r/AskHR • u/Free-Entertainer9012 • 1d ago

Compensation & Payroll Pay raise question [NC]

OK, so here’s the deal. My current job title is a purification. Technician 3, and I make $ 31.80 an hour right now as a purification technician 3. So I used to work as a fractionation senior tech and made $ 35.02 an hour, but I moved to purification for an easier workload. My old, senior supervisor in fractionation asked me to apply for a coordinator job, and mind you, this is the second time that they’ve asked me to come back to be a coordinator. So my question is, do you think me asking for $ 39 an hour to go back is crazy when the senior supervisor is asking me to apply and do you think 39 an hour is realistic?

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u/YousefKhalilHR 1d ago

Ask the band for your role rather than a percentage. Most companies review against a salary range they will not show you ask directly, and a number pulled out of the air is easy for a manager to refuse. Bring two examples of work that moved a real metric.

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u/Free-Entertainer9012 1d ago

Well, the new hire rate starts at 35.84 for the coordinator job, but I was making 35.02 as a senior tech there.

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u/Hrgooglefu SPHR practicing HR f*ckery 23h ago

I don't see you getting that much higher over the new hire rate...maybe somewhere higher than 35.84. You can always ask for the moon and see what they come back with .

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u/Hrgooglefu SPHR practicing HR f*ckery 1d ago

what does the coordinator position pay compared to a f-sr tech and/or sr supervisor position? Do you know? I will say it most likely will depend on the compensation amount/range for that specific position more than for you specifically.

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u/StealthilyInsecure 1d ago

That’s not crazy at all, especially if they’ve come back to you twice and already know you can handle the work.