brett555

I just need peoples views , comments at the moment before i do anything .

Basically i have been offered a management / head position at my place of employment.

What they wish to do is put me on this position for 6 weeks or so until the new year . Through the 6 weeks they will be assessing if i can do the job properly etc... (also happens to be the busiest 6 weeks of the year running upto xmas) , after the 6 weeks probation and all is ok they will then increase my salary.

What are peoples views on this ? Should i be having the salary increase through the probation period, the way i am seeing it is they are getting me doing the job with all responsibilities etc.. without paying me the money for it.

peoples views and comments much appreciated .

thanks
brett

RB5320

seems reasonable to me. take up the offer, prove in those 6 weeks you are up to it, then get them to backdate the payrise to include the 6 weeks you've already worked.
having said that, unless its an absolutely huge increase, losing out on 6 weeks worth is not the end of the world. not worth risking your chance of promotion by being awkward.

best of luck.

Steve

Reffro

All seems fair enough. You could go and ask for the money to increase immediately, but as its effectively a trial of your skills, they might not see it your way on that. If you are on trial you almost never get the increase until you are given the job permanently.

My best advice is to take the offer of the promotion and trial, and ask that if you are successfull you will have your increase in salary back dated to the start of your trial. That way you get the job and the money, they can't say no to that as you will have proven yourself during their busiest period, and earned the reward.

MooseRacer

Totally agree. You (I presume) want to appear keen, do the job well in those 6 weeks and hopefully get it full time, and then casually mention maybe getting it backdated. If they don't it's not the end of the world, after all you've got promotion and a payrise going forward anyway.

brett555

Thanks all , advice taken , thats pretty much what i had thought anyway (apart from the backdating of the salary) which i will now mention.

thanks a lot
brett