New hires coming in at higher pay than co workers and being told not to talk about it. Is this legal?
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It’s sad but true. As a front end, Member Service Manager, I had 5 team leads at the time and the pay was pretty disproportionate. According to pay per hour, they made $18. Most of the leads had been there on average, 3 to 4 years or less but one had been there 30 years. The one that had been there 30 years made about $19 or 20/hr. The 2 that had been there around 1 to 3 years made $18/ hr. One had been there around 3 years but failed in 2 other team lead roles so was transferred between roles. Her last role was a fresh team lead before coming to the front end. Fresh team leads make more than Member and Merchandising team leads. Due to weird pay structures set by home office, she made $21 in her role on the front end even though she’d only been there 4 years. The newest team lead had came into Sam’s Club as an intern, a new role at my club that took on 6 interns. They had worked there for 3 months directly under my club manager. I don’t know what there pay was. My last team lead finished the internship role. We hired him into the Member team lead role. Again bc of some weird pay structures in the system. He came in making $26/ hr with the potential to earn overtime if he worked over bc he wasn’t salaried. He made the same as me as a salaried manager but more with overtime and without the workload or stress. I did the math, if I was paid per hour as a manager, I would make $18/ hr. My money as a manager comes from the hours that I work which was over 50/ week with no potential to earn overtime. Sam’s Club pay structures are set up in the system. There’s nothing that we could do as managers. Anyway, Sam’s Club or most retail for that matter can be a downward spiral. It depends on your tolerance level and what you’re willing to sacrifice and overall what’s important to you from a personal and sometimes moral standpoint. I was a part of the Great Resignation. It had nothing to do with pay and more to do with personal reasons. But also, working with a lot of dedication and sacrifice and no appreciation helped to make the decision to quit that much easier. I’ve never been more happier. I gave up the $65,000 year in pay. I’m telling you that it wasn’t worth the money. The only thing that I miss were the great associates that I had the fortune of meeting and working with
Legal…Yes
Moral…no
Paying new hires more:
Legal…Yes
Moral…no
You training new hires (whom are getting paid more)
Legal…Yes
Moral…no
Honest question: Do you think you have a right to know how much other people get paid? And if you do, what company policy or law is your thought based on?
I have a friend that’s worked for Sam’s for 17yrs and makes $15 & the new hires in her department are starting at $16.83. This is not right. She’d be better off quitting & reapplying.
The National Labor Relations Act
Under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), all employees in Ohio, and throughout the rest of the country, are protected when engaging in certain activities. This law calls these “concerted activities” and they include talking about wages, benefits, and other terms of employment with other employees. Workers can engage in these concerted activities regardless of whether they are in a union or not.
Well new hires at our store don’t last longer than a few paychecks:))
Someone don’t resign , they just don’t return😀
Under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA or the Act), employees have the right to communicate with other employees at their workplace about their wages.
No it is not legal. It has been successfully challenged in court as a violation of free speech.
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Legal...yes
Moral...no