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TM875 · 04-24-2005, 08:26 PM

You know, I just had a conversation tonight with a good friend of mine about this. Pay difference such as these can have a devastating impact on worker morale. He's a professor, and there are constant battles between the departments due to the pay differences (typically, business profs get paid more than, say, political science profs).

All in all, this creates unneeded tension. Explain to your boss that you feel you deserve more. More than that, don't let yourself feel bad because of this - often, the pay differences have no relation to your actual work performance. Heck, I was a manager at my place of work, but still got paid FAR less than some of my other employees. I'm talking a $5-$8 per hour difference. I didn't let that effect my quality of work - just do your best, and eventually your hard work will be noticed and will pay off.

04-24-2005, 08:26 PM	#15 (permalink)
TM875 Addict Location: Amish-land, PA	You know, I just had a conversation tonight with a good friend of mine about this. Pay difference such as these can have a devastating impact on worker morale. He's a professor, and there are constant battles between the departments due to the pay differences (typically, business profs get paid more than, say, political science profs). All in all, this creates unneeded tension. Explain to your boss that you feel you deserve more. More than that, don't let yourself feel bad because of this - often, the pay differences have no relation to your actual work performance. Heck, I was a manager at my place of work, but still got paid FAR less than some of my other employees. I'm talking a $5-$8 per hour difference. I didn't let that effect my quality of work - just do your best, and eventually your hard work will be noticed and will pay off. __________________ "I've made only one mistake in my life. But I made it over and over and over. That was saying 'yes' when I meant 'no'. Forgive me."