I was leading a team of engineers (in contrast to managing). There was another team that hired a cohort of engineers straight out of a boot camp. One of them was a shit-hot Jedi of a woman, so I totally poached her for my team. It helped that my team was working on cool stuff and most people wanted in.
After she joined my team, I asked what her salary was (leads don’t typically have access to pay info like a manager would). She was making $70k while most engineers of her tenure and skill were making $110k to $145k. I went to talk to motherfucking HR about this problematic disparity.
The HR jerkwad had the nerve to say, “Discussing your salaries is a terminable offense.”
“I will give you five seconds to amend your statement.”
He stammered a bit and made some non-committal statements. I went to the division VP, to whom I directly reported. He fixed that shit the next day and got her back pay to her previous review.
So yeah, absolutely discuss your salaries with your peers. And FFS don’t be cowed by these douchebags.
Same job mentioned before. One of the women on our team had been there a little over 10 years, she was just starting at the same place when I left for another job. When I came back to that company she had been through 4 promotions and was making at least 10k less than I was hired for, same role amd same team.
I was leading a team of engineers (in contrast to managing). There was another team that hired a cohort of engineers straight out of a boot camp. One of them was a shit-hot Jedi of a woman, so I totally poached her for my team. It helped that my team was working on cool stuff and most people wanted in.
After she joined my team, I asked what her salary was (leads don’t typically have access to pay info like a manager would). She was making $70k while most engineers of her tenure and skill were making $110k to $145k. I went to talk to motherfucking HR about this problematic disparity.
The HR jerkwad had the nerve to say, “Discussing your salaries is a terminable offense.”
“I will give you five seconds to amend your statement.”
He stammered a bit and made some non-committal statements. I went to the division VP, to whom I directly reported. He fixed that shit the next day and got her back pay to her previous review.
So yeah, absolutely discuss your salaries with your peers. And FFS don’t be cowed by these douchebags.
Same job mentioned before. One of the women on our team had been there a little over 10 years, she was just starting at the same place when I left for another job. When I came back to that company she had been through 4 promotions and was making at least 10k less than I was hired for, same role amd same team.