possible wage cut

[danwins]

Hi all,

My employer has employed a new general manager and one of his first jobs is to streamline the company. He has asked me, unofficially, if I would be prepared to move depts as I already help out there when they're strugging. I have no problem going, what concerns me is, the supervisor in the other department is on at least £5 p/h less than I'm currently on, so if I move, can they reduce my wage? My contract states what my current wage is and what dept I am in.

Thanks

Dan

[Muzzer79]

Contractual changes have to be with notice and agreed.

You will obviously not agree to a pay cut for doing the same job.

So, they would need to make your role redundant and re-hire you. This would be hard if there’s an equivalent position in another department that you can do.

But, think about this practically. How long have you worked there?
Do you enjoy it?
Would you be up for a move?

Finally, they’ve not mentioned money, just asked you to change role. Give them a chance

[danwins]

Thanks for the reply,

Nooo, I wouldn't agree to a pay cut.

Just to clarify, it would be a totally different role, coach building to welding.
To answer your questions.
I've only been there about 12 months,
Thoroughly enjoy both roles,
Rather stay where I am but would move if I needed to.

As I said earlier, it was just an informal chat, I just didnt want to say yes or no until I new about pay.

Thanks

[Welshbeef]

Under 2 years service easy to get rid really + redundancy for 12 months square root of F All.
It would be notice period only

[Super Sonic]

Not my trade but which of the two jobs
a pays more
b has more career advancement
c has more opportunities available
d do you want to gain more experience in
Also which do you prefer?
No reply needed, just a few things for you to consider. Good Luck!

[bigandclever]

All good stuff up there, so I’ll question the “at least £5 p/h” which suggests to a pedant like me that you don’t actually *know* what the other supervisor is on?

[danwins]

Cheers guys,

A lot of good advice, as usual. Recieved an email this morning asking me to go to the HR office when I get in. So will find out then.
in reply to bigandclever, he told me he was on "just over £10hr"

Dan

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danwins said:

Cheers guys,

A lot of good advice, as usual. Recieved an email this morning asking me to go to the HR office when I get in. So will find out then.
in reply to bigandclever, he told me he was on "just over £10hr"

Dan

Just over £10.00 per hour, and £5.00 less than I am on currently suggests a reduction of perhaps a third?

[Muzzer79]

I still think it's important to remember that the OP hasn't actually been asked to drop his wage and there hasn't been an indication that he will.

If this new manager and the company have any form of experience, they'll realise that's not really possible without letting the OP leave the business.

If they're letting another supervisor go, given the current labour market, I'd be surprised if they let the OP go too but I have no idea what business he's in or how valued he is.

One other point - Just over £10 an hour = about 20 grand a year. For a supervisor?

Consider the possibility that you are paid the right amount and the other guy was underpaid. They could realise this and just be streamlining his salary off the books, rather than looking to downgrade yours too.

[sutoka]

Relative of mine was informed this week she's getting a £40 pay rise, they assumed given the job and responsibility it was a weekly increase. Found out yesterday it's £40 a month, absolute joke considering they paid their useless boss £40k to leave and gave a colleague 400 a month for doing no more work.