Can a company Reduce employee's pay due to changing the departments within the same company?
I have been working for my company for 9 yrs and recently applied for a different position. Now they are possibly saying that I make too much money to go to this said dept. Is this something they can do to me if I have the hr wage I have due to experience and tenure? I may also add the starting pay for the dept I would be applying for starts out more money hourly than my current job when I started. ( also pay scale for starting pay for my dept has not changed in 9 yrs)
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I have been working for my company for 9 yrs and recently applied for a different position. Now they are possibly saying that I make too much money to go to this said dept. Is this something they can do to me if I have the hr wage I have due to experience and tenure? I may also add the starting pay for the dept I would be applying for starts out more money hourly than my current job when I started. ( also pay scale for starting pay for my dept has not changed in 9 yrs)
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I have been working for my company for 9 yrs and recently applied for a different position. Now they are possibly saying that I make too much money to go to this said dept. Is this something they can do to me if I have the hr wage I have due to experience and tenure? I may also add the starting pay for the dept I would be applying for starts out more money hourly than my current job when I started. ( also pay scale for starting pay for my dept has not changed in 9 yrs)
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I have been working for my company for 9 yrs and recently applied for a different position. Now they are possibly saying that I make too much money to go to this said dept. Is this something they can do to me if I have the hr wage I have due to experience and tenure? I may also add the starting pay for the dept I would be applying for starts out more money hourly than my current job when I started. ( also pay scale for starting pay for my dept has not changed in 9 yrs)
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Unless there is some law or rule, they can.
Even though the new position may be more attractive from some points of view, the company may consider that it does not return enough benefit to justify the higher salary.
Possible solutions (not exhaustive list):
Negotiate the terms of the new position: get more responsibilities, get involved in other (compatible) activities as well.
Find another position, which justifies a salary at a level that you can accept.
While some companies have an internal rule that an employee's salary cannot decrease (unless the employee is guilty for something), this is not established in all companies.
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Yes, any different position is evaluated separately at the discretion of the company unless there is a policy expressly against it. You're not getting a pay cut in situ. Having said that, it's an application, you can negotiate or decline to apply.
More than likely they want to discourage you a bit because it's cheaper for them to get someone new and your experience may not be directly relevant to the position (or not relevant enough to make a difference).
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Unless there is some law or rule, they can.
Even though the new position may be more attractive from some points of view, the company may consider that it does not return enough benefit to justify the higher salary.
Possible solutions (not exhaustive list):
Negotiate the terms of the new position: get more responsibilities, get involved in other (compatible) activities as well.
Find another position, which justifies a salary at a level that you can accept.
While some companies have an internal rule that an employee's salary cannot decrease (unless the employee is guilty for something), this is not established in all companies.
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Unless there is some law or rule, they can.
Even though the new position may be more attractive from some points of view, the company may consider that it does not return enough benefit to justify the higher salary.
Possible solutions (not exhaustive list):
Negotiate the terms of the new position: get more responsibilities, get involved in other (compatible) activities as well.
Find another position, which justifies a salary at a level that you can accept.
While some companies have an internal rule that an employee's salary cannot decrease (unless the employee is guilty for something), this is not established in all companies.
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Unless there is some law or rule, they can.
Even though the new position may be more attractive from some points of view, the company may consider that it does not return enough benefit to justify the higher salary.
Possible solutions (not exhaustive list):
Negotiate the terms of the new position: get more responsibilities, get involved in other (compatible) activities as well.
Find another position, which justifies a salary at a level that you can accept.
While some companies have an internal rule that an employee's salary cannot decrease (unless the employee is guilty for something), this is not established in all companies.
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Unless there is some law or rule, they can.
Even though the new position may be more attractive from some points of view, the company may consider that it does not return enough benefit to justify the higher salary.
Possible solutions (not exhaustive list):
Negotiate the terms of the new position: get more responsibilities, get involved in other (compatible) activities as well.
Find another position, which justifies a salary at a level that you can accept.
While some companies have an internal rule that an employee's salary cannot decrease (unless the employee is guilty for something), this is not established in all companies.
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Yes, any different position is evaluated separately at the discretion of the company unless there is a policy expressly against it. You're not getting a pay cut in situ. Having said that, it's an application, you can negotiate or decline to apply.
More than likely they want to discourage you a bit because it's cheaper for them to get someone new and your experience may not be directly relevant to the position (or not relevant enough to make a difference).
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Yes, any different position is evaluated separately at the discretion of the company unless there is a policy expressly against it. You're not getting a pay cut in situ. Having said that, it's an application, you can negotiate or decline to apply.
More than likely they want to discourage you a bit because it's cheaper for them to get someone new and your experience may not be directly relevant to the position (or not relevant enough to make a difference).
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Yes, any different position is evaluated separately at the discretion of the company unless there is a policy expressly against it. You're not getting a pay cut in situ. Having said that, it's an application, you can negotiate or decline to apply.
More than likely they want to discourage you a bit because it's cheaper for them to get someone new and your experience may not be directly relevant to the position (or not relevant enough to make a difference).
answered 26 mins ago
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Yes, any different position is evaluated separately at the discretion of the company unless there is a policy expressly against it. You're not getting a pay cut in situ. Having said that, it's an application, you can negotiate or decline to apply.
More than likely they want to discourage you a bit because it's cheaper for them to get someone new and your experience may not be directly relevant to the position (or not relevant enough to make a difference).
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