Comments on: Why won’t employers offer me a fair salary? https://www.evilhrlady.org/2013/05/why-wont-employers-offer-me-a-fair-salary.html Everything to make HR better Sat, 25 May 2013 12:17:11 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: MrsLawrence79 https://www.evilhrlady.org/2013/05/why-wont-employers-offer-me-a-fair-salary.html#comment-57108 Sat, 25 May 2013 12:17:11 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/?p=2822#comment-57108 What many people fail to realize is that the job pays what it pays. Market, not the evil HR Lady, sets the rate of pay for a given job. While, understandably, you may have a certain level of expenses you are responsible for, it is unreasonable to expect the company to be on the hook for those expenses. What one should do is try to determine how to get to that next level of compensation or how to reduce expenses.

]]> By: Evil HR Lady https://www.evilhrlady.org/2013/05/why-wont-employers-offer-me-a-fair-salary.html#comment-56928 Mon, 20 May 2013 17:34:40 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/?p=2822#comment-56928 In reply to Dave.

Absolutely. And people coming straight out of school expecting to be making as much as people with 5 years of experience.

]]> By: Dave https://www.evilhrlady.org/2013/05/why-wont-employers-offer-me-a-fair-salary.html#comment-56925 Mon, 20 May 2013 14:34:47 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/?p=2822#comment-56925 This was a really interesting letter, response and comment field on the CBS side. This resonates with me a lot, as a supervisor and as an employee. I was struck by the letter writer’s palpable senses of desperation and frustration, and I am reminded of a really simple story that fits in here. I had a GREAT employee, maybe earning $22/hour. She was happy, my customer (the government) was happy, and I was happy. Single mom, I think two kids. One week she took a “free” vacation to a place that sold time shares, and as it happens she purchased one. A super nice lady who could not say “no” to the sales agent, I am sure. As soon as she got back, she “needed” more salary. I talked with her about some upward mobility and some opportunities in the next year, and I got her a 13% raise to boot. But she ended up quitting because of her short term financial “needs.” Needs and life circumstances are intertwined, certainly. As a hiring manager, too, I am struck by how many clerical job candidates have a standard $65k requirement, not because that matches their skill set, but because it matches their expenses. While I understand and agree they need to seek employment that pays for their expenses, the letter writer and many people who interview with me don’t afford the employer equal understanding that, for example, if a position generates $60k in annual revenue, I cannot offer you $65k in salary , plus benefits. That is not exploitation of the worker – that is, as you say, how it works for all grown ups in a capitalist economy. Thanks for this one.

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