Why Don'T Your Qualified Colleagues Get A Higher Salary Than You Do?

A company that has worked in the past can show a certain degree of experience, but it may or may not be related to the current position.

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What factors should be considered?

The actual work content description.

This is actually the most important thing.

The company should determine the depth and breadth of the knowledge and experience required for the position.

Then they should look at the talent market in their area and determine the salary range.

This should even be done before a job is released.

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In fact, what has been done.

Sometimes you find that a person seems to perfectly match the job description you want.

The specific skills they need, the exact amount of experience they need, are all up to standard.

How perfect.

But in general, you tend to either "reluctantly accept" people who lack one or two relevant conditions, or you will be lucky enough to meet someone who can meet the needs and have a good extra skill.

In the example of the IT industry above, maybe there was a plan to achieve X, but no one in the existing team had relevant skills, so they planned to send John to join in training, but after that there was a good guy who could do X.

This will give them an extra high salary.

Or the new employee can speak Spanish, though this is not what is required before, but when a customer happens to be in Puerto Rico, he will have a preference for Spanish speaking sales representatives.

What potential does the employee have?

Potential is an interesting thing - it's a difficult thing to quantify, but sometimes we can see.

Usually, when hiring managers interview candidates for the job, she is looking for someone who can do second jobs in three to five years.

If you have potential for growth and development, this will be a factor to raise wages.

Qualification / permit.

Sometimes it is valuable, sometimes it is not.

(as mentioned earlier, we place too much emphasis on the role of certificates, but we do not attach enough importance to real abilities).

However, as a general rule, owning a university degree will make you more valuable.

Some jobs require specific certification and license.

(just like if you want to be a barber, you need to get a license.)

Some work will give priority to qualified persons, but it is also not necessary.

If you graduate from law school, but have not yet passed the certification of lawyers, you must be supervised and stop all activities related to the actual lawyer. So without a certificate, you will not have the same value as your peers.

Factors that should not be considered: age, sex, race, nationality, weight, sexual orientation, hair color, accent, disability, marital status, number of children, childless children, political factions, etc.

These are all unimportant things for salary.

Of course, some are illegal considerations, others are not.

In any case, they should not be considered in very few cases.

However, if you think you are being treated unfairly and you are underpaid, you should talk to your boss.

But your route should not be as long as you say, "John is more than my salary! I ask for a raise!" but "my contribution is very ordinary. I should get that recognition too."