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ShaniFaye · 04-24-2005, 10:10 AM

speaking as the person who gets paid more than her boss....

I work for a very large company....I started out in the payroll department because of my accounting background...so I knew what everybody made from the plant employees to our airplane pilot to our CEO and CFO. (which can be pretty depressing in itself)

After being in a job where I could take NO vacation or be out sick from December thru april each year....and pulling 65-70 hour weeks during tax season, I got burned out and applied for a lateral move in the company. I applied for an engineering position. The payroll position paid 5k more a year than what I was applying for....I told them in NO uncertain terms I would not take a pay cut.

They agreed, they said in the long run it would be better to have someone already familiar with the company, had already had all the pre hiring crap done and had already proven themselves work ethic wise.

The only thing that they asked was in addition to the designing I would be doing would be to be admin support for the 6 person engineering team I was joining (which basically saved them money because Im doing the job of two people) The work is ridicuously easy so I accepted. Now, having been in payroll I knew what my new boss was making, and he had 11 more years with the company than me. fortunately for me he was great about it and agreed that I was perfect for the position and no problem with me making more money.

My point in saying all that is....you dont always know that the new person hired has agreed to...for example when I took my new position I had to agree to no raise for 2 years (which they changed their minds on because of all the good reports I got....I got a 2% raise each of the last two years..my normal was 6% but since I had agreed to no raise who was I to complain?) Lots of people cut their own deal when being hired. Hell the person that took over my position in payroll started at 10k more a year than what I did lol.

I wouldnt sweat it since you dont know all the ins and outs of the hiring of this person.

04-24-2005, 10:10 AM	#10 (permalink)
ShaniFaye Submit to me, you know you want to Location: Lilburn, Ga	speaking as the person who gets paid more than her boss.... I work for a very large company....I started out in the payroll department because of my accounting background...so I knew what everybody made from the plant employees to our airplane pilot to our CEO and CFO. (which can be pretty depressing in itself) After being in a job where I could take NO vacation or be out sick from December thru april each year....and pulling 65-70 hour weeks during tax season, I got burned out and applied for a lateral move in the company. I applied for an engineering position. The payroll position paid 5k more a year than what I was applying for....I told them in NO uncertain terms I would not take a pay cut. They agreed, they said in the long run it would be better to have someone already familiar with the company, had already had all the pre hiring crap done and had already proven themselves work ethic wise. The only thing that they asked was in addition to the designing I would be doing would be to be admin support for the 6 person engineering team I was joining (which basically saved them money because Im doing the job of two people) The work is ridicuously easy so I accepted. Now, having been in payroll I knew what my new boss was making, and he had 11 more years with the company than me. fortunately for me he was great about it and agreed that I was perfect for the position and no problem with me making more money. My point in saying all that is....you dont always know that the new person hired has agreed to...for example when I took my new position I had to agree to no raise for 2 years (which they changed their minds on because of all the good reports I got....I got a 2% raise each of the last two years..my normal was 6% but since I had agreed to no raise who was I to complain?) Lots of people cut their own deal when being hired. Hell the person that took over my position in payroll started at 10k more a year than what I did lol. I wouldnt sweat it since you dont know all the ins and outs of the hiring of this person. __________________ *I want the diabetic plan that comes with rollover carbs. I dont like the unused one expiring at midnite!!*