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Your manager was wrong to not fight to correct this for you. Even if his/her hands were tied higher up, I would have considered leaving on this basis alone: it
by learnstats2 12y ago
Your manager was wrong to not fight to correct this for you.
Even if his/her hands were tied higher up, I would have considered leaving on this basis alone: it shows nobody at the company is willing to look after your interests.
However, you must have agreed your salary at some point?
As illustrated in the article, the start of the job is the most opportune time to negotiate. Once you have started on a low salary, employer can safely assume you don't need a high salary and has little reason to pay you more. (You confirmed that this was the correct decision for them by deciding to wait it out)
My conclusion is that you'll now likely always be behind on your salary for as long as you stay with this company.
- existencebox 12y agoTo his credit, my manager was extremely forthright in fighting for me, but his hands were tied in being limited to the typical periods. Yes, I did agree to the salary, but as that I was coming from an academic position (and was honestly/still am relatively new to shopping around for jobs) the salary seemed like a vast improvement and I didn't think to dig deep into actual level. Thanks (to other child posters as well) for your thoughts. (to answer some side posts as well; I didn't mean to come across as having excessively many years experience, but that I was just not a college hire and hope I didn't mislead. This introspection also doesn't preclude looking for other options simultaneously, and I've certainly learned my lesson about asking more of some sorts of questions during my offer.)