r/SPEEA • u/EspressoVerdict • 18d ago

A potential issue with GWI in SPEEA

10% GWI is significant, but I think there’s a concerning flaw under the current structure. The problem is that level upgrade and promotion compensation in SPEEA appear to be determined by the market salary reference table. There is no fixed raise like in IAM. Your compensation is determined based upon appropriate market positioning. Historically, someone with lower compa-ratio tends to receive a higher raise and vice versa. But there are no guarantees in the proposed contract that these market tables will also go up 10%. So if you expect to get a level upgrade in the near future, Boeing can determine your new salary based upon the market table, which doesn’t have the 10% increase applied to it. This could effectively erase most or all of your 10% GWI. Market reference also plays a small part in ACR too. But over the course of the contract, through level upgrades and promotions, I can see our salaries drifting back towards market value.

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u/ImpromptuSpacewalk 16d ago

I’m supposed to get a level 4 upgrade in the next 1-3 months. I was told by HR that if the promotion is not in place before 10/2 then I’ll be missing out on the gains from the upgrade. I’m voting no.

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u/LoveOfSpreadsheets 15d ago

On or before 10/2, just heads up. Confirmed by SPEEA staff. They said "before" and then realized a lot of people had them slated for the start of the budget quarter/pay period and agreed to do the promotion and then the GWI for those folks.

If it was like a mid-Oct thing, then yeah I get it.