Saw the offer letter by accident. She left it on the printer. Two years experience, hired last month, $3.10 an hour more than me. I've been on this unit nine years. I trained half the people she's going to be working with.
I'm not even mad at her, good for her honestly. I'm mad that the only way to get paid what I'm worth is apparently to quit and come back.
Has anyone actually gotten a market adjustment by going to HR with numbers? Or is that a waste of time and I should just start applying
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Post replyFourteen years here. Last year they gave us a 2% merit raise and a pizza party during Nurses Week while new grads got sign-on bonuses I never saw. Loyalty is a line item they've decided they don't need to pay for.
Apply anyway, even if you don't plan to leave. A real offer in hand is the only thing that ever moved my facility. Asking nicely never did.
Unpopular take but I'd be careful about leading with the offer letter. You saw it by accident, and if HR figures out how you know, the conversation becomes about that instead of your pay. Use public postings and salary surveys instead. Same point, no ammunition against you.
Is your manager on your side? HR mostly ignored me until my manager put in the request herself and attached the turnover numbers. Going straight to HR alone got me a form letter.
I did go to HR with numbers and it worked, sort of. Brought three local postings for my role plus what travelers on our unit were making. Took four months and I got $1.75, not the full gap. Better than nothing, but I still felt like I had to beg for it.
Wage compression. Every hospital does it and every hospital acts surprised when the senior staff walks.