The problem isn't the guy asking for OT. It's that other employees talked to said employee about how they were paid, right? That isn't really kosher at most places. People negotiate their own deals. I assume the "the employer denies this then retorts with the quote "discussing salary and pay and the such is grounds for…
I probably worded it wrong, I'd have no problem talking about pay to people, i still don't. But if during that talk i found out someone who was less efficient / lesser quality of work but was getting more then i'd have a think why and pursue the proper action. But it is a trend these days for employers just to say.. talk…
if you're talking about getting OT pay you talk to your boss or whoever is in charge of payment, most companies have it in the contract that you don't discuss your payment because a lot of places have a vast difference in pay grades for even the same positions. It causes disgruntled employees and just problems in generals.…
I don't know how things are done at real jobs, but in every department store (etc) I've worked at, it's been technically grounds for dismissal to talk about your pay and stuff with other employees. Avoiding squabbles over the whys and hows of it all was the likely reasoning, as far as I can figure. (Not sure if there was…
If i've signed a contract saying "i will not discuss my pay grade with other employees" then yes i wouldn't say anything because they could hammer me for it. That's just being smart. If it wasn't in the contract i wouldn't have a problem talking about it.
If someone is getting paid more than you when they do less work, it sucks. If your pay is lower than it should be because it needs to match everyone else's low pay, it sucks. If someone is awesome but asking for more than you paid everyone else, it sucks. If someone is upset because they think they deserve more than…
for the sake of anonymity I'll try to put this as vaguely as I can. so say someone asked to be comped for working a weekend (aka overtime) they asked this and they bring up the fact that other workers have gotten comped in the past and they can site several cases of this happening, the employer denies this then retorts…
Hey, since we're talking about salary does anyone have a recent study on average salaries by experience level for this industry? I'm on my job search since I graduated, and after reading through these posts it made me realize I need to do some research on this. I don't want to ask for too much and sound like a jackass, or…
When I moved to the UK to start my industry job I was quite shocked by how people viewed talking about money, since I came from a culture where after salary negotiations your peers' first question when you exited your boss' office was, "how much did you get?" I can understand it being uncomfortable for some people.…