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Hello, and thank you in advance for any insight anyone is able to provide on this. As the title says, I recently accepted an offer (though will not start for roughly another 3 weeks) with a company, then was looking around today and saw an offer for the same position with a higher salary range than what I was offered. The strangest thing is that I will be going in as a Sr. Technician, while the higher paying position I saw is for a Mid-Level Technician.
My question is whether or not I should bring this up to the hiring manager/recruiter I worked with and returned the offer letter to. Even though I have already accepted the offer, I feel that since I haven't actually began working with the company yet that I should have some room to negotiate(re-negotiate) my salary, but I was wondering if anyone here has been in or has heard of a similar issue and has any advice or insight into this. Again, thank you in advance for any replies to this thread.
Maybe call them up and say "Hey I saw where you're hiring for Sr. Level Tech and paying this, yet I was hired as Sr. Tech but paid this. Is there a mistake?"
You absolutely need to address this before you start. The sooner the better- once the HR team gets your info into their system it could be difficult/impossible to address.
No need to be pushy or anything, but a simple friendly phone call to the person you've been dealing with should do the trick.
This is why as a HR Specialist I hated generic job titles.
Take a close look at the skills listed on the Sr. Tech position in the recruiting announcement. If you have those skills ask your recruiter/prospective manager.
My former employer had two major products lines, one with substantial margins that represented the core business, and one with lower margins that was at the time a side business. Product Developers in each line required different skills. Product Developer A was worth more than Product Developer B.
So it's not the same position...it's a lower level position right?
Whole thing doesn't sound right. Are you saying that the offer you accepted was less than the minimum starting range than a lower level tech? Is all else exactly the same? Same dept, etc.?
I think her job title is the same as the one just posted. She was offered (and accepted) pay lower than that in the new recruiting announcement.
Compensation systems aren't as rigid as they were in the past as a result of Broad Banding and many employers use generic titles. The key is the skill sets required which may have different markets. If she is in bio-science sometimes the focus of the group has better funding.. many reasons why the difference is possible.
So it's not the same position...it's a lower level position right?
Whole thing doesn't sound right. Are you saying that the offer you accepted was less than the minimum starting range than a lower level tech? Is all else exactly the same? Same dept, etc.?
Thank you for your reply. So technically it is the same title, but it's a tiered system with titles like "Support Tech (Senior)", "Support Tech (Mid)", and then just "Support Tech." I accepted my offer for a "Support Tech (Sr)" position on the team, then the posting I saw today was for a "Support Tech (Mid)" position, yet the range started at about $7k higher than the position I accepted, which is technically a higher position. Same team, same dept, etc...
I don’t have any experience with this, sorry. But is it possible for you to ask your recruiter about the discrepancy? There may be a reasonable explanation.
Don't worry about other people's pay. If you want to negotiate more pay, do it regardless of what other jobs post.
You don't even know if other post will offer that or not
So, if you saw a posting for the exact same position you had accepted that paid $500+ more per month, you just wouldn't worry about it? Wow.
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