either way, the way they calculate the new raises is jacked up. you move starting pay in market level B up by 8%, but fail to give that 8% to everyone else. you give them 3% thus making the gap between new hire and midrange that much closer....again. I thought they said they were trying to address that issue before. how is it that 2-12 year employees will all be making pretty much the same money? someone here with 12 years will be making 17.50 just like someone wth 2 years under their belt.
It is that way now for the market A people and will be after the step system raises go into effect, had they bumped the B to A then given them 3% then the step, you would have had some market B people getting placed higher then equal service As and the As would still be stuck close to or equal to the new Hires anyway. You are getting put into a higher Market bracket but aren't required to do different areas or do anything different what did you expect? You will have some guys that luck out and make a few pennies over a step and get a nice raise while some are just pennies under and get their 3% and 10 cents.
Unfortunately mostly this benefits without a doubt the newest employees in either market, they will make out like bandits basically.
If base gets a 3% bump they will be over step one and jump to step 2 these guys seeing their first raise will get put into step two. While you have employees with 9 years in step 2 as well, a 10 year employee will top out after having worked 17-18 years (if the step system stays in place) while a 1 year employee will top out in 9 total.
All in all its great for new hires just salt in the wound for most everyone else but we will take those salty fries and eat them anyways.
sandwich every October and keep showing up to work. They have to give incentive to the new hires to stay because those are the employees who haven't been here so long that they've committed to making a career in the company.
