay, it may be difficult for him to get what he feels he deserves from this company.

Answer 15

He should just ask.