Beauty

[GCR18]

It sounds like they are comparing salaries to see if they are inline with similar employers. My company did that three years ago and we were basically told our salaries were on the high end of the scale. Raises have been either non existent or very small since then. Hoping you find the opposite.

[151949]

With only 4 months seniority and a new CEO looking at where he can cut costs - I would be doing the best i can at my job and staying under the radar.

[Andreatoo]

I don't think it's a bad thing especially since you had a good review.

[HonnyBrown]

Tami, congrats on the job! I know what it's like to be unemployed for years. It does a number on you.

Those kinds of reviews are typical and moreso when the top brass has changed.

Admins keep the departments together. I don't think you have anything to be concerned about.

Congratulations again! I got my dream job after not working for 4 years. The area where I moved to doesn't support my industry.

[terrier3]

On 9/11/2014 graycatsrule said: It sounds like they are comparing salaries to see if they are inline with similar employers. My company did that three years ago and we were basically told our salaries were on the high end of the scale. Raises have been either non existent or very small since then. Hoping you find the opposite.

5 years ago, my old company hired a large consultant firm to sell the business (to Comcast). They didn't tell us that was the reason they were hired - just said it was to check for "efficiencies".

The commission salespeople got 50% cuts in commission, effective immediately - basically a 50% pay cut, with one week notice! They said we were overpaid vs. the market (not true, BTW). Many of us raised our sales production and made all our sales goals - in fact, doubled them so we could continue making the same amt. of money and get our annual bonus (1% of sales). The next year, they eliminated the bonus!!!! They said too many of us made the sales goals & they didn't want to budget for the bonuses.

Since last November, 10 of the 12 of us quit and left for other jobs. Now they aren't making budget and are failing badly - with Comcast expected to take over soon.

So all the managers and consultants who thought it was a GREAT IDEA to cut everyone's pay in half and eliminate incentives, now have an unqualified staff that isn't meeting last year's sales numbers, no less this year's budget. They now have a lot to answer for as they attempt to keep THEIR management jobs with the new company! Recently one of the managers ran in to a former employee and apologized for running us all off. He said the office is in disarray - many of the replacements have quit in the last few months and they are having trouble recruiting any new people because the pay is so low compared to competitors!!!! He is afraid he is going to be fired for not making budget & not being able to keep new hires.

Hospitals, depending on where you live, may be hurting. States that rejected the ACA Medicaid expansion now have hospitals that have reduced reimbursements - hospitals are actually closing due to lack of funds. I hope the new CEO wasn't hired to cut staff and increase "efficiencies" - just as RNs who post here about their workloads!

I hope everything works out for you...

[Shogirl]

I work for a large utility that is currently going through a salary and grade level reevaluation. I've been here almost 40 years and seen it happen probably 4 times or so. Generally speaking, I don't think this is uncommon, and I do think sometimes it happens around a new person taking over the helm of the company.